Dhrangadhra State
| Dhrangadhra State ધ્રાંગધ્રા રિયાસત ध्रांगध्रा रियासत |
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| Princely State of British India | |||||
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1742 | |||
| • | Indian independence | 1948 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1892 | 3,023 km2(1,167 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1892 | 100,000 | |||
| Density | 33.1 /km2 (85.7 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | India | ||||
| Princely States of India | |||||
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Dhrangadhra State (Hindi ध्रान्गढ़रा) was a princely state during the British Raj. The town of Dhrangadhra served as its capital. It was also known as Halvad-Dhrangadhra State. Halvad once had been the capital of this state. In 1735, Dhrangadhra was founded as its new capital.
The state was founded as Jhalawad in 1090 by Harpal Dev Makwana, also founding father of the Jhala Rajput dynasty of Wankaner State. In 1742 Dhrangadhra, a new capital, was founded and the state was renamed after it. Among the earlier names were Kuwa and Halwad; the state is still sometimes styled Halwad(-Dhrangadhra).
Dhrangadhra State was ruled by Rajputs belonging to the Jhala dynasty. The rulers of the state bore the title Raj Sahib, until 1918 when the style Maharaja Shri Raj Sahib was adopted.
Under the British raj, the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency was in charge of Dhrangadhra, which was a salute state entitled to a Hereditary salute of 13-guns. The state had a population of 100,000 in 1892 on 3,023 Square Kilometers km². The privy purse was fixed at 380,000 Rupees when it ceased to exist by accession to recently independent India's western state Saurashtra (now in Gujarat) on 15 February 1948.
Coordinates: 22°59′N 71°28′E / 22.98°N 71.47°E
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