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Dhrangadra

Dhrangadhra
ધ્રાંગધ્રા
city
Nickname(s): Pink City
Dhrangadhra is located in Gujarat
Dhrangadhra
Dhrangadhra
Dhrangadhra is located in India
Dhrangadhra
Dhrangadhra
Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 22°59′N 71°28′E / 22.98°N 71.47°E / 22.98; 71.47Coordinates: 22°59′N 71°28′E / 22.98°N 71.47°E / 22.98; 71.47
Country  India
State Gujarat
District Surendranagar
Elevation 64 m (210 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 75,133
Languages
 • Official Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration GJ
Website gujaratindia.com

Dhrangadhra (About this sound pronunciation ) is a city and a municipality in Surendranagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. During the period of the British Raj, the city was the capital of Dhrangadhra State, one of the eight first-class princely states (13-gun salute) of the Kathiawar Agency in the Bombay Presidency.

In Sanskrit dhrang means a stone, and dhara means the earth. It is believed that because of the strong and widespread black stone bedrock found immediately under the soil of the place, the town is thus named.

Dhrangadhra has a long history starting from Lower Paleolithic Period. The River named Falku is passing from Dhrangadhra town. The evidence come from the river bed of the Bhadar river which flows along with the Dhragadhra taluka. Moreover, there are lots of sites spreading over the vast land belonging to Harappan Period. Recent studies in the area suggests that the Dhragadhra and Halvad taluka was the frontier of the so-called sorat Harappans which bifurcates the Sidhi Harrapans of Kutch & Sindh. These are recent studies made by Arun Malik, a PhD scholar of The M.S. University of Baroda and now he is with Archaeological Survey of India.


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