# Kingdom of Jhalavad

Kingdom of Jhalavad was a kingdom present in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat. The kingdom came to be known as the Dhrangadhra State after it became a princely state in the nineteenth century. 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. It was ruled by the Jhala clan of Rajputs.

## History

The state was founded as Jhalawad/Zalawad in 1090 by Rajput ruler Harpadeva. The Grandson of Harpaldeva, Durjansal was appointed as Grihadyaksha, Ran-su-ran (chief of nobles) and Mahamandaleshwara of the Chaulukya dynasty, he fought the Battle of Kasahrada on behalf of young Mularaja and defeated the Ghurids led by Muhammad Ghuri. In 1742, Dhrangadhra, a new capital was founded and renamed the state. Among the earlier names were Kuwa and Halwad; the state is still sometimes styled Halwad(-Dhrangadhra).
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 km$^2$. 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.

## List of Rulers

| Sl no | Maharaj-Maharana | From | Till |
| 1 | Harpaldev Makwana | 1090 | 1126 |
| 2 | Sodhshaldev Jhala I | 1126 | 1160 |
| 3 | Durjanshal Jhala | 1160 | 1185 |
| 4 | Jhalakdev Jhala | 1185 | 1210 |
| 5 | Arjundev Singh Jhala | 1210 | 1240 |
| 6 | Devraj Jhala | 1240 | 1265 |
| 7 | Durjanshal Jhala II | 1266 | 1280 |
| 8 | Sur Singh Jhala | 1280 | 1304 |
| 9 | Shantaldev Jhala | 1304 | 1325 |
| 10 | Vijaypal Jhala | 1325 | 1326 |
| 11 | Meghraj Jhala | 1326 | 1331 |
| 12 | Padam Singh Jhala | 1331 | 1340 |
| 13 | Uday Singh Jhala | 1340 | 1352 |
| 14 | Prithuraj Jhala | 1352 | 1355 |
| 15 | Vegadji Jhala | 1355 | 1368 |
| 16 | Ram Singh Jhala | 1368 | 1385 |
| 17 | Vir Singh Jhala | 1385 | 1392 |
| 18 | Ranmal Singh Jhala | 1392 | 1408 |
| 19 | Satarsal Jhala | 1408 | 1420 |
| 20 | Jet Singh Jhala | 1420 | 1441 |
| 21 | Ranvir Singh Jhala | 1441 | 1460 |
| 22 | Bhim Singh Jhala | 1460 | 1469 |
| 23 | Vagh Vijayraj Jhala | 1469 | 1482 |
| 24 | Rajdhar Jhala | 1482 | 1499 |
| 25 | Ajay Singh Jhala | 1499 | 1500 |
| 26 | Ranoji Jhala | 1500 | 1523 |
| 27 | Man Singh Jhala | 1523 | 1563 |
| 28 | Ray Singh Jhala | 1563 | 1587 |
| 29 | Chandra Singh Jhala | 1587 | 1628 |
| 30 | Askaran Jhala | 1628 | 1634 |
| 31 | Amar Singh Jhala | 1634 | 1645 |
| 32 | Meghraj Jhala II | 1645 | 1661 |
| 33 | Gaj Singh Jhala | 1661 | 1673 |
| 34 | Jashwant Singh Jhala | 1673 | 1717 |
| 35 | Pratap Singh Jhala | 1717 | 1730 |
| 36 | Ray Singh Jhala II | 1730 | 1745 |
| 37 | Gaj Singh Jhala II | 1745 | 1782 |
| 38 | Jashwant Singh Jhala II | 1782 | 1801 |
| 39 | Ray Singh Jhala III | 1801 | 1804 |
| 40 | Amar Singh Jhala II | 1804 | 1843 |
| 41 | Ranmal Singh Jhala II | 1843 | 1869 |
| 42 | Man Singh Jhala II | 1869 | 1900 |
| 43 | Ajit Singh Jhala | 1900 | 1911 |
| 44 | Ghanshyam Singh Jhala | 1911 | 1942 |
| 45 | Meghraj Jhala III | 1942 | 1949 |

## Orders of chivalry

The Royal House of Dhrangadhra awards a dynastic order of knighthood called the Order of Jhalavad, in six grades.