Dhrangadhra

India / Gujarat / Dhrangadhra /
 city, taluka headquarter
Tehsil Dhrangdhra, District Surendranagar, Gujarat.

Dhrangadhra is a city and a municipality in Surendranagar district,latuda in the state of Gujarat. During the period of the British Raj,sahdev sinh sur, 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.Dhrangadhra grew from the state of Jhalawad,rajput which was founded about AD 1090. This state was ruled by the Jhala Rajputs.In AD 1735, Dhrangadhra was founded as its capital. The state was then renamed Dhrangadhra-Halvad state,latuda from the initial name of Kuwa, Halwad.sahdev sur

In 1941 the princely state of Dhrangadhra had a population of 94,417 living in an area of 1,167 square miles.

In 1948 the state of Dhrangadhra was made part of the Zalawad district in Saurashtra. In 1956 it became part of Gujarat.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhrangadhra
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Coordinates:   22°59'8"N   71°27'38"E

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