The Hestory of the Dhrangadhra

Originally, the state of Jhalawad was founded at around 1090 CE. In 1735 CE, Dhrangadhra was founded as its capitol and the state was renamed as Dhrangadhra-Halvad state from the initial name of Kuwa, Halwad.

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”.

The Maharaja of Dhrangadhra maintains a Bodyguard of two mounted troops and two companies of Infantry known as the Dhrangadhra Makhwan Infantry. The officer shown in Full Dress in our picture is the Commandant of the Infantry. The State forces are mostly composed of Rajputs, but have an admixture of other Brahmins, Patels, Sadhus, Jains and also of Musalmans and also many casts are lived in the Dhrangadhra.

Dhrangadhra is one of the smaller states of Kathiawar in Western India, covering an area of about 12 hundred square miles and having a population of approximately 90,000.

This is the Dhrangadhra's Flag..

This is the some Symbols of The Dhrangadhra..








This is some old paper of Dhrangadhra..





This is the picture of the Commandant of the Infantry






This is the MAP of the Dhrangadhra