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Encyclopedia Britannica



DHRANGADRA

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 144 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DEM-DIO
DHRANGADRA , a native state of India, in the
Gujarat
  division of Bombay, situated in the north of the peninsula of Kathiawar. Its area is 1156 sq. m. Pop. (19o1) 70,880. The estimated
gross
  revenue is 38,000 and the
tribute
  3000. A state railway on the metre gauge from Wadhwan to the town of Dhrangadra, a distance of 21 m., was opened for
traffic
  in 1898. Some
cotton
  is grown, although the soil is as a whole poor; the manufactures include salt, metal vessels and stone hand-mills. The
chief
  town, Dhrangadra, has a
population
  (1901) of 14,770
The
chief
  of Dhrangadra, who bears the title of Raj Sahib, with the predicate of His Highness, is head of the ancient clan of Jhala Rajputs, who are said to have entered Kathiawar from Sind in the 8th century. Raj Sahib Sir Mansinghji Ranmalsinghji (b. 1837), who succeeded his father in 1869, was distinguished for the enlightened character of his administration, especially in the matter of establishing schools and internal communications. He ,was created a K.C.S.I. in 1877. He died in 'goo, and was succeeded by his grandson Ajitsinghji Jaswatsinghji (b. 1872).


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