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DHRANGADRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 144 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DHRANGADRA , a native See also:

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

1872).

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