Wadhwan State

Wadhwan State વઢવાણ રિયાસત
Princely State of British India
1630–1948 →
Flag
Location of Wadhwan State in Saurashtra
History
•	Established	1630
•	Accession to the Indian Union	1948
Area
•	1931	627 km2 (242 sq mi)
Population
•	1931	42,602
	Density	67.9 /km2  (176 /sq mi)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Wadhwan was a princely state during the British Raj.

The town of Wadhwan in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat was its capital.^[1] Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.^[2]

History

Wadhwan was founded as a state around 1630. It became a British protectorate in 1807. Wadhwan State was ruled by Rajputs belonging to the Jhala dynasty. The rulers of the state bore the title 'Thakur Sahib'.^[3]

Rulers

Thakur Sahib

• 1681 – 1707 Bhagatsinhji Udaisinhji
• 1707 – 1739 Arjansinhji Madhavsinhji (d. 1739)
• 1739 – 1765 Sabalsinhji Arjansinhji II (d. 1765)
• 1765 – 1778 Chandrasinhji Sabalsinhji (d. 1778)
• 1778 – 1807 Prithirajji Chandrasinhji (d. 1807)
• 1807 – 1827 Jalamsinhji Prithirajji (d. 1827)
• 1827 – 1875 Raisinhji Jalamsinhji (d. 1875)
• 1875 – 5 May 1885 Dajiraji Chandrasinhji (b. 1861 – d. 1885)
• 20 May 1885 – 25 May 1910 Balsinhji Chandrasinhji (b. 1863 – d. 1910)
• 25 May 1910 – 22 Feb 1918 Jashwantsinhji Becharsinhji (d. 1918)
• 22 Feb 1918 – 1934 Jorawarsinhji Jashwantsinhji (b. 1899 – d. 1934)
• 1934 – 15 Aug 1947 Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji (b. 1922 – d. 1983)

See also

• Western India States Agency

References

External links

• Media related to Wadhwan State at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 22°25′N 71°25′E / 22.42°N 71.41°E / 22.42; 71.41