DHRANGADHRA, native state, India, in the Western In dian States Agency, situated in the north of the peninsula of Kathiawar, Bombay. Area is 1,167 sq.m. Pop. (1931) 88,961. Tribute, to the British government and Tunagadh, £3,000. There is a state railway (metre gauge) from Wadhwan through the town of Dhrangadhra to Halvad, a distance of 4o m., and a short line to the state salt works was opened in 1923. The chief town. Dhrangadhra, has a population (1931) of 17,538.
The chief of Dhrangadhra, 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. The Raj Sahib who succeeded in 1869 was distinguished for the enlightened character of his administration, and the state continues to make progress under its present ruler, who succeeded in 1911. It came into direct relations with the British Government in 1924.