Wadhwan State
Wadhwan State | |||||||||
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| 1630–1948 | |||||||||
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Location of Wadhwan State in Saurashtra | |||||||||
| Capital | Wadhwan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1630 | ||||||||
• Accession to the Indian Union | 1948 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1931 | 627 km2 (242 sq mi) | ||||||||
| 1943 | 1,202 km2 (464 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 42,602 | ||||||||
• 1943 | 69,245 | ||||||||
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Wadhwan State was an offshoot of Jhalavad, later became 9-guns Salute princely state during the British Raj. It ruled by the Jhala clan of Rajputs
The town of Wadhwan in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat was its capital. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.