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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = ધ્રોલ રિયાસત
|conventional_long_name = The State of Dhrol
|common_name = Dhrol
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|capital = Dhrol
|era =
|year_start = 1595
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end = 15 February
|event_end= [[Partition of India|Indian independence]]
|today = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 = Nawanagar State
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 = flag of Nawanagar.png
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Dhrol flag.png
|image_coat = Dhrol coa.png
|image_map = SaurashtraKart.jpg
|image_map_caption = <small>Location of Dhrol State in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]</small>
|stat_area1 =732
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 21,906
|footnotes =
}}

'''Dhrol State''' was one of the 562 [[princely state]]s of [[British Raj|British India]]. It was a '''9 gun [[salute state]]''' belonging to the [[Kathiawar Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]].<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/d/dhrol.html Dhrol State – Princely State (9 gun salute)]</ref>
Its capital was in the town of [[Dhrol]], located in the historical [[Halar]] region of [[Kathiawar]].

==History==
Dhrol State was founded in 1595 by Jam Hardholji, a brother of Jam Rawal, the founder of [[Nawanagar State]]. The royal family belonged to the senior-most branch of the [[Jadeja]] dynasty of [[Rajput]]s who are the descendants of [[Samma tribe]] of [[Sindh]] .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_341.gif|title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 11, page 335 – Imperial Gazetteer of India – Digital South Asia Library|website=dsal.uchicago.edu|access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref> The [[Khirasra state]] was an offshoot of Dhrol.<ref name="worldstatesmen">[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India]</ref><ref name="rajput">{{cite web |title=Khirasra: Princely State |url=http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/khirasra |website=Indian Rajputs |publisher=Indian Rajputs}}</ref>

Dhrol State became a [[British protectorate]] in 1807. The population of the state was decimated by the [[Indian famine of 1899–1900]], from 27,007 in 1891 it was reduced to 21,906 in the 1901 census. The last ruler of Dhrol State, Thakur Sahib Chandrasinhji Dipsinhji, signed the accession to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 15 February 1948.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==Rulers==
The rulers of the state bore the title '[[Thakor (Indian title)|Thakor]] [[Saheb]]'. They had the right to a 9 [[gun salute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html|title=Indian Princely States before 1947 A-J|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat1.html|title=Indian states before 1947 A-J|website=rulers.org|access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref>

=== Thakur Sahibs ===
*1595 – .... Hardholji
*.... – .... Jasoji Hardolji
*.... – .... Bamanyanji Jasoji
*.... – .... Hardholji Bamanyanji I
*.... – 1644 Modji Hardholji
*1644 – 1706 Kaloji I Panchanji
*1706 – 1712 Junhoji I Kaloji
*1712 – 1715 Ketoji Junoji
*1715 – 1716 Kaloji II Junoji (d. 1716)
*1716 – 1760 Vaghji Junoji
*1760 – 1781 Jaysimhji I Vaghji
*1781 – 1789 Junoji II Jaysimhji
*1789 – .... Nathoji Junoji
*.... – 1803 Modji Nathoji
*1803 – 1844 Bhuptasimhji Modji
*1845 – 1886 Jaysimhji II Bhuptasimhji (b. 1824 – d. 1886)
*26 Oct 1886 – 31 July 1914 Harisimhji Jaisimhji (b. 1846 – d. 19..)
* 2 September 1914 – 31 August 1937 Daulatsimhji Harisimhji (b. 1864 – d. 1937)
*31 Aug 1937 – 1939 Jorawarsimhji Dipsinhji (b. 1910 – d. 1939)
*10 Oct 1939 – 15 August 1947 Chandrasinhji Dipsinhji (b. 1912 – d. ....)

==See also==
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency]]

==References==
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{{Princely states of India}}
{{Princely states of the Western India States Agency}}
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[[Category:Jamnagar district]]
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[[Category:States and territories established in 1595]]

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>Chandraklaadhar at 16:56, 9 June 2021