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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name = The State of Khirasra
|common_name = Khirasara
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision =[[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1712
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end = 15 April
|event_end= [[Partition of India|Indian independence]]
|today = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 = Dhrol State
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 = Dhrol flag.png
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat = Khirasra coat of arms.png
|image_map = SaurashtraKart.jpg
|image_map_caption =
|stat_area1 =34<ref name="gazetteer"/><ref name="imperial">{{cite book |author1=William Wilson Hunter |title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 8 |date=1886 |publisher=Trübner & Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtQMAAAAIAAJ&dq=Khirasra+state&pg=PA202 |language=English}}</ref>
|stat_year1 =
|stat_pop1 = 4,377 (1881)<ref name="imperial"/><ref name="gazetteer">{{cite book |title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Káthiáwar |date=1884 |publisher=Government Central Press |page=705 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihgIAQAAIAAJ&dq=Khirasra+state&pg=PA432 |language=English}}</ref>
|stat_pop2 = 3,659 (1921)
|footnotes =
}}

'''Khirasra state''' was one of the princely states of [[British India]]. It was an offshoot of the [[Dhrol State|Dhrol state]].<ref name="worldstatesmen">[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India]</ref>

It consisted of 13 villages, covering an area of 34 km and a population of 3,659 (1921).<ref name="imperial"/><ref name="gazetteer"/><ref name="rajput"/> It had a supposed revenue of 1900 pounds.<ref name="gazetteer"/><ref name="imperial"/>

==History==
Khirasra was founded by a scion of the [[Dhrol State|Dhrol state]]. The rulers of Khirasra were from the [[Jadeja]] clan of the [[Rajput|Rajput Kshatriya]].<ref name="rajput"/> They bore the title of ''[[Thakur (title)|Thakur]]''.<ref name="worldstatesmen">[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India]</ref> Khirasra Palace was built by Thakur Ranmalji, a mighty ruler of Khirasra.<ref name="rajput">{{cite web |title=Khirasra: Princely State |url=http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/khirasra |website=Indian Rajputs |publisher=Indian Rajputs}}</ref> [[Junagadh State|Mohammad Mahabat Khanji]] I, the [[Nawab of Junagadh]], attacked Khirasra twice but was repelled by the strategy and bravery of Thakur Ranmalji.<ref name="rajput"/><ref name="past">{{cite web |title=Glorious Past of Heritage Khirasara Palace |url=https://khirasarapalace.in/glorious-past/ |website=Khirasara Palace |publisher=Khirasara Palace}}</ref> Once [[Nawanagar State|Meraman Khawas of Jamnagar]] also attacked Khirasra, but was defeated.<ref name="rajput"/><ref name="past"/>

In 188, the ruler of Khirasra (probably Dungarji Hathiji) was demoted from the fourth class to the seventh class in the table of precedence, as a punishment for not maintaining order in his state.<ref name="politics">{{cite book |author1=John McLeod |title=Sovereignty, Power, Control Politics in the State of Western India |date=1999 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004113435 |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXpzWlPpE1cC&dq=Khirasra+state&pg=PA261 |language=English}}</ref>

The last ruler, Thakur Sursinhji made efforts to revive the Khirasra Palace. He improved the conditions of farmers, which led to an increase in the production. He also established agencies for benefit of his subjects. He introduced Khirasra to [[India]]'s post-independence development and progress.<ref name="rajput"/><ref name="past"/> He signed the accession to the Union of India on 15 April 1948. After the abolition of the monarchy, the royal family members of Khirsra received a privy purse of rupees 30,000, until the abolition of all royal titles, privileges and privy purses in 1972.<ref name="rajput"/>

==List of rulers==

This is the list of the rulers of Khirasra-<ref name="worldstatesmen"/><ref name="rajput"/><ref name="past"/>

*Bhimji Kaloji (first ruler)
*Sangaji Bhimji
*Ranmalji Sangaji
*Hathiji Ranmalji (c.1808)
*Dungarji Hathiji
*Jijibhai Dungarji (?- 1872)
*Raisinhji Jijibhai (1 Jan 1872<ref name="golden">{{cite book |author1=Sir Roper Lethbridge |title=The Golden Book of India |date=1893 |publisher=Macmillan |page=250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kwoAAAAYAAJ&dq=Khirasra+state&pg=PA250}}</ref>-?) He was born in 1850<ref name="golden"/> and died because of [[Atrial fibrillation]] in 1891.
*Balsinhji Raisinhji (?- 1920)
*Sursinhji Balsinhji (24 Feb 1920 - 1947) Born in 1890. He was the last ruler of Khirasra, and signed the accession to the Union of India on 15 April 1948.<ref name="rajput"/>

The current titular head of Khirasra is Thakur Shri Prabatsinhji Sursinhji. He is the tenth Thakur Shri of Khirasra, born on 7 September 1918.<ref name="rajput"/>

==See also==
*[[Nawanagar State]]
*[[Dhrol State]]
*[[Jadeja]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{coord missing|Gujarat}}
[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]

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