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Wadhwan State
Origins
Wadhwan was founded in 1630 by a cadet of the Jhala house of Halvad, the line of Dhrangadhra State. The town had an older history as a medieval fortified centre.
Rule and society
The Thakore Sahibs ruled a territory of cotton villages, paying tribute to the Gaekwads before British protection after 1807. A British civil station grew up beside the town, later Surendranagar, and the railway made the area a cotton market. It was a nine-gun salute state.
Decline and legacy
Wadhwan merged into the United State of Saurashtra in 1948 and became part of Gujarat in 1960. Its old town is now part of Surendranagar.
Lineage
Wadhwan StateSaurashtra State 1948 CE – 1956 CE
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- Wadhwan State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1807 CE – 1858 CE
- Wadhwan State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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