Jhala (Zala)
Wadhwan
Ancient seat on the Bhogavo river; earlier a Vaghela capital.
- Ruler’s title
- Thakor Saheb
- Standing
- 9-gun salute state
- Region
- Saurashtra
- Founded
- Ancient Vardhamana; Jhala (Zala) state of the 17th century
- After 1947
- Merged into the United State of Saurashtra, 15 February 1948
The account
One of the thirteen salute states of the covenant, on the Bhogavo — heir to the ancient town of Vardhamana and the Ranakdevi shrine. For a quarter-century (1826–51) the state was governed by the regent Raj Bai — one of the female rulers the peninsula's records note.
Territorial Holdings
Wadhwan State Bhayati Villages
Hereditary cadet estates (Bhayat) and prominent settlement villages historically granted to or affiliated with this seat.
Kharva
Dudhrej
Ratanpur
Velavadar
Kherali
Tuva
Vadod