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Dhrangadhra ()is a city and a municipality in Surendranagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. During the period of the British Raj, the city was the capital of Dhrangadhra State, one of the eight first-class princely states (13-gun salute) of the Kathiawar Agency in the Bombay Presidency. ==History== (詳細はAD 1735, Dhrangadhra was founded as its capital. The state was then renamed ''Dhrangadhra-Halvad state'' from the initial name of ''Kuwa, Halwad''. In 1941 the princely state of Dhrangadhra had a population of 94,417 living in an area of 1,167 square miles.〔Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer. p. 511〕 In 1925, India's first soda ash factory was founded in Dhrangadhra. It was taken over by Shreyans Prasad Jain, who established the Dhrangadhra Chemical Works (now known as DCW) in 1939.〔(About DCW )〕 In 1948, the state of Dhrangadhra was made part of the Jhalawad district in Saurashtra. In 1956 it became part of Gujarat. Dhrangadhra also contains the Gobar gas plant, which is located at Navalgadh village. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dhrangadhra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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