[3][4] The state was founded as Jhalawad/Zalawad in 1090 by Rajput ruler Harpadeva.

[5] The Grandson of Harpaldeva, Durjansal was appointed as Grihadyaksha, Ran-su-ran (chief of nobles) and Mahamandaleshwara of the Chaulukya dynasty, he fought the Battle of Kasahrada on behalf of young Mularaja and defeated the Ghurids led by Muhammad Ghuri.

[6] In 1742, Dhrangadhra, a new capital was founded and renamed the state.

[7] Under the British Raj, the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency was in charge of Dhrangadhra, which was a salute state entitled to a Hereditary salute of 13 guns.

The privy purse was fixed at 380,000 Rupees when it ceased to exist by accession to recently independent India's western state Saurashtra (now in Gujarat) on 15 February 1948.