[3] At the time of murder of Hamirji, his elder sons, Alioji and Khengarji both were in Ahmadabad and escaped the complete destruction of the royal family of senior branch.
[4][5] The prime ambition of Khengarji was to regain kutch and hence he asked for support to fight Jam Rawal, whereby, he was given 1000 soldiers and fiefdom of Morvi and given a title of Rao by the Sultan Mohamad Beghda in 1538.
[4][5] Rao Khengar now based at Morbi, with the support of army provided to him and well wishers within kutch fought with Jam Rawal and slowly started gaining the territories of Rapar and nearby villages.
He was ardent devotee of Ashapura the Kuldevi of Jadejas and folklore are that the Goddess indicated in a dream to Jam Rawal to leave Kutch and establish himself at Halar region and that she will support him in this venture.
[3] Khengarji I, thus expelling Jam Rawal, assumed the title of 1st Rao of kutch in 1548 and was crowned at Rapar but in 1549 he shifted the capital to Bhuj.
He united Eastern Central & Western kutch into one dominion, which before him was ruled partially by other Rajput tribes like Chawdas, Vaghelas, Chauhans, Kathis apart from the Jadejas.