Raj Ajitsinhji Zala - Dhangadhra

                          Raj Ajitsinhji Zala - Dhangadhra

                                                       

           Dhansadhra's ruler Mansinghji died and Yuvraj Jaswant Singhji's son Ajit Singhji came to the throne on Samvat 16 Kartak Vad 19.  He was educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot.  Raj Ajit Singhji ruled for only ten years but he developed the state in many areas with his skill, intelligence and skill and brought it to the threshold of modernity and built good houses in Dhangadhra and decorated them well.  The AO made the following actions and improvements. 

(1) He established nine new villages when the population was destroyed in the Chappania famine.  It began to grow steadily during his reign, some villages were largely depopulated during that catastrophic drought, so he attracted farmers, uplanders as well as others from neighboring states to settle in these new villages.  Therefore, during his rule, the population increased by about 15% or more than 10,000.

(2) As a true Rajput with a military mentality, he trained the state force of his state as hard as a small army and his army became a very disciplined and exemplary army.  Criminals and wrongdoers were afraid of Ajit Singhji.  In 1809, he offered to go with his army to quell the rebellion in the Northwest Frontier Province.  He also recruited Jhala and Makwana as much as possible in his army.  

(3) They made special efforts for the improvement of agriculture and re-cultivated 10% of Santi's land, increased the cultivation of cotton which was of high quality like cotton of Bharuch, so the price of Dhangadhra cotton in the Mumbai market coincided with that of Bharuch cotton. 

(4) In order to save the farmers from the clutches of the moneylenders, an agricultural bank was set up to provide relief to the farmers.  

(5) He established a municipality in Halwad and established libraries in the memory of his father Jaswant Singhjibawa.  

(6) They built Dhangadhra roads and planted trees along its banks. Apart from this, they built Ajit Niwas Palace and Auditorium, Military Lines, New Guest House and New Beautiful Bazaar.  

(7) They established Ghanshyam Cotton Press in the name of their Patvi Kumar.  

(8) When the plague appeared in Dhangadhra in 1904 and in 1908, they asked Dr. D.H.  Effective steps were taken under the leadership of Baria.  

(9) The poor house started during the Chappania famine was converted into a permanent home for orphans, the blind and the handicapped.  

(10) The 30-year-old front between Wankaner and Dhangadhra states was broken during his tenure.  

(11) They established courts in Rajsitapur, Methan and Umrala.  

(12) When the title of KCSI was announced to him on 1-1-1908, he made education free in that happiness and started girls' schools in Ticker and Kondh.  He traveled to Badrinath and Kedareshwar.  He died on Samvat 12 Mahasudi-10.