Raj Mayurdhwaj Singhji - Dhangadhra

                    Raj Mayurdhwaj Singhji - Dhangadhra

                                                      

     Dhangadhra became the last Rajvi Mayurdhwaj Singhji of the state.  He was known as Meghrajji (III).  The Jhala rulers of Dhangadhra are known in history as Shri Raj or Rajsaheb.  He was born on 7-9-17 in the house of Maharani Anand Kunwarba Saheb of Kotdasangani.  He received his early education in Dhangadhra and later in England.  He was only 16 years old when his father Ghanshyam Singhji died.  Therefore, in order to become competent in the administration, he appointed Sir V.T.  Krishnamachari was going to learn administration, in his youth he took over the throne of Dhangadhra completely.  Since he was educated abroad and came to the throne at a young age and prepared in a state like Vadodara, he made many efforts to improve the state.  Apart from this several plans were put in place.  Which can be seen from the following points.  

(1) The state used to provide free primary education.  It has been done compulsorily since 18 AD.  

(2) Prohibition of child marriage, exemption of widow marriage and divorce law and property rights laws for women were also passed.  

(3) To make the judiciary more impartial by making it independent of the executive.  

(4) Mayurdhwaj Singhji was able to discern the time to come.  So they made improvements in line with modern times.  So they set up a training college in their Suswav village and trained the villagers in it.  

(5) In order to improve the condition of the state, he also introduced modern reforms by making many changes and improvements in the matter of Swachh Gram Abhiyan, Shishu Kalyan and Dudh Kendras.  

(6) He passed the law of city panchayat and gram panchayat and prepared the role for self-governance.  

(7) Rajpur village was selected for experimentation in the field of co-operative agriculture and efforts were made for agricultural improvement.  

(8) In his time, he had given permission to hold the seventh session of "Kathiawar Political Council" in Dhangadhra in 19 AD.  

(9) In the development plan, Zund Kandla railway project was prepared and started by Dhangadhra Halwad. When independence came, he connected his state with Bharat Sangh and requested others to do the same.  He was made the President of the State of Saurashtra.  He was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of Narendra Mandal from 19th to 19th.  With assurance, Shri Raj signed the agreement to make Kathiawar a united state.  18 The first elections of Saurashtra were held under his chairmanship.  He was also elected as AO MLA and Member of Parliament. He received an annual salary of Rs. 3.50 lakh.  This prince is our pride today.