Rajpara State (Halar)


Rajpara is a village and former Hindu non-salute Rajput princely state on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India.


History

The Fifth Class Non-Salute Princely state and taluka, in Halar prant, was ruled by Jadeja Rajput Chieftains by primogeniture. It is an offshoot of the Kotda-Sangani State, whose first Thakur Togujiraj, the founder of the house, the second son of Sangoji of Kotda-Sangani, received in appanage with some other villages.
In 1901 it comprised twelve more villages, covering 39 square kilometers, with a combined population of 1,862 in 1901, yielding 13,654 Rupees state revenue, paying 3,163 Rupees tribute, to the British and Junagadh State.
The Rajpura housed one of the most elegant houses in its time, the royal house, Rangmahel, having a scenic landscape surrounding itself, also served as the administrative office of the Taluka Rajpura.

Thakurs