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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Maharana of Danta (1847–1859)}}<br />
{{infobox royalty<br />
| title = [[Maharana]]<br />
| succession = [[Maharana]] of [[Danta State|Danta]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1847}} – {{circa|1859}}<br />
| predecessor = [[Naharsinhji]]<br />
| successor = [[Sardarsinhji]]<br />
| death_date = {{circa|1859}}<br />
| father = [[Naharsinhji]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Parmar (clan)|Parmar]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Zalamsinhji''' (or '''Jhalamsinhji''') was the [[Maharana]] of [[Danta State|Danta]] from 1847 until 1859.<br />
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== Early life and family ==<br />
Zalamsinhji was born to [[Naharsinhji]], the [[Maharana]] of [[Danta State|Danta]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=DANTA |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/d/danta.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803184937/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/d/danta.html |archive-date=2017-08-03 |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> He married and had a son, named [[Sardarsinhji]], and a daughter, Guman Kumari, who married [[Kesari Singh]], the [[Maharao]] of [[Sirohi State|Sirohi]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lala |first=Sitaram |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.112413 |title=History Of Sirohi Raj From The Earliest Times To The Present Day |date=1920 |pages=360}}</ref><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
Upon the death of his father in 1847, he succeeded him on the throne of [[Danta State|Danta]] as the [[Maharana]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Manu Nandshankar |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48807 |title=Hind Rajasthan |date=1896 |pages=93}}</ref> He went to [[Ahmedabad]] in 1854 to meet [[Mountstuart Elphinstone]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Master |first=Framroz Sorabji |url=http://archive.org/details/mahikanthadirect00mast |title=The Mahi Kantha directory |date=1922 |publisher=Rajkot : [s.n.] |others=University of California Libraries |pages=160}}</ref> In 1857, when the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|mutiny]] broke out in [[India]], he supported the [[East India Company|British]] cause and assisted them.<ref name=":1" /> When the [[British government of India|Government of India]] began to introduce [[vaccination]], he assisted them in their cause and accepted an agreement related to salt with them.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died in 1859 and was succeeded by [[Sardarsinhji]] to his title, rank, and dignity.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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