Jadeja Rulers State

The  Prominent states ruled-

 by the Jadeja tribe prior to independence of India were  Kutch, Morvi, Jamnagar,Rajkot  Gondal and Dhrol, all these states trace their lineage to Kutch, among these, Morvi and Jamnagar descend directly  from Kutch, whereas Rajkot, Gondal sand Dhrol stem from Jamnagar.

The dominant races in Kutch previous to the 9th century were Chavda, Kathees and Waghela, they ruled the western, central and the eastern parts of Kutch respectively.

The reigning Prince of Nagar Thatta in Sindh towards the end of 8th century AD was Lakho Ghuraro. He had eight sons by two wives, the eldest son being Unnad from the first wife and the others being Mod and Manai by a wife from Chawda tribe. As Unnad was the eldest, he succeeded the throne by virtue of his primogeniture. Shortly afterwards brothers Mod and Manai started planning against the life of Unnad in order to usurp his throne, however, they did not succeed and found it necessary to go into exile with their followers to Kutch where they had maternal relations with the Chawda tribe.This was the first historically noted foray of Samma Rajputs of Sind in Kutch.

After arrival in Kutch, Mod had a dispute with his maternal Uncle and the ruler of Eastern Kutch,Chawda Whagum, and was killed by Mod, thereafter, Mod assumed the sovereignty of the province. There is no concrete information available for the period that followed except the names of the rulers up to five generations.(Although sketchy you can find some reference here in this link) They were Jam Mod, Jam Saad, Jam Phool, Jam Lakho Fulani and Jam Pooeronjee. It is important to note here that Lakho Fulani was the most revered and cherished warrior in the history of Kutch and Saurashtra. Jam Pooeronjee was a very cruel ruler and created despair and apathy among his dominion until he was killed by the Jakhs(A mysterious race, possibly Persians who had come to kutch by sea, as they were very fair with different attire and good knowledge of medicines, were possibly revered as divine, the monument still stands today on the way to Matano Madh in Nakhatrana, Kutch). During this time the direct descendents of Jam Unnad in Nagar Thatta Sind was Jam Jada(it is pertinent to note here that some descendants of Jam Unnad converted to islam before 1391, the descendents of these Samma tribe can be found in present day Sindh), as he did not have any legitimate heir to the throne he adopted his brothers son Lakho, however, after adopting Lakho, Jam Jadas wife gave birth to a child named Ghao, having already adopted lakho, he decided to divide his dominion equally among both his legitimate son Ghao and adopted son Lakho, however after the demise of Jam Jada, Ghao refused to give any share to Lakho and was forced to leave Sind with his twin brother Lakhiar and well wishers.

Lakho and Lakhiar ventured into Kutch and slowly regained the territories in control of Chavdas, as Lakhiar was childless, Lakho named his territory after his brother and called it Lakhiar Viro. because Lakho was adopted by Jam Jada, the descendants of this Lakho Jadani were called JADEJA. The name Jadeja means "Belonging to Jada" in Sindhi and Kutchi language, and is pronounced as "Jaa day jaa".

Jam Lakho jadani is attributed to the surname Jadeja being adopted by all his descendants.