Dhandhuka is a city and a municipality in Ahmedabad district in the state of Gujarat, India.
Dhandhuka is said to have been founded by, and to take its name from, Dhan or Dhand Mair, or rather Mehd, the second of the thirteen sons of the Koli chief Sonang Mehd who in early times came into Gujarat from Sind. No specific year is mentioned in Rasmala by Alexander Kinloch Forbes. Having no son, Dhan Mehd is said to have given the town as a Krishna, or lasting, gift to a party of 400 Brahman refugees from the wrath of Ebhal Walo, chief of Wala. According to another account, the town is said to be called after Shri Dhandhiu of the Solanki dynasty who married the daughter of Mulraj Solanki’s predecessor. In the twelfth century Dhandhuka became famous as the birthplace of the great Jain teacher Hemchandra and in his honour Solanki king Kumarpal (1143-1174) raised a temple over his birthplace. Under the Muslims and Marathas, Dhandhuka kept its position as a country town, its fortune being almost always linked with the fortune of Dholka. Along with Dholka it was ceded to the British in 1802.
- Country – India
- State – Gujarat
- District – Ahmedabad
- Elevation – 24 m (79 ft)
- Population (2001) – 30,000
- Official Languages – Gujarati, Hindi
