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Ranpur (other)
Ranpur may refer to the following places in India: * Ranpur, Gujarat, a town in Gujarat * Ranpur Taluka, a taluka in Botad district of Gujarat * Ranpur, Abdasa, a village in Abdasa Taluka, Kutch District, Gujarat * Raj-Ranpur, Odisha, also known as "Ranpur", a town in Odisha ** Ranpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) * Ranpur State, a former princely state of Odisha * Porbandar State, also known as Ranpur, a former princely state of Gujarat See also * Ranapur, a town in Madhya Pradesh * Ranipur (other) * Rangpur (other) Rangpur may refer to: Places *Rangpur, Bangladesh, a city in Bangladesh **Rangpur District **Rangpur Division *Rangpur, Assam, a capital of the historic Ahom kingdom in present-day Assam, India *Rangpur, Gujarat, a historic site in Gujarat, India ... * Rampur (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranpur, Gujarat
Ranpur is a town located on the bank of the river Bhadar River, Bhadar in Botad district, Gujarat, India. Ranpur is little city of botad district. History Ranpur is said to have been founded, about the beginning of the fourteenth century, by Ranaji Gohil, a Rajput chieftain, the ancestor of the Bhavnagar State family. The forefathers of this Ranaji, who claimed descent from Western Satraps, Shalivahan (79 AD) were, in the thirteenth century, driven by the Rathors from their seat in Khed, Rajasthan, Khedgarh on the Luni River about ten miles from Balotra in Marwar. Retreating south under their chief Sejakji they took refuge with Raja Kalat, the Chudasama dynasty, Chudasma ruler of Junagadh. Raja Kalat treated the strangers with kindness, and calling it Sejakpur, settled Sejakji on the site of the present Ranpur in 1194. Ranaji, Sejakji's son, married the daughter of Dhanaji Mer koli patel Dhandhuka, and strengthening Sejakpur with a fort called it Ranpur. Mokhadaji Gohil, Ranaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |