Adipur is a town in

Gandhidham Gandhidham, initially known as Sardarganj, is the largest and most populous city in Kutch District, Gujarat, India. It was created in the early 1950s for the resettlement of Sindhi Hindu refugees from Sindh (now in Pakistan) in the aftermath ...

Municipal Corporation of Kutch District in the state of

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. The town is situated approximately from

History

Gandhi Samadhi memorial plaque Adipur Kutch Gujarat (cropped)

Adipur was initially founded as a refugee camp after the

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, in 1947, by the

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. Its administration was passed onto a self-governing body called the

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(SRC). The person credited with the formation of this settlement was

Bhai Pratap Dialdas Bhai Pratap ( sd, ڀائي پرتاب ڏيئل داس) (April 14, 1908 – August 30, 1967), was an Indian businessman, philanthropist and freedom fighter, best remembered as the founder of the city of Gandhidham-Adipur to resettle refugees fro ...

, who requested land from

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

for the (mostly Sindhi) immigrants from Sindh,

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. The Maharaja of Kutch,

Vijayaraji Maharajadhiraj Mirza Maharao Sri Sir Vijayarajaji Khengarji Sawai Bahadur, GBE (2 September 1885 – 26 February 1948) was the ruling Rao of Cutch from 1942 to his death in 1948.Maharaja of Kutch on advice of Gandhiji, gave 15000 acres of land to Bhai Pratab, who founded Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Limited to rehabilitate Sindhi Hindus uprooted from their motherland.
in Adipur/

, which was built on this land. Later the Indian Institute of Sindhology was established at Adipur is a center for advanced studies and research in the fields related to the

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by a further 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India ...

, literature, art and culture. Adipur is famous for Gandhi Samadhi and a huge number of

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fans and impersonators.

Climate

The climate here is usual, there is virtually a trifle rainfall in a year in Adipur town. This climate is considered to be BWh according to the Koppen-Geiger classification of climates. The average annual temperature is 26.8c. The average rainfall is 375mm.

Education

Adipur has nine higher education institutions run by Gandhidham Collegiate Board(GCB): * Tolani Commerce College * Tolani College of Arts and Science * Tolani Institute of Management Studies * Tolani Foundation Gandhidham Polytechnic * Tolani College of Pharmacy * Tolani institute of law * Tolani institute of commerce * Dada Dukhayal College of Education * Dr. H. R. Gajwani College of Education Admissions were traditionally competitive with the rest of the district, but overall, due to the limited infrastructure surrounding the campuses, the populace is mostly local students from Anjar, Gandhidham, Adipur, and other surrounding towns. Schools in the city include Excelsior Model School, Shri R.P Patel High School, St. Xavier's School, Sadhu Hiranand Navalrai Academy, Maitri Maha Vidyalaya, Modern School, Mount Carmel School and Twinkle Star School.

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Kutch district

History

Climate

Education

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