Punadra is a town in the Gandhinagar

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Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

in Western India. Fiscal stamps of Punadra, Khadal Ambaliara, Katosan and Jawhar ruled by Koli rulers

History

Punadra was a Fourth Class

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and

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, comprising ten more villages, covering eleven square miles in Mahi Kantha Agency and ruled by

Makwana The Makwana, or Makawana is a clan ( Gotra) of the Koli caste found in the Indian state of Gujarat. The Makwana clan is mostly found among Talpada Kolis, Chunvalia Koli and Ghedia Kolis. In 1931 census of Baroda State, there were 20,700 Koli ...

Koli Koli may refer to: Places * Koli, Finland, a hill in Finland * Koli National Park, a national park in Finland * Koli, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran * Koli Airfield, a former airfield in the South Pacific Other uses * Koli people ...

chieftains of Jhala Dynasty having Thakor title during the

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under the colonial Mahi Kantha Agency. The Koli rulers of Punadra were converted to

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Mahmud Begada Sultan Mahmud Begada or Mahmud Shah I (), was the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate. Raised to the throne at young age, he successfully captured Pavagadh and Junagadh forts in battles which gave him his name ''Begada''. He establishe ...

. They are brothers of

Dabha State Dabha is a town in the Aravalli district of Gujarat, in Western India. History Dabha was a princely state and taluka, comprising eight more villages, covering twelve square miles in Mahi Kantha Agency and ruled by Makwana Koli chieftains ...

Ramas State Ramas is a town and former Makwana Koli princely state in Mahi Kantha. The village is in Bayad Taluka, in Aravalli district of Gujarat state, western India. History Ramas was a Sixth Class princely state and taluka, comprising eight more vill ...

and

Khadal State Khadal is a town and former minor Princely state in Gujarat, western India. History Khadal was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising twelve more villages, covering eight square miles in Mahi Kantha, ruled by Kshatriya Makwana K ...

. It had a combined population of 2,662 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 15,598 Rupees (mostly from land), paying a tribute of 375 Rupees to the Gaekwad

Baroda State Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its c ...

Places of interest

The village has an old fort from the time of

(1459–1511).

References

{{coord, 23, 06, N, 72, 58, E, display=title, region:IN_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Cities and towns in Gandhinagar district

External links

The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 7