Muli is a town located 21 km (13 miles) southwest of the district capital of
Surendranagar
Surendranagar Dudhrej is a municipality in Surendranagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Dudhrej municipality is directly connected with Wadhwan city and Wadhwan municipality.
Etymology
Dudhrej was originally a nes (hamlet) settled ...
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Gujarat
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India
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Bhogavo River.
History
Muli is a town as well as a subdivision (called taluka) that falls in
Surendranagar district in the
Saurashtra region
Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 11 districts of Gujarat, including Rajkot District. It was formerly a s ...
of Indian Gujarat. While Muli town has a population of 9,191, while Muli subdivision (taluka) has 58 inhabited villages with a population of 118,902. The name "Muli" may also refer to an erstwhile
Muli Princely state of the same name.
=Battle Over a Partridge=
Muli is famous for a battle over a wounded partridge. Stone Memorials at Muli commemorate the event when two communities fought over a partridge leading to the death of an estimated 200 persons. The incident goes back to 1474,
when members of the Chabad community, who were tribal hunters shot a partridge, which was wounded and saved by a lady belonging to the Parmar tribe. The lady named Jombai, was the mother of Lakhdhirji, the chief of the Sodha Parmar Rajputs. She found the injured bird lying behind the presiding deity of their community, and hence refused to hand over the bird. The ensuring battle led to many deaths and stone memorials are still found in Muli. The caste identity of each of those killed in inscribed in the memorials. Since then, Parmar community of Muli vowed never to kill a partridge.
References
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External links
www.ssgd.org* "Saurashra ni Rasdhar" by
Zawerchand Meghani (in Gujarati)
Cities and towns in Surendranagar district
Muli