Vav, Gujarat
Vav is a town and the headquarters of Vav Taluka in Banaskantha district in Gujarat state of India.[1] Vav is the largest taluka of the district.
History
The Rana, rulers of Vav, came from Sambhar and
Anhilwad Patan kings. According to other views, his son Rana Ratansing, driven out of Nadol, in 1103, settled at Tharad. Rana Punja, the seventh in descent from Dedhrav was killed by the Muslims in battle in 1283. His son Rana Vaja regained his estate, by the influence of his father-in-law the Raval of Jaisalmer, as a grant from the Delhi emperor but lost Tharad. So he chose his new capital, Vav. Vav gained its name from a step-well built by his great-grandfather Rana Mehpalji. It suffered very severely from the 1813 famine. During the British period, the eighteenth descendant, Umedsinh, agreed with the British in 1819-20 and became protectorate.[2]
Vav State was under the
Independence of India in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in Bombay State. When Gujarat state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under Banaskantha district
of Gujarat.
References
Notes
- ^ "વાવ તાલુકા પંચાયત". banaskanthadp.gujarat.gov.in. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha 2015, p. 334, 350-351.
- ISBN 978-81-7167-299-8.
Bibliography
- Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. pp. 331–332, 350–351.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. pp. 329–331, 350–351.
24°21′41″N 71°30′33″E / 24.3614984°N 71.5092326°E
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