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About Ghogha
Ghogha is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is situated on the mid-western bank of the Gulf of Khambhat. It was an important historical commercial port on the Arabian Sea until the development of nearby Bhavnagar in the nineteenth century.
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History
Ghogha was known as the port of Gundigar during Maitraka rule of Vallabhi (AD 480-720). Under Chaulukya dynasty rule (746-1297), except as a nursery for seamen, Ghogha was not a place of any note. One of the earliest mentions of the town is by French explorer Friar Jordanus, who, in 1321, passing north through Thane and Bharuch or as he writes it Parocco, stayed at 'Gogo'. Of the place he has left no details. At this time Ghogha is said to have been in the hands of Muslim soldiers of fortune, from whom, a few years later (1325), Mokhadaji Gohil, the Gohil chief of Umrala, took it and with the Piram Island made it his headquarters.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bhavnagar Airport (BHU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 12 km away.
- Malanka 11 km west, about 11 min by car
- Bhavnagar 15 km northwest, about 15 min by car
- Sidsar 17 km west, about 17 min by car
- Vartej 23 km west, about 23 min by car
- Nari 23 km northwest, about 23 min by car
- Sihor 33 km west, about 33 min by car
- Alang 34 km south, about 34 min by car
- Talāja 45 km southwest, about 45 min by car
- Olpād 63 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Surat 79 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- CNI Church, Ghogha, Gazal world, CC BY-SA 4.0
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