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About Gondal
Gondal is a city of about 115,000 residents and a municipality of about 175,000 in the Rajkot district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Gondal village was one of the eight first-class princely states of Kathiawar Agency, Bombay Presidency in British India.
From the Wikipedia article Gondal, India (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Gondal is mentioned in texts like the Ain-i-Akbari (written in the reign of Akbar) and Mirat-i-Ahmadi as a Vaghela state in Sorath (Saurashtra). The Gondal State in Kathiawar Agency was founded in 1634 by Kumbhojī I from the Jadeja dynasty, who received Ardoi and other villages from his father Merāmanjī. Kumbhoji's fourth descendant, Kumbhoji IV, increased the size of the state by acquiring parganas such as Dhoraji, Upleta, and Sarai.
Sir Bhagwant Singhji, who reigned from 1888 until his death in 1944, was noted for tax reforms, compulsory education for women, and also for stopping the practice of purdah (female seclusion) at a time when the royal households of India were known for this tradition.
In 1901, Gondal city had a population of 19,592, and was a stop on the branch line between Rajkot and Jetalsar on the Viramgam–Rajkot and Rajkot–Somnath lines.
The ancestors of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, belong to Paneli village in Gondal state.
From the History section of Gondal, India on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Rajkot Airport (RAJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 39 km away.
- Rib 19 km north, about 19 min by car
- Shāhpur 22 km north, about 22 min by car
- Lodhika 26 km northwest, about 26 min by car
- Jetpur 29 km southwest, about 29 min by car
- Pāl 28 km north, about 28 min by car
- Kotharia 30 km north, about 30 min by car
- Rājkot 37 km north, about 37 min by car
- Jetalsar 36 km southwest, about 36 min by car
- Jasdan 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- Jūnāgadh 60 km southwest, about 1 h by car
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- Gondal, India, Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0
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