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About Kheda
Kheda (Gujarati: Kheḍā; Gujarati pronunciation: [ˈkʰeɖa]) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kheda was known as Kaira during the British Raj. It was the former administrative capital of Kheda district. The city is known for tobacco farming.
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History
The name Kheda originated from the Sanskrit term Kshetra (lit. 'land or field'). Situated at the confluence of the Vatrak and Shedhi rivers, local mythology links the region to the ancient movements of peoples across India. The area has a long documented history, evolving from an ancient regional territory into a prominent urban center. The earliest linguistic reference to the region dates back to the Ganapatha (c. 2nd century BCE), an appendix to Pāṇini's Sanskrit grammar treatise, which records Khetaka as a geographical name of the broader region. The region is also mentioned as Divyanagar in 133rd chapter of Padmapurana. The regional identity persisted into the early medieval period.
Seventh- and eighth-century copperplate grants issued by the Maitraka dynasty of Valabhi explicitly designate Khetaka as a major administrative division (mandala or vishaya). The town gained prominence as a strategic administrative and military center in the early eighth century. Following the Arab (Tājika) incursions into the Maitraka capital of Valabhi around 705-706 CE, the Maitraka rulers shifted their administrative focus. They began issuing royal copper-plate charters from military camps (jayaskandhāvāra) based primarily in Khetaka, making a shift in the regional power structure that sustained the dynasty for over half a century.
From the History section of Kheda on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 36 km away.
- Mahemdāvād 11 km northeast, about 11 min by car
- Vaso 12 km southeast, about 12 min by car
- Bareja 14 km northwest, about 14 min by car
- Nandej 16 km north, about 16 min by car
- Nadiād 19 km east, about 19 min by car
- Dholka 25 km west, about 25 min by car
- Ahmedabad 32 km north, about 32 min by car
- Anand 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Gandhinagar 52 km north, about 52 min by car
- Vadodara 74 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Kheda old bridge, Hamza Abdul Razzak chhipa, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Swaminarayan temple, Kheda district Gujarat, Yann Forget, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Swaminarayan temple, Kheda district, Gujarat, Yann Forget, CC BY-SA 4.0
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