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About Kutiyāna
Kutiyana is a city and a municipality in Porbandar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the banks of the Bhadar River.
From the Wikipedia article Kutiyana (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The name of the town is supposedly derived from a Charan lady named Kunti, who established a nes (hamlet) at the location which grew into a village called Kuntiyana, later corrupted to Kutiyana. From a village, Kutiyana developed into a town.
Kutiyana was the home of poets Bhat Rao Lakhan, Sorathi Sarasvat Vaikunath, Kshatri Mardash Bhagat, Bhat Thakardas, and Bhat Bhupatsingh.
Due to its strategic importance in the medieval period being on the main road to Porbandar-Barda and on the boundaries of Ghed and hill regions, the city of Kutiyana has seen many sieges and battles in its history.
Kutiyana also came to be known as Muzafarabad by the Muslims because it is believed that Muzafar Halim, governor of Saurashtra, made it very popular and built a fort around the town. In contemporary Persian records, the town was named as such. In an inscription of Jamamasjid dated 1539 AD, it is stated that one Ibrahim Nizam Zermi build a mosque there.
In 1730-1740, Kalidas, a baniya of Ahmedabad and an official of Vasantray Purabia, built a citadel called Kalikothi in the town.
After the partition of India, displaced Hindu migrants from Pakistan were settled here in place of the Muslim population who chose to migrate to Pakistan.
Kutiyana is also the original home of Mahatma Gandhi, whose family held barkhali lands in the town.
From the History section of Kutiyana on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Porbandar (PBD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 34 km away.
- Bāntva 18 km southeast, about 18 min by car
- Mānāvadar 21 km southeast, about 21 min by car
- Rānāvāv 26 km west, about 26 min by car
- Amardad 29 km west, about 29 min by car
- Jodhpur 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Jamjodhpur 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Upleta 33 km northeast, about 33 min by car
- Chhaya 36 km west, about 36 min by car
- Porbandar 39 km west, about 39 min by car
- Jūnāgadh 50 km east, about 50 min by car
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