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About Rānpur
Ranpur is a town located on the bank of the river Bhadar in Botad district, Gujarat, India. Ranpur is little city of botad district.
From the Wikipedia article Ranpur, Gujarat (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
Ranpur is said to have been founded, about the beginning of the fourteenth century, by Ranaji Gohil, a Rajput chieftain, the ancestor of the Bhavnagar State family. The forefathers of this Ranaji, who claimed descent from Shalivahan (79 AD) were, in the thirteenth century, driven by the Rathors from their seat in Khedgarh on the Luni River about ten miles from Balotra in Marwar. Retreating south under their chief Sejakji they took refuge with Raja Kalat, the Chudasma ruler of Junagadh. Raja Kalat treated the strangers with kindness, and calling it Sejakpur, settled Sejakji on the site of the present Ranpur in 1194. Ranaji, Sejakji's son, married the daughter of Dhanaji Mer koli patel Dhandhuka, and strengthening Sejakpur with a fort called it Ranpur. Mokhadaji Gohil, Ranaji's son, increased the power of his clan and carried their capital south to Piram Island and Ghogha. On the sea he became a noted pirate, and bringing down on himself the wrath of Muhammad bin Tughluq, was defeated and slain about 1347. Though the head of their clan was killed, the Gohils kept their hold on Ranpur.
From the History section of Ranpur, Gujarat on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Rajkot International Airport (HSR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 69 km away.
- Pāliyād 19 km southwest, about 19 min by car
- Botad 21 km south, about 21 min by car
- Limbdi 26 km northeast, about 26 min by car
- Dhandhuka 28 km east, about 28 min by car
- Sāyla 32 km northwest, about 32 min by car
- Vinchia 38 km southwest, about 38 min by car
- Barwala 39 km east, about 39 min by car
- Surendranagar 42 km north, about 42 min by car
- Gadhada 45 km south, about 45 min by car
- Bhavnagar 80 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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