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3 unusual facts about Kutch


Hinglaj

The Bhairava at Hinglaj is called Bhimalochana, located in Koteshwar, Kutch.

Jam Rawal

Jam Raval was son of Jam Lakhoji, the chief of Tera branch of Cutch, which was younger to the elder branch of Lakhiarviro, whose ruler at that time was Jam Hamirji.

Sang River

At village Shinai a dam has been built across it, which provides water to Kandla.


1956 Anjar earthquake

The 1956 Anjar earthquake occurred at 15:32 UTC on 21 July, which caused maximum damage in town of Anjar in Kutch, Gujarat, India.

Alfred High School, Bhuj

Alfred High School in Bhuj, Kutch is one of the oldest educational institution of Gujarat and first high school of Kutch.

Amritlal Vegad

Amritlal was born to Govamal Jivan Vegad, who was a railway contractor hailing from village Madhapar in Kutch belonging to a small but enterprising Mestri community of Kutch.

Bhujia Fort

The army of Kutch was in a precarious condition, when a group of Naga Bawas got the gate of Bhujia Fort opened through a stratagem on pretext of visiting Nag temple for worship and then joined in the fray against Sher Buland Khan's army, putting them to flight.

Chabutro

For example, In Kutch district of Gujarat, Chabutro can be normally found in almost all villages of Mistris, a Hindu & Kshatriya clan, who were themselves master-craftsman and specialized in such construction.

He was a famous railway contractor & entrepreneur of Raigarh, founder of Shyam Talkies, who hailed from Mistri community of Kumbharia, Kutch.

Dew

Large scale dew harvesting systems have been made by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) with the participation of the International Organisation for Dew Utilization (OPUR) at coastal semi arid region Kutch.

Fulay

Fulay, Nakhatrana, panchayat village in Nakhatran Taluka, Kutch District, Gujarat, India

Fulay, Abdasa, panchayat village in Abdasa Taluka, Kutch District, Gujarat, India

Fulay, Bhuj, village in Bhuj Taluka, Kutch District, Gujarat, India

Jethwa

Later a major group entered Kutch in 12th century AD and established themselves at Dhaneti.

Many of these Poria Jethwas migrated from Dhulkot in year 1178 AD to Dhaneti and from there to Nagalpar in Kutch.

Khoja

More particularly, it included certain groups, predominantly from Gujarat and Kutch, who retained strong Indian ethnic roots and caste customs while sustaining their Muslim religious identity under continual threats of persecution.

Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary

J. P. Dutta's Bollywood film Refugee is shot on location in the Great Rann of Kutch and other locations in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India.

Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro

He took the fort of Sindhuri and built the fort of Imamgarh on his way to the Kutch region, and on the heights of the mountain of Jarah.

Mianeh

Miyana, may refer to a Muslim Community found in Kutch & Gujarat

Mistri caste

In the 12th Century they entered Kutch and established themselves at Dhaneti, later moving on to establish eighteen villages given to them by the then rulers of Kutch.

Nakhoda Masjid

The mosque was built as an imitation of the mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar at Sikandra, Agra by Kutchi Memon Jamat, a small community of Sunni Muslim community from Kutch.

Odhavram

Manji Jeram took the leadership to build Kutchi Ashram in Haridwar and started with a large personal donation and roamed whole India to collect monies from rich families of his community as well Patidar, Bhanushali, Mistri and other communities of Kutch.

Padaei

Wheeler cited scholars who connected the name "Padaei" variously with a town in Little Tibet (Ladakh), a river in Kutch and the Ganges.

Shri Keshavraiji Temple, Bet Dwarka

Pushkarna Brahmin along with Bhatia devotees, mostly from Sindh, Rajasthan, Kutch, Gujarat and Punjab, visited Bet Dwarka to worship Lord Keshavraiji most often.

Shyamji Krishna Varma

Shyamaji Krishna Varma was born on 4 October 1857 in Mandvi, Kutch province as Shamji, the son of Karsan Bhanushali (Karsan Nakhua; Nakhua is the surname while Bhanushali is the community name), a labourer for cotton press company, and Gomatibai, who died when Shyamaji was only 11 years old.

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

However some parts of the show were also shot in places in Gujarat, like Kutch, Ambaji and Ahmedabad and in overseas loactions London, Brussels and Paris.

When Harry Tries to Marry

Initially a featured screenplay project at the Sundance Institute Independent Producers’ Conference in 2004; and a top-ten finalist of the Creative Screenwriting contest in 2009, filming commenced on the film on October 21, 2009 in New York City, with additional location shooting in Kutch, India.

White-footed fox

The white-footed fox (Vulpes vulpes pusilla), also known as the desert fox, is a small, Asiatic subspecies of red fox which occurs throughout most of northwestern Indian subcontinent, Pakistan's desert districts from Rawalpindi to Rajputana and Kutch in India, Baluchistan, southern Iran, and Iraq.

Zoo and Botanical Garden of Branféré

In the 1930s Paul and his wife, Hélène Castori, having discovered a game reserve maintained by Khengarji III, Maharao of Kutch, decided to create an "animal paradise" at Branféré by letting exotic animals from around the world acclimatize to the property and roam free, creating a park where animals and humans could interact.


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