The southern contingent moving south into Gujarat was defeated at Navsari by Avanijanashraya Pulakesi who was sent by Vikramaditya II, ruler of the South Indian Chalukya Empire.
The Parsis found the city's atmosphere to that of Sari region of Iran.
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He was an elected Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom between 1892 and 1895, and the first Asian to be a British MP.
The charity continues its aims of helping other charities including UK based charities such as NSPCC, Breast Cancer, and RNLI as well as forging links with charities in India such as the Rotary Eye Hospital in Navsari, Gujarat.
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The Udvada Atash Behram is one of nine Atash Behrams worldwide, eight of which are in western India (four in Mumbai, two in Surat, one in Navsari, and the one in Udvada), and one of which is in Yazd, in central Iran.