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Bagasara-Ghed, also known as Bagasara (Sil), is a village in Mangarol Taluka of List of villages in Junagadh district/Mangrol Taluka
/ref> Bagasra-Ghed lies thirty-four miles to the south-west of Junagadh.
The village lands form part of the huge marsh called the ''Ghed'' and are inundated in the rainy season. ''Kase'' grass grows spontaneously in
the Ghed; the green grass is cut and given to cattle to eat; when the grass seeds, the seed or grain is collected and called ''kasaiya'' and is eaten by the residents of the Ghed villages. As it is not considered a grain it is eaten by Hindus on fast days. This grass has bulbous roots and the bulbs are black and the size of small potatoes. They are also cut up and the husk removed and then boiled and eaten. These bulbs are called ''lodh'' when green and ''bid'' when dry. ''Thegi'' or ''Thek'', Cyperus jemenicus, a sedge, is also found in the Ghed, and in the, sand hills on tho sea coast. There are thousands of lotus plants in the Ghed. The pods of the lotus are called ''kumna''s and they contain small white seeds which are made into bread and eaten by the poorer classes and also by the rich on fast days. The gram grown in the Ghed is specially famous both for its excellent flavour, and because it is very easily cooked. It is called ''Ghedia chana'' or Ghedia gram.
Junagadh district
Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.
Geography
The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Gir Somnath district ( ...
, Gujarat
Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...
, India./ref> Bagasra-Ghed lies thirty-four miles to the south-west of Junagadh.
History
It appears from the inscription in the temple of the Koteshvar Mahadev atKodinar
Kodinar is a town and municipality in Gir Somnath district, in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat, west of Una, Gujarat, Una. Kodinar is close to the Gir Forest National Park.
The main transport connections for Kodina ...
that in 1272 (Samvat 1328) this village was under the rule of Visaladeva, the Vaghela king of Anhilwad Patan
Patan () is the administrative seat of Patan district in the Indian state of Gujarat and is an administered municipality. It was the capital of Gujarat's Chavda and Chaulukya dynasties in medieval times and is also known as Anhilpur-Patan t ...
, the then lord paramount of Gujarat, and that he granted it to a dependent of his named Nana, a Nagar Brahmin, who also held a seventh share in the revenue of Mangrol.
There is a ''paliya
The Paliya or Khambhi is a type of a memorial found in the western regions of the India subcontinent, especially Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and also in Sindh region of Pakistan. They mostly commemorate the death of a person. These s ...
'' (memorial stone) in the grain-yard at Bagasara dated 1392 (Samvat 1448) from which it seems that Pato, son of Samo, was slain in battle at Bagasara in the victorious reign of Mokalasimha, the Chudasama Chudasama may refer to:
* Chudasama dynasty, a dynasty of Gujarat, India
* Chudasama (Mer clan), clan of Mer community
* Chudasama (Rajput clan), clan of Rajput community
* Chudasama (surname), Gujarati surname
See also
* Chuda (disambiguation ...
ruler of Junagadh
Junagadh () is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. It i ...
. Later ''paliya''s bear the names of the Sultans of Gujarat Sultanate
The Gujarat Sultanate or Sultanate of Gujarat was a late medieval Islamic Indian kingdom in Western India, primarily in the present-day state of Gujarat. The kingdom was established in 1394 when Muzaffar Shah I, the Governor of Gujarat, decla ...
of Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...
as being lords-paramount here. All these ''paliya''s bear the name Bagasara. Afterwards in 1472 (Samvat 1528), the Bagasra Chovisi was granted in ''jagir'' to Bhupatsingh, son of Mandalika III, the last Chudasama ruler of Junagadh. The descendants of this Bhupatsingh, who are called Raizadas, are still living in certain villages near Keshod
Keshod is a town and a Taluka in Junagadh District.
Infrastructure
Keshod Airport serves Junagadh district, which was used by Nawab of Junagadh Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III
Sir Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III Rasul Khanji, (2 August 1898 â ...
.
It was a subdivision under Sil ''mahal'' during British period.
Agriculture
The village lands form part of the huge marsh called the ''Ghed'' and are inundated in the rainy season. ''Kase'' grass grows spontaneously in
the Ghed; the green grass is cut and given to cattle to eat; when the grass seeds, the seed or grain is collected and called ''kasaiya'' and is eaten by the residents of the Ghed villages. As it is not considered a grain it is eaten by Hindus on fast days. This grass has bulbous roots and the bulbs are black and the size of small potatoes. They are also cut up and the husk removed and then boiled and eaten. These bulbs are called ''lodh'' when green and ''bid'' when dry. ''Thegi'' or ''Thek'', Cyperus jemenicus, a sedge, is also found in the Ghed, and in the, sand hills on tho sea coast. There are thousands of lotus plants in the Ghed. The pods of the lotus are called ''kumna''s and they contain small white seeds which are made into bread and eaten by the poorer classes and also by the rich on fast days. The gram grown in the Ghed is specially famous both for its excellent flavour, and because it is very easily cooked. It is called ''Ghedia chana'' or Ghedia gram.
Demographics
The population of Bagasara consists chiefly ofMers
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, Ghedia Kolis
The Koli is an Indian caste that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Nepal. Koli is an agriculturist caste of Gujarat but in coastal areas they also work as fishermen along with agriculture.
In the beginning of 20th ce ...
, Memons
The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Memons (Kathiawar), Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Me ...
, Khoja
The Khoja are a caste of Muslims mainly members of the Nizari Ismaʿiliyyah sect of Islam with a minority of followers of Shia Islam originating the western Indian subcontinent, and converted to Islam from Hinduism by the 14th century by the Pe ...
s, Lohana
Lohana are a Hindu ''jÄti, caste'', a trading or mercantile community mostly residing in India and some also in Pakistan.
The Lohanas are divided into many separate cultural groups as a result of centuries apart in different regions. Thus th ...
s, Girnar Brahmins, and Sindhis
Sindhis are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group originating from and native to Sindh, a region of Pakistan, who share a common Sindhi culture, history, ancestry, and language. The historical homeland of Sindhis is bordered by southeastern Balochi ...
.
References
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