Bhimora is a village and former

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

in Chotila Taluka of

Surendranagar district Surendranagar is an administrative district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Surendranagar city, along with the twin city of Wadhwan, has a total of 400,000 inhabitant ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the 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 fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...

, India.

History

The petty

Jhalawar Jhalawar () is a city, municipal council and headquarter in Jhalawar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located in the southeastern part of the state. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jhalawar, and is the admin ...

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'', comprising ten more villages, was ruled by offshoot of

Chotila Chotila is a Hindu temple town and Taluka headquarters of Chotila Taluka, Surendranagar district, located near Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Nearby railway stations included Than & Rajkot. The distance from the Than junction to Chotila is 21 ...

's house. Bhimora is said to have been anciently called Bhimpuri. There is a rock-cut cave located here.

Geography

The country around Bhimora is hilly and the river Bhogavo of Limbdi rises near this. The population according to the census of 1872 was 513 and according to that of 1881, 109 souls. In 1901 it has a combined population of 1,204, yielding a state revenue of 10,555 Rupees (1903-4, nearly all from land), paying 371 Rupees tribute, to the British and

Junagadh State Junagarh or Junagadh ( ur, ) was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in British India, until its integration into the Union of India in 1948. History Muhammad Sher Khan Babai was the founder of the Babi Pashtun d ...

References

Sources and external links

Imperial Gazetteer on dsal.uchicago.edu - Kathiawar

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