Morvada is a village in Vav Taluka of

Banaskantha district Banaskantha district is one of the Districts of Gujarat, thirty-four districts of the Gujarat States and territories of India, state of India. The administrative headquarters and largest city is Palanpur. The district is in northeastern Gujarat wh ...

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, India.

History

Morvada is said formerly to have belonged to Turks and to have been conquered from them by Vaghela Rajputs, who in (1535), were expelled by Visaldev, a descendant of Lunaji Vaghela of Tharad. There is a Jain Temple in village. The idols are said to around 2200 years old (samprati maharaja). It was ruled the Vaghela house of Tharad, the lineal descendants of Visaldev till independence of India. Morvada entered into agreements with the British Government in 1820s. It was under Palanpur Agency of Bombay Presidency, which in 1925 became the Banas Kantha Agency. After

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in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in

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. When

state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under

of Gujarat. Morvada falls on Radhanpur - Suigam state highway.

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