Dahewan

Dahewan is a village in the Borsad taluka of Anand district in Gujarat state of India.[1] Dahewan is a Gram Panchayat. It was ruled by Koli king Zalim Jalia.[2][3][4]

Dahewan
Village in Indian state of Gujarat
Flag of Dahewan
Motto: 
Anthem: Jana Gana Mana
CountryIndia
StateGujarat
DistrictAnand
TehsilBorsad
Ruling political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Assembly constituencyBorsad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Post officeKathana Rs
Population
 (2011)
  Total10,880
Time zoneIndian Standard Time IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code
02696
Pin code
388550
Vehicle registrationGJ-23

History

Dehwan was a Mehvasi village which was ruled by Koli king Jalim Jaliya and Dehwan's chief fought against Baroda State to protect the Nawab of Broach.[5]

Education

Colleges

  • Degree Pharmacy College, Amralali

Schools

  • Shri H.G.N.Dahevanvala Sarswati Vidhyalaya, Dahevan
  • Hanifa public school, Kashipura
  • Vatsalya International School, Borsad
  • Madresa Gujrati School (non girl), Borsad
  • Napavanta Mishra Shala, Napa Vanta village

Religious places

Hindu

  • Shiva Mandir, Kathana Station
  • Somnath Mahadev Mandir, Kathana Station
  • Harsidhdhi Temple, Chandanpura
  • Valiyadeva Temple, Chandanpura

Muslim

  • Noorani Masji, Kalamsar
  • Nagina Masjid (Sunni), Khanpur
  • Masjid, Ranoli

See also

References

  1. Assembly, Gujarat (India) Legislative (1990). Who's who. New Delhi, India: Gujarat Legislature Secretariat. p. 160.
  2. Williams, Raymond Brady; Trivedi, Yogi (2016-05-12). Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity. New Delhi, India, Asia: Oxford University Press. pp. However, the Koli chief of Dehwan, Zalim Jalia, very chivalrously gave him refuge despite threats by Lallubhai, the diwan (minister) of the fugitive Nawab (Munshi Abbas Ali 1975, 140–50). ISBN 978-0-19-908959-8.
  3. Commissariat, Manekshah Sorabshah (1980). A History of Gujarat: Including a Survey of Its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions. Longmans, Green & Company, Limited. pp. 717: the headquarters of Jalam Jalia, the Koli Chief of Dehwan on the north bank of the Mahi, who extended to him his hospitality. The abject condition to which the late ruler of Broach had now reduced may be gathered from the.
  4. ʻAlī, Sayyid ʻAbbās (1975). (Qiṣṣah-yi ghamgīn) (in Urdu). pp. Zalim, the koli chief of Dehwan was chivalrous enough to reject these overtures . He is reported to have said that, if informed earlier, he would have brought a lakh and half ( 1, 50, 000 ) kamthi, i.e. troops to the help of the Nawab.
  5. Clark, Alice Whitcomb (1979). Central Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century: The Integration of an Agrarian System. New Delhi, India: University of Wisconsin--Madison. pp. 73–74.

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