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Porbandar is a city and the headquarters of Porbandar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It was the former capital of the Porbandar princely state. Porbandar and Chhaya are the twin cities of each other and both cities are jointly governed by Porbandar–Chhaya Municipal Corporation.
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The ancestral house of the Gandhi family, where Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 is just adjacent to the Kirti Mandir. [1] [3] When Gandhi was released for the last time in the year 1944 from the Aga Khan Palace by the British Government, the residential public of Porbandar had decided to construct a memorial on his birth place, [1] which was purchased from the members of the Gandhi ...
The capital of state was the harbour town of Porbandar. [ citation needed ] Some other important towns of this state were Bhanvad , Chhaya , Ranpar, and Shrinagar . Earlier Shrinagar served as the capital of Jethwas, then Ghumli served as the capital, but was lost to the Jadejas , however, architectural heritage built by them still stands at ...
Porbandar is the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi.Porbandar is also mentioned in the Mahabharata as the native place of Krishna's childhood friend Sudama.As per the mythological reference in Sudama Charitra of Skand Puran of Shrimad Bhagvad, the present Porbandar city was named after Goddess Porav, and was located along the river banks of Asmavati.
The Huzoor Palace, also spelled Huzar Palace, [1] is a palace in Porbandar, in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was built by Rana Natwarsinhji, who was the last Maharaja of the Princely State of Porbandar, in the early years of the 20th century, with clear European influences. The palace is now used by the successors of the Maharaja's family who ...
Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency This page was last edited on 15 August 2024, at 13:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Porbandar–Jetalsar section This page was last edited on 24 April 2024, at 00:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...