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Punadra is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India.
The village in Dehgam Taluka in Gandhinagar district.
History
Punadra was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising ten more villages, covering eleven square miles in Mahi Kantha, ruled by Makwana Koli of Jhala clan Chieftains during the British Raj under the colonial Mahi Kantha Agency.
It had a combined population of 2,662 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 15,598 Rupees (mostly from land), paying a tribute of 375 Rupees to the Gaekwad Baroda State.
Places of interest
The village has an old fort from the time of Mahmud Begada (1459 - 1511).[1]
References
- ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. p. 439.
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