Bhuj
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Bhuj भुज ભુજ |
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| City | |
The Prag Mahal
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 Bhuj
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| Coordinates: 23°15′N 69°40′E / 23.25°N 69.67°ECoordinates: 23°15′N 69°40′E / 23.25°N 69.67°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Gujarat |
| District | Kachchh |
| Municipality | Bhuj Municipality |
| Founded by | Rao Hamirji |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| Area | |
| • Total | 56 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 148,834 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 370001 |
| Telephone code | 2832 |
| Vehicle registration | GJ-12 |
| Sex ratio | 0.97 ♀/♂ |
| Website | www.gujarattourism.com |
| source:Census of India | |
Bhuj (
) is a city and a Municipality in Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India.
According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, allied with Bheria Kumar and rose up against Bhujanga, the last chieftain of Naga. After the battle, Bheria was defeated and Sagai committed sati. The hill where he lived later came to be known as Bhujia Hill and the town at the foothill as Bhuj. Bhujang was later worshiped by the people as snake god, Bhujanga, and a temple was constructed to revere him.
Bhuj, formerly sacred to the snake Bhujang, was established by Rao Hamirji in 1510 and was made the capital of Cutch State by Rao Khengarji I in 1549. Its foundation stone as state capital was formally laid on Vikram Samvat 1604 Maagha 5th (approx. 25 January 1548). After 1590, when Rao was forced to acknowledge Mughal supremacy, Bhuj was known as Suleiman Nagar among Muslims. The walls were built by Rao Godji I in 1723, and the Bhujiya Fort by Devkaran Seth in Rao Deshalji I's time (1718 - 1741).
Bhuj has been attacked six times. In two cases the defense was successful and in four it failed. In 1728 an attack by Sarbuland Khan, Mughal Viceroy of Gujarat, was repulsed by Rao Deshalji I, and, in 1765 Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro was, by a timely display of the strength of the fortifications, induced to withdraw. During the civil troubles of the reign of the Rao Rayadhan III, Bhuj was thrice taken, by Meghji Seth in 1786, by Hansraj in 1801, and by Fateh Muhammad in 1808. On the 26th March 1819, the hill fort of Bhujia was captured by a British detachment under Sir William Keir.
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