Viramgam
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Viramgam વીરમગામ |
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 Viramgam
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| Coordinates: 23°07′N 72°02′E / 23.12°N 72.03°ECoordinates: 23°07′N 72°02′E / 23.12°N 72.03°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Gujarat |
| District | Ahmedabad |
| Founded by | King Viramdev Desai |
| Named for | King Viramdev Desai |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 55,821 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati,Hindi,English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Viramgam is a municipality, town and former Rajput princely state, in Ahmedabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Around 1090, Minaldevi, the mother of Jayasimha Siddharaja of Chaulukya dynasty who ruled from Anhilwad Patan, commissioned the Mansar lake. Siddhraj added several shrines and temples later. Circa 1484, Viramgam state was founded. Under the strong Mandal chief, Viramgam did not become part of the Muslim Gujarat Sultanate till 1530. Commanding the entrance to Kathiawar, the Mughal governors chose it as the headquarters of the Jhalavad prant (district), and in the disturbances of the eighteenth century it was the scene of several struggles.
Fortified by its Desai Shri (native Kunbi ruler) about 1730, it continued under a Muslim governor, till in 1735 the Desai Bhavsingh called in the Marathas who, dislodging the Muslim governor, held the town till 1740. In that year Bhavsingh, hoping to make himself independent, drove out the Marathas. But after four months they returned in strength, and Bhavsingh, unable to cope with them, on promise of the estate of Patdi, gave up Viramgam to become Desai Shri of Patdi State. Maratha ruled Virangam until it was handed over to British.
Old town of Viramgam is surrounded by a towerflanked brick and stone wall, rectangular in shape, and about 21 miles round. In the wall are five gates, on the north the Golwadi gate leading to Patan; on the north-east the Bharwadi gate leading to the railway station ; on the east the Raipuri or Rayyapur gate leading to Ahmedabad; on the south-west the Gangasar gate, and on the west the Mansar or Munsar gate. There are also two unopened gatewayson the north-west and north-east, and in the south face is a window through which water is drawn from the Gangasar lake. It was possibly built by Viramdev Desai around 1730.
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