Jara, Kutch

For other uses, see Jara.

Jara is a village near Bhuj in Kutch district of Gujarat, India.

History

At the foot of a hill of Jara, there was a battle (1762) in which Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro of Sindh defeated and destroyed the army of Cutch State.[1]

References

1. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 224.

• This article incorporates Public Domain text from Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 224.

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