Vagad
{{Short description|A region in southeastern Rajasthan state, India}}
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| Location | southern Rajasthan |
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| State established: | 11th Century |
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| Parmar Rajput, Chauhans of Jalore, Gohil Of Mewar, Parmar Damor Lineage. |
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Vagad (also known as Vagar) is a region in southeastern Rajasthan state of western India.{{Cite book|title=Tribal Agrarian Movement: A Case Study of the Bhil Movement of Rajasthan|last=Jain|first=Prakash Chandra|publisher=Himanshu Publications|year=1989|isbn=81-85167-17-6|location=Udaipur|pages=65}} Its boundaries are roughly defined by those of the districts of Dungarpur and Banswara.{{Cite book|title=Politics development and modernization among the Bhils of Rajasthan|last=Gordhan|first=Ram|publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru University|year=2015|location=New Delhi|pages=5|hdl = 10603/34825}} Major cities of the region are Dungarpur and Banswara.
Geography
Vagad is bounded on the north by Mewar region of Rajasthan, on the southeast and eastby Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, and on the west and southwest by Gujarat state. The region mostly lies in the upper watershed of the Mahi River and its tributaries, which is said to be the lifeline of Vagad. The Mahi flows north through the district (Banswara) from its origin in the Vindhya Range of Madhya Pradesh, entering the district (Banswara) from the southeast and flowing north towards the northern end of the district, where it turns southwest to form the boundary between Banswara and Dungarpur districts before entering Gujarat and emptying into the Gulf of Cambay.
Vagad has rich flora and fauna. The forests include mainly teak. The wildlife includes a large variety of wild animals such as the leopard and the chinkara. Common birds in the region include fowl, partridge, black drongo, grey shrike, green bee-eater, bulbul and parrot. Some of the towns in this region are Aspur, Bhiluda, Simalwada, Sagwara, Partapur, Bagidra and Garhi.
History
File:Vagad Regon(RAJ.) Suresh Godara.jpg
It was an Adivasi Bhil stronghold until the Rajput Parmar invasion during the 11th century with their political center at Arthuna (in present-day Banswara district).{{Cite book|title=State Formation in Rajasthan: Mewar during the Seventh-Fifteenth Centuries|last=Kapur|first=Nandini Sinha|publisher=Manohar|year=2002|isbn=81-7304-429-5|location=New Delhi|pages=60}} Vagad as a different region separated from Mewar,{{clarify|date=March 2015}} and a branch of Guhilot Rajput ruled here {{clarify|date=March 2015}}
All princely states were merged into Rajasthan prior to 1947.
According to the 2011 Census of India, this region has a population of 3,186,037 people.
References
External links
- [http://www.ruralphotography.blogspot.com/ Rural Images of Vagad]
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