Misplaced Pages

Chobari

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Chobari is a village near Bhachau, in Bhachau Taluka in Kutch district of Gujarat state. Chobari is famous for art and crafts.

Etymology

There is a stepwell with four gates, literally Chobari or Chobari, which lend its name to village.

Places of interest

It is one of the points from which in the dry season the Rann of Kutch is crossed. Here in 1783 the army of the Maharaja of Jodhpur was totally defeated by Fateh Ali Talpur of Sindh. The scene of the fight is marked by the tombstones of fifty-six Rajputs.

References

  1. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 219. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

23°31′03″N 70°20′46″E / 23.517458°N 70.346189°E / 23.517458; 70.346189

Stub icon

This article about a location in Kutch district, Gujarat, India is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: