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Mirzapur gham was established by our ancestors in early 1866 AD
when Maharao Shree Khengarji the third ruled Kutch and the Prime
Minister then was Mirza Mia. During this time, so called the Ram
Kund Sanyasi Baava used to live where Mirzapur stands now.
The land here was fertile and the stream at present passing through
Mirzapur had running water all year round and the place was used
and maintained as parks and gardens by the Ram Kund Baavas. The
land around this area was also very rich and fertile. They true
Baavas have always believed in purity and they always loved greenery
around them with lots of blooming flowers to offer to God. Mirza
Mia, the then Prime Minister of Kutch, often visited the gardens
with his wife.
Prime Minister Mirza Mia lived in a bungalow in Bungla Vaadi
surrounded by beautiful gardens and rich farm land approximately
half a mile to the north east of existing Mirzapur.
The residence bungalow was eventually demolished and the surrounding
land turned into a proper farm which up until several years ago
was owned by the late Mr. Ruda Lalji Amba Gondaria whose ancestors
inherited this property probably by virtue of services to the
Prime Minister or by a nominal purchase price.
The villages Fakirvaadi, Manukva, Naranpur, Meghpur, Kera, Baladia
and Madhapur have Thakar Mandir so it is thought that these ghams
were established before other ghams. From these ghams, Fakirvaadi
no longer exists except a temple of Lord Shiva visited by tourists
and local people.
Once wandering around with his wife in the beautiful gardens
of Ram Kund Baavas, the Prime Minister said to his wife, ‘would
it not be a good idea to establish a village here, where people
from far can be brought here to work for the government and cultivate
the surrounding land for farming. The land here is very rich and
suitable for farming’. She welcomed the proposal and Mirza
Mia brought the idea into action.
Visiting different villages, he asked different people to move
to a new place where he would offer sufficient land free from
any costs to build a house, but for some time his efforts were
in vain as poor people would not trust him. He eventually met
a Leva Patel Kanbi named Govind Bhaya Hirani in the village of
Manukva. Govind Baapa consulted other family members and friends
and formed a group.
The first people who came and established Mirzapur in 1886 AD
were:
Sangha Mavji Hirani
Govind Bhaya Hirani
Ravji Govind Hirani
Dharamshi Hirani
Kanji Hirani
Gopal Lalji Hirani
Samji Hirani (Dhanani)
Lalji Devji Halai
Kunverji Devji Seyani (Gondaria)
Samji Devji Seyani
Meghji Devji Seyani
Gopal Seyani
Gangdas Varsani
Jetha Amba Varsani
Jadva Pindoria (Vagadia)
Gangdas Pindoria
Govind Gangdas Pindoria
Daramshi Vekaria
Manda Vekaria
Dungar Gorasia
Samji
The village of Mirzapur is so small in comparison to other ghams,
but its boundary consists of suburban areas from Sahajanand Nagar
to the north west of the behind the highway patrol stations to
Haripur approximately 10 km south east to Jay Nagar, Jadavji Nagar
and Shiv Krupa Nagar which are to the north of the Mirzapur crematorium
come under Shree Mirzapur Panchayat.
The above information and research is by Velji Manji Hirani and
is believed to be true to the best of knowledge. However, if any
error is found please report it to us for future reference. |
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