Suigam

Suigam is a village in Vav Taluka of Banaskantha district in Gujarat, India.

History

Suigam was ruled by the decedents of Pachanji, the youngest son of Rana Sangoji of Vav, a nearby village ruler, who, in 1569 (Samvat 1625), founded the village of Suigam, naming it after Sui, a Rabari by caste, who lived there. Rajsiji, one of Pachanji's descendants, founded the estate, conquering Radhosan and its five villages from Ajana Chauhan, and Kumbharka and other villages from the Jats. After the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake, the whole land became salt and the wells became useless.^[1] Suigam entered into agreement with British in 1820s and became its protectorate. The village was ruled by Thakors Bhupatsing and Nathaji during British time. It was under Palanpur Agency of Bombay Presidency,^[2] which in 1925 became the Banas Kantha Agency. After Independence of India in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in Bombay State. When Gujarat state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under Banaskantha district of Gujarat.^[3]

Geography

It is situated on a small hill six miles from the Rann of Kutch. It is the starting point of one of the routes across the Ran to Parkar. ^[1]

References

Notes

1. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha 2015, p. 348.
2. Chisholm 1911, p. 785.
3. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha 2015, p. 336-337.

Bibliography

• Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. pp. 336–337, 348.
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Santalpur". Encyclopædia Britannica 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. pp. 336–337, 348.

Coordinates: 24°09′17″N 71°20′59″E / 24.1548199°N 71.3498496°E