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  Jamnagar - District in Gujarat, India
Jamnagar district lies between 21 47' and 22 57' north latitude and 68 57' and 70 37' west longitude in the peninsular region of Gujarat, known as Kathiawar or Saurashtra.
This district is bounded on the North by the Rann and Gulf of Kutch, on the East by Rajkot district, on the South by Junagadh district and on the West by the Arabian Sea.
This district became part of the newly born State of Gujarat on the bifurcation of the composite State of Bombay on May 1st 1960.In the year 1961 the district consisted of 720 villages and 15 towns.
www.gloriousindia.com /places/gj/jamnagar.html   (2066 words)

  
 1,000 hit by mystery fever in Jamnagar- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jamnagar district administration claimed that it was a viral fever.
Jamnagar district collector T Natarajan, however, said that the cause of death was not viral infection.
Sources in the Jamnagar district panchayat health department said that viral fever was not the cause of death of three people.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1493789.cms   (365 words)

  
 Explanatory Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The population of total, rural and urban areas for India includes the estimated population of entire Kachchh district, Morvi, Maliya-Miyana and Wankaner talukas of Rajkot district, Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar district of Gujarat State where the population enumeration of Census of India 2001could not be conducted due to natural calamity.
The total, rural and urban figures of Gujarat State includes estimated figures for Kachchh district, Morvi, Maliya-Miyana and Wankaner talukas of Rajkot district, Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar district of the State where the population enumeration of Census of India 2001 could not be conducted due to natural calamity.
The figures for total, rural urban areas of Rajkot district includes the estimated population of Morvi, Maliya-Miyana and Wankaner taluks and for Jamnagar district includes estimated population of Jodiya taluk where Census of India 2001 could not be conducted there due to natural natural calamity.
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 Welcome to Jamnagar.tk :: The City Guide :: your ultimate source of information about jamnagar city :: Lets explore ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The population of the district according to the 1961 census was 828,419 of which 4,24,300 were males and 4,04,119 females.
The rural population of the district was 5,34,761 persons living in 701 villages as against the urban population of 2,93,658 spread over 15 towns of different sizes.
Jamnagar district lies between 21º 47' and 22º 57' north latitude and 68º 57' and 70º 37' west longitude in the peninsular region in the north west, in the state of Gujarat India, known as Kathiawar or Saurashtra.
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 Jamnagar Gujarat, Jam Nagar Tours, Jewel of Kathiawad, Lakhota Fort, Willingdon Crescent Gujarat, Solarium Institute in ...
Built by Jam Raval, a Jadeja Rajput leader who migrated from Kachchh, Jamnagar was the capital for four centuries of the prosperous princely state of Nawanagar.
Present day Jamnagar is a charming blend of the old and the new with its ancient monuments and broad streets, imposing facades, and squares, which make it one of the most beautiful cities in the Saurashtra peninsula.
Jamnagar is the hometown of the world famous cricketers Ranjit Singh and Duleep Singh after whom the Ranji and Duleep Trophy are named in domestic Indian cricket.
www.indiantravelportal.com /gujarat/jam-nagar   (622 words)

  
 Jamnagar Travel Guide,Jamnagar India Travel,Tourism in Jamnagar,Travel to Jamnagar
Jamnagar is situated in the Saurashtra region of the Indian state of Gujarat.
Jamnagar, historically called Nawanagar, or the new city, was one of the most important princely states of Saurashtra.
Located in the center of Old Jamnagar on an island in the middle of a lake, two old structures namely Lakhota Fort and Kotha Bastion are sure to captivate you.
www.surfindia.com /travel/gujarat/jamnagar-info.html   (810 words)

  
 March 22, 2001 - March 23, 2001 :: News Archive :: Gujarat News at GujaratPlus.com
JAMNAGAR: With relief help pouring in from different organisations, NGOs and companies for the quake-affected areas of the state, Birla's VXL Ltd (Digjam) has had its own share of contribution in the same.
In Bhuj, Mandvi and Bhachau talukas of Kutch district, the company had provided foodgrains, clothes and other essential materials to those families who were rendered homeless in the quake.
The collector of Panchmahals, one of the worst-affected district, Jayanti S Ravi says nearly 94,000 persons were presently employed in 229 drought relief works in the district.
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 PERSONAL DETAILS
The population of the district according to the 1991 census was 828,419 of which 4,24,300 were males and 4,04,119 females.
Meager rainfall in the district is not conducive to abundant growth of orchards and plantations in the district.
Gujarati is the mother tongue of 95.48% of the population of Jamnagar district.
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 Info4india   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the center of old Jamnagar, on an island in the middle of the lake, are two magnificent old structures—the Lakhota Fort and the Kotha Bastion.
Jamnagar is known for its tie-and-dye work on fabrics, silken and gold embroidery.
Jamnagar is a part of Western Railway and well connected with Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Calcutta, and other important cities of India through regular trains.
www.info4india.com /indian-tourism/Jamnagar.shtml   (815 words)

  
 History of Jamnagar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jam Raval was the founder of Jamnagar and he was a descendant of Jam Hala and hence the area had been called as 'Halar'.
The district became a part of bigger bilingual State of Bombay of 1st November, 1956 and thereafter became part of Gujarat State on 1 st May, 1960 on the formation of Gujarat State.
The city of Jamnagar is famous in the field of cricket.
www.mcjamnagar.com /history.asp   (1068 words)

  
 SADP Development Projects - Gujarat Earthquake
JAMNAGAR: This town lies on the west coast of Gujarat, around 250 kms south of Gandhidham.
Although 6 talukas of Jamnagar district were affected by the quake, the most severely affected taluka (block) was Jodiya.
The District Collector, Mr.Mukesh Pandya, while mentioning these figures, said that there was still a need for around 500 tents to help start schools where the building had been damaged.
www.southasian.org.uk /development_gujarat3.html   (1013 words)

  
 About Me
The Halar district, which was constituted for the first time in the year 1949 after the merger of
On June 19th 1959, the inclusion of the adjoining Okhamandal enlarged the boundaries of the district, when Halar district was renamed Jamnagar.
Jamnagar district lies between 21 47' and 22 57' north latitude and 68 57' and 70 37' west longitude in the peninsular region in the northwest, in the state of Gujarat India, known as Kathiawar or Saurashtra.
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 Shubhlabh.net - Jain temples in Jamnagar.
rigin - The Jamnagar district, originally constituted as Halar district, is not only recent in its origin but also in its modern set up.
But the region comprised therein is of great antiquity and dates back to ancient periods of Jamnagar.
The foundation stone for this temple was laid in 1612 during the rule of His Highness Jam Jasaji - I and completed in the year 1620.
www.shubhlabh.net /jamnagartemple.html   (228 words)

  
 September 22, 2001 - September 22, 2001 :: News Archive :: Gujarat News at GujaratPlus.com
He said a high-power committee consisting of district collector Rohit Kumar Pathak, district development officer RC Meena and director of district rural development agency Bhalala from the state government, on the one hand, and Hemant Desai, VK Gandhi and Nathwani himself on the other, has been formed.
He said Reliance will ensure that no village of the district is deprived of the prescribed facilities within the frame-work of the Gokul Gram Yojana.
AHMEDABAD: State prohibition minister Fakirbhai Waghela has denied the allegations lodged with the Gandhinagar district police against his son, stating that the complainant, Ashok Keshavlal Sharma, was no "poor labourer", but a "gangster and an anti-social element".
www.gujaratplus.com /00-01archive/arc230.html   (1704 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Cyclone claims 376 lives in Gujarat
In all, 34 talukas (tehsils) of arid Kutch, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Banaskantha, Surat, Bharuch and Valsad districts were hit by the cyclone.
In Jamnagar, several areas were still inaccessible as the cyclone had uprooted hundreds of trees and poles.
A UNI report from Rajkot said the district witnessed utter confusion in the aftermath of the cyclone yesterday, as the entire communication and electricity network had been thrown out of gear, isolating this nerve-centre of Kutch and Saurashtra.
www.rediff.com /news/1998/jun/10cycl.htm   (838 words)

  
 Press Council of India
The complainant submitted that the Amin -e- Shariat Education Trust, working in the social and educational field, had been running in Jamnagar district of Gujarat for the last twelve years.
It was submitted on merits that the complaint is filed by Haji Usmangani Razvi claiming to be the President of Amin-e-Shariat Education Trust, Jamnagar, Gujarat.
All the details incorporated in the article were provided by senior intelligence officers who were at that time investigating anti-national activities in the Pakistan border and also the links with the underworld mafia operating from Pakistan.
presscouncil.nic.in /Decisions/new_decisions/34.htm   (1571 words)

  
 Krishna's Dwarka was in Junagadh: ISRO
Though the study was done by ISRO four years back, it was confined to abstract papers in dusty shelves of the department.
The present day Dwarka, which exists in Jamnagar, doesn't match with the descriptions found in literature, but matches perfectly with satellite images, which was taken of Junagadh district, Thakker added.
In 1988, the sixth Marine Archaeological expedition of the National Oceanography, Goa, led by Dr S R Rao, emeritus scientist, had discovered hitherto unknown features of a city in Jamnagar, which Rao claimed to be Krishna's Dwarka.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/oct/04dwarka.htm   (543 words)

  
 'Mysterious' tremors hit Jamnagar - Sify.com
Jamnagar: Around 15 villages of Jamnagar district in Gujarat have been experiencing ''mysterious'' tremors accompanied with thundering sounds over the past few days.
According to District Collector T Natrajan, several villages in Lalpur taluka had experienced tremors measuring around 3.1 on Richter Scale yesterday morning.
The team comprising K C Konda and H P Varma held discussions with the district collector today.
sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13232823   (209 words)

  
 GMB takes over illegal jetties in Jamnagar coast- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Recently, this district witnessed a gross breach of security when a boat found abandoned on the coast was traced to three persons who aided an illegal landing of six Pakistanis on the Indian coast.
Confirming the move to secure the coast, Jamnagar SP Manoj Shashidhar told TNN, “We now have information that they (the intruders) are heading for their native places and we will track them down.”
This came at a time when the Jamnagar district police is still tracking down the mastermind behind the landing of RDX and assault weapons on the Gosabari coast in 1993 which was allegedly used in the post-Babri Mumbai bomb blasts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-38604601,prtpage-1.cms   (460 words)

  
 JFOA Jamnagar Brass Parts Industry factory Owner's Association, Gujarat, Export, Import, Trade, Business, member's ...
ith a view to do growth of brass industries in jamnagar district, to encourage unity, strength in industrialist and also encourage to the beneficial laws for brass industry, This Association had established in 1948.
he Association is representing for 3000 active and awaked industrialist of Jamnagar district since last 5 decades, and representing the various problems faced by brass industry, at local level, state level, and central level for getting favorable solution.
I hope that the website of this association we become beneficial to visitors and the members and for which, who all are connected with brass industry.
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 The Hindu News Update Service
Ahmedabad, Oct. 4 (PTI): Giving a totally new twist to the location of Lord Krishna's birthplace Dwarka, satellite pictures taken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have indicated that Dwarka did not exist in Jamnagar as the historians believe but in Junagadh district of Gujarat.
Though the study was done by ISRO four years back it was confined to abstract papers in the dusty shelf of ISRO.
Those sites are the holy town of modern Dwarka in Jamnagar district, Mul Dwarka near Kodinar in Junagadh district, Muli in Surendranagar district, Panch Dwaraka near Vankaner in Rajkot district, Bet Dwarka in Jamnagar district near Okha and a city believed to be submerged in the Great Rann of Kutch.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/holnus/002200510041010.htm   (435 words)

  
 History of hotel aram - a heritage hotel in jamnagar, India.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
History of hotel aram - a heritage hotel in jamnagar, India.
The hotel building is originally a heritage property of the JADEJA DYNASTY of the state of Nawanagar now known as JAMNAGAR.
Eight rooms are already redecorated with finest possible luxury and comfort.
www.hotelaram.com /history.htm   (351 words)

  
 An Online Bimonthly on South Asian Disasters (June- July 1999)
Fifty lakh released for each district affected by the cyclone.
From Dalda port of Okha many boats are drawn and at least 50 fishermen are missing.
3810 people evacuated from the various villages of the district.
www.syberwurx.com /jrc/disaster/7.html   (579 words)

  
 Jamnagar District Map - Gujarat - Maps of India
Jamnagar District Map - Gujarat - Maps of India
States and U.T. Gujarat >> Districts >> Jamnagar District Map
A travel agent who informs you of various tourism options is the best travel agent.
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/gujarat/districts/jamnagar.htm   (183 words)

  
 EmergingDisease.org :: View topic - 1,000 hit by mystery fever in Jamnagar, India
EmergingDisease.org :: View topic - 1,000 hit by mystery fever in Jamnagar, India
1,000 hit by mystery fever in Jamnagar, India
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject: 1,000 hit by mystery fever in Jamnagar, India
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In this case there is little overlap between villages affected by EQ and those by the “SEZ”, disallowing the funding for EQ to work for the movement as well.
The nature and area of operation: Nearly 50 villages in Okhamandal taluka of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.
The onslaught of salinity from the sea has made the land and wells utterly useless, depriving people of their cultivable land and even drinking water.
www.ncsu.edu /stud_orgs/aid/GVT/GVT_original_proposal_with_photo.doc   (1475 words)

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