Kathiawar Explained
| Kathiyawar |
| Other Name: | Saurashtra |
| Settlement Type: | Peninsula |
| Image Map1: | India Saurashtra locator map.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Saurashtra in India |
| Coordinates: | 22°N 71°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati |
Kathiawar (in Gujarati pronounced as /kɑʈʰijɑʋɑɽ/) is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about 23500abbr=onNaNabbr=on bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east. In the northeast, it is connected to the rest of Gujarat and borders on the low, fertile hinterland of Ahmedabad. It is crossed by two belts of hill country and is drained radially by nine rivers which have little natural flow aside from in monsoon months, thus dams have been built on some of these. Kathiawar ports have been flourishing centres of trade and commerce since at least the 16th century.[1]
Etymology and history
The name Kathiawad seems to have been derived from the early settlements of Kathikas or Kathis who entered Gujarat from Sindh in early centuries of the Common Era.[2] [3]
History
Literary comment
The state of the region in the early nineteenth century is shown in Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poetical illustration, "Scene in Kattiawar", to an engraving of a painting by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield.[4]
Districts in Kathiawad Region
Geography and ecosystem
The natural vegetation on most of the peninsula is xeric scrub. A range of low hills known as the Gir Hills occupies the south-central portion of the peninsula. The highest of these is Girnar. The hills are home to an enclave of tropical dry broadleaf forest.[5]
Gir National Park and its surroundings host the last remaining Asiatic lion population.[6] [7] Other national parks in Kathiawar are Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar on the Gulf of Cambay, and Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch, near Jamnagar.
Antiquity (places: history, archaeology, nature, religion)
Notable characters and figures
Religion, pre-history, spirituality
Society, ideology, politics, leadership
Governance, nobility, reforms, politics
Art, literature, poetry, journalism, socialism
- Jhaverchand Meghani – Litterateur, social reformer and freedom fighter
- Kalaguru Ravishankar Raval – a painter, art teacher, art critic, journalist and essayist
- Dalpatram – Poet of Gujarati literature
- Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi – Author and poet
- Sursinhji Takthasinhji Gohil – Known for poetry and Gujarati literature
- Dula Bhaya Kag – Poet, social reformer and freedom fighter
- Amrut Ghayal – Shayar of Gujarati Ghazal
- Kavi Kant – Poet
- Harilal Upadhyay[8] – Author in the Gujarati language
- Chunilal Madia – Author, playwright, poet, journalist, editor
- Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh – Painter, writer, art critic
- Rajendra Shukla – Poet
- Ramesh Parekh – Poet
- Ruswa Majhalumi- Imamuddin Murtaza Khan Babi, a Gujarati language poet and a royal of Pajod state.
Sports, adventure
Cinema, entertainment, music, folklore
- Mohammed Chhel – A magician and a Fakir (mystic)
- Vijay Bhatt – Producer, director and screenwriter
- Nanabhai Bhatt – Indian film director and producer; father of Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt
- Dina Pathak – Actor, director of Gujarati theatre, activist
- Asha Parekh – Actress, director, and producer
- Shahabuddin Rathod – Humorist, writer, teacher
- Parveen Babi – Bollywood actress
- Dimple Kapadia – Bollywood actress
- Manhar Udhas – One of the top Ghazalkars
- Pankaj Udhas – Indian singer, Ghazal singer
- Mehul Kumar – Director, producer
- K. Lal – Indian magician
- Alka Yagnik – Singer
- Ben Kingsley – Actor (ancestral roots in Saurashtra)
- Hemant Chauhan – Singer, Bhajanik
- Neeraj Vora – Film director, dialogue writer, actor
- Himesh Reshammiya – Music composer, singer, artist
- Dilip Joshi – Cinema and television actor
- Anjum Rajabali – Screenwriter, actor, producer
- Anand Gandhi – Film director, screenwriter and entrepreneur
- Chhel Vayeda – Art director and production designer
- Pan Nalin – Film director, screenwriter and documentary maker
- Sanjay Chhel – Film director, writer and lyricist
Business, industry, innovation, entrepreneurship, philanthropy
History and culture
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Trivedi . A. B. . 1943 . Kathiawar economics . Bombay . AB Trivedi, Khalra College .
- Book: Indica . 1970 . Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture, St. Xavier's College. . 9 . en.
- Book: Gupta, Parmanand . Geographical Names in Ancient Indian Inscriptions . 1977 . Concept Publishing Company . 64 . en.
- Book: Landon, Letitia Elizabeth. Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835. picture and poetical illustration. 1834. Fisher, Son & Co..
- Accessed 16 September 2020.
- Singh, H. S. . Gibson, L. . A conservation success story in the otherwise dire megafauna extinction crisis: The Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) of Gir forest . 2011 . Biological Conservation . 144 . 5 . 1753–1757 . 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.009 . 2011BCons.144.1753S .
- Singh, H. S. . 2017 . Dispersion of the Asiatic lion Panthera leo persica and its survival in human-dominated landscape outside the Gir forest, Gujarat, India . Current Science . 112 . 5 . 933–940 . 10.18520/cs/v112/i05/933-940. free .
- http://www.harilalupadhyay.org "A Few Words about Shri Harilal Upadhyay"
