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Hansot is a village in Bharuch district, Southern Gujarat, [1] India.It is about 15.0 km (9.3 miles) southwest of the city of Bharuch, and south of the Narmada River.The village and its surrounding taluka were acquired by the British in 1775, and subsequently returned to the local princely rulers in 1783, being finally incorporated into the Broach district of the Bombay Presidency in 1803.
The 2015 Bharuch riots took place in Hansot village of Bharuch district, Gujarat state in India. It was caused by communal tensions from a number of events between the Hindu and the Muslim . The riots resulted in the deaths of three people, an unknown number of injuries, as well as several homes and businesses being burnt down.
Area (in sq km) Number of Villages Literacy Rate Bharuch 335,855 293.51 52 85.46% Netrang Ankleshwar 143,373 159.63 29 79.45% Jambusar 225,751 731.64 78 77.33% Amod 102,982 329.46 45 69.85% Vagra 97,087 618.64 67 72.57% VALIA JHAGADIA Hansot 74,812 271.59 40 68.95%
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Bharuch was known as Bharutkatccha in ancient times. [9]It was known as Barygaza (Ancient Greek: Βαρύγαζα) [10] (meaning "deep-treasure"), Bargosa [11] etc. for the Greek, and later the Romans adopted the Greek name of this port in Latin as Barigaza in the Latin name of this city.
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Bhagatrav (Sanskrit: भगत्रव) is a minor archaeological site belonging to the Indus valley civilization.Excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India led by Dr. S. R. Rao, Bhagatrav is located in Hansot (51 km away from Surat) taluka of Bharuch district in south Gujarat, near the coastline with the Arabian Sea, and gives access to the agate-bearing mines and forested hills of the ...
Map of Broach or Bharuch district, Bombay Presidency, British India, 1877. The city of Bharuch and its surrounds—today's district—has been settled far back into antiquity and was a major shipping building centre and sea port in the important pre-compass coastal trading routes to points West, perhaps as far back as the days of the Pharaohs, which used the regular and predictable Monsoon ...