Viramgam

Viramgam is a municipality, town and former Rajput princely state, in Ahmedabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat.HistoryAround 1090, Minaldevi, the mother of Jayasimha Siddharaja of Chaulukya dynasty who ruled from Anhilwad Patan, commissioned the Mansar lake. Siddhraj added several shrines and temples later. Circa 1484, Viramgam state was founded. Under the strong Mandal chief, Viramgam did not become part of the Muslim Gujarat Sultanate till 1530. Commanding the entrance to Kathiawar, the Mughal governors chose it as the headquarters of the Jhalavad prant (district), and in the disturbances of the eighteenth century it was the scene of several struggles.Fortified by its Desai Shri (native Kunbi ruler) about 1730, it continued under a Muslim governor, till in 1735 the Desai, Bhavsingh, called in the Marathas who, dislodging the Muslim governor, held the town till 1740. In that year Bhavsingh, hoping to make himself independent, drove out the Marathas. But after four months they returned in strength, and Bhavsingh, unable to cope with them, on promise of the estate of Patdi, gave up Viramgam to become Desai Shri of Patdi State. Maratha ruled Virangam until it was handed over to British.