Madhapar is a village located in Kutch district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is the richest village in India in terms of bank deposits. The village has around 20,000 households and Indian rupee of bank deposits.
Madhapar
Madhapar is named after Madha Kanji Solanki of
KGK Community, who moved from
Dhaneti village to Madhapar in 1473–1474 (VS 1529).
Schools
The first government boys' school was started in 1884.
[ Mistri of Kutch, Madhapur History, Madhapar was founded by Madha Kanji Solanki, Suralbhit Temple Renovation, History of development of Madhapar over centuries, etc. in Patel community document] The first girls' school in Madhapar opened in 1900, which was a private school bulit and donated by Bhimji Devji Rathod of village managed through non-profitable trust.
[ The first high school, Madhapar Saraswati Vidyalaya High School, was founded in 1968.][
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Geology
There are two large lakes in Madhapar. One is called Jagasagar and was built by Mistri railway contractor Jagamal Bhima Rathod around the year 1900; it is named after him.[Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Community : A brief History & Glory:by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (Kolkata, 2007). Section II: Mileage wise available Details of Railway lines laid.Pages:63 to 70] His brother, Karasan Bhima Rathod also built an artificial lake with steps near the Suralbhit Temple, which today is known as Karasan Bhimjee's Pond.[
The other is called Meghrajji Lake, named after Madansinhji, the last ruler of the Cutch State.][
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Temples
Apart from Suralbhit Temple located atop hill in outskirt of village, the village houses Old Thakor Madir, Shiva Mandir and the Barla Temple were built around 1880-90 by Mistri Mandan Jiwani Chauhan, a Railway Contractor from the village.[ સને 1881માં રેલ્વેમાં કામોમાં કમાણી કર્યા બાદ માધાપર ગામે માંડણભાઇ જીવાણીએ ઠાકર મંદિર અને શિવમંદિર, બારલા મંદિર બંધાવેલ]
Virangana Smarak
On 28 August 2015, Government of India, inaugurated a memorial to commemorate a war memorial dedicated to 300 women of Madhapar village, who self-volunteered to re built the air strip for the Indian Air Force within 72 hours after it was destroyed in Pakistani air strikes during the 1971 war, thus making Indian Air Force to retaliate back and win war for India.
Gallery
File:Madhapar Virangna smaarak 15Sep2016.jpg|"Virangna Smarak" A monument dedicated to the service of local women to Indian Air Force during 1971 Indo-Pakistan War
File:Kari Mori Lake.jpg|Kari Mori Lake
File:Banks at Madhapar.jpg|Banks at Madhapar
File:Madhapar - panoramio - neopeo.jpg|Street of Madhapar
File:Rogan art by ashish kansara ( Raja Ram Darbar ).jpg|Rogan art Artist from madhapar
