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the first President of India, in May, 1950 A.D. through the great efforts of the late lamented Saradara Vallabhabhai Patela, the great patriot and leader of Independence Movement and the first Deputy Prime-Minister of India. 27.7; 30.8. Vide .
-modern Khambhata or Cam bay, the important historical port on the Gulf of Cambay. 25.23.
-(additional notes:) Established soon after 746 A.D., the year of Vanaraja's accession to the throne, it is definitely one of the oldest extant Jaina temples of Gujarat a. For interesting details regarding the temple and references to it in literature, vide Sandesara, B. J.: Śri Pañcăsarā Pārsvanatha-nă Mandira Viṣenā Keṭalāka Aitihäsika Ullekho' (Guj.), first published in the Acarya Śri Vijayavallabhasūri Smaraka Grantha, Bombay, 1956 and then in his book 'Itihasa ane Sahitya' (pp. 135-148), Ahmedabad, 1966.
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