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Part III. Settlement in Halar
Nagaria, Jhankharia (Zankharia), Sumaria and Virpuria Shahs
This account was published in a weekly newsletter Maha Sata from Jamnagar:
There were two Oshwal brothers, Muhadchand and Suhadchand Bholani, who came to Halar with Jam Rawal. They became close friends of Jam Rawal. He gave them a plot to build their house where at present Chandi Bazar is located.
Suhadchand Bholani had four sons, Udeychand, Nonghabhai, Anandbhai and Ashvir. Udeychand stayed in Jamnagar. He and his descendants called themselves Nagaria Shah. Nonghabhai went to live in village called Jhakhar in 1619 V.S.; his descendants are called Jhankharia (Zankharia).
Hirji son of Muhadchand went to live in Kansumara. He married a girl from Vagad Cutchh in Vikram Samvat 1616. He and his descendants called themselves Sumaria Shah.
A descendant of the Bholani family, Lakhamshi founded the village of Virpur in Vikram Samvat 1621. He and his descendants called themselves Virpuria Shah.
