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Bantva or Bantwa, is a small town in Saurashtra region of the state of Gujarat in India.

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Bantva
town
Bantva Location in Gujarat, India Show map of Gujarat Bantva Location in India Show map of India
Coordinates: 21°29′N 70°04′E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Junagadh
Population  (2001)
• Total	15,216
Languages
• Official	Gujarati
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Nearest city	Manavadar

Geography

Bantva is located at an altitude of 20 meters. Nearby towns are Nanadiya, Limbuda, Nakara Manavadar, Vanthali, Junagadh, Keshod, Visavadar, Kutiyana, Dhoraji, Porbandar and Rajkot. The town is roughly 10 kilometers from the Arabian Sea.

History

Before the Independence of India in 1947, Bantva was part of the princely state of Bantva Manavadar in Kathiawar, founded in 1760 and locally ruled until February 1948 by Khan Himmat Khan, son of Khan Amir Khan, of the Muslim Babi family of Junagadh State.

Demographics

Before 1947, the population of Bantva was approximately 20,000; 80% of its population was Memon. As of the 2001 India census, Bantva had a population of 15,216. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bantva has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Places of interest

Places of interest in Bantva are:[1]

1. Bantwa Gymkhana
2. Barwali Masjid
3. Jamia Masjid
4. Madrassa E Islamia
5. Mazaar Of Bukhari Sharif
6. Yateem Khana Islamia

Notable locals of Bantva

• Arif Habib - Pakistani business magnate and stock market trader who is the founder of the Arif Habib Group
• Abdul Sattar Edhi - Humanitarian, Social Worker and founder of Edhi Foundation, which has the largest private ambulance service network in the world. Born in a Memon family, which, during partition, migrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi.
• Bilquis Edhi - Wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi
• Ahmad Adaya - founder of IDS Real Estate Group, one of the California's largest real estate companies.
• Ahmed Dawood - Pakistani pioneer merchant, industrialist, philanthropist and founder of the Dawood Group, .
• Shrikant Shah - Indian novelist and short story writer.
• Rajendra Shukla - Indian poet
• Mustafa Hanif Balagamwala - Honorary Secretary General of Memon Professional Forum.

References

Sources and external links

• My Memories of Bantva By: Abdur Razzaq Thaplawala
• Batva Recollection (Excerpts from "A Ramble Through Life" by Mr. Kassim Dada)
• Memon Po!nt by Abdul Ghaffar Variend, Chicago, IL USA
• World Memon Organization of North America, Chicago, IL USA
• Manavadar-Bantva Princely State

На других языках

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[de] Bantva

Bantva oder Bantwa (Gujarati: બંટવા) ist eine Kleinstadt im indischen Bundesstaat Gujarat. Die Stadt ist Teil des Distrikts Junagadh. Bantva hat den Status einer Municipality (Nagar Palika). Die Stadt ist in 7 Wards gegliedert.

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