Radhanpur

Radhanpur lies in the dry country of northern Gujarat, near routes linking cultivated districts with the desert margins. Farming, livestock and trade connected the town with surrounding villages and markets, while rainfall and access to water shaped local production.

In the eighteenth century Radhanpur became a centre of the Babi ruling family. After the Marathas took Ahmedabad in 1753, Kamal-ud-din Khan, known as Jawan Mard Khan, retained Radhanpur and other northern Gujarat territories as a jagir. The town's rulers thereafter negotiated their position among the larger powers that contested Gujarat.