Country India District Mahisagar PIN 388255 Elevation 72 m Local time Wednesday 2:19 AM | State Gujarat Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 02690 Population 42,000 (2014) Area code 02690 | |
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Weather 22°C, Wind E at 2 km/h, 45% Humidity Neighborhoods Saraswati Society, Faiza Ne Madina Society, Mochiwad, Pathan Wada, Patelvada, Umiya Krupa Society | ||
Dinosaur fossil park raiyoli balasinor way to the historical place in gujarat
BalasinorBalasinor (also referred to as Vadasinor) is a town located in the Mahisagar district, Balasinor is sortly in Gujarat new 34th District Gujarat, India. Formerly a princely state of the Babi dynasty belonging to Babai (Pashtun tribe), it was created on 28 September 1758 out of the Junagadh Babis (famously related to Parveen Babi of Bollywood fame).
Contents
- Dinosaur fossil park raiyoli balasinor way to the historical place in gujarat
- Map of Balasinor Gujarat
- The jurassic park of india balasinor gujarat hochpoch
- History
- Rulers
- Geography
- Demographics
- Indias Jurassic Park
- References
Map of Balasinor, Gujarat
The jurassic park of india balasinor gujarat hochpoch
History
Balasinor State was founded in the 18th century. The rulers were titled Nawab Babi.
Rulers
The current titular nawab is Muhammed Salabat Khanji II (whose wife happened to be the only Babi to go to Mumbai to claim Parveen Babi's body on her death).Nawab Saheb was an avid cricketer and formed the cricket team called the Babi Team which played several matches. He was also an active member of the Lions Club. The heir and son of Muhammed Salabat Khanji II is Nawabzada Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi, born 1979 and educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot. The erstwhile royal family run their residence "the Garden Palace" as a heritage homestay and also a camp called the "Camp Dinosaur ". HH Nawab Mohd. Salabatkhanji Babi is married to HH Begum Farhat Sultana, who is a culinary expert and he promotes the cuisine of the Royal House of Balasinor. Nawabzada Salauddin is following in her footsteps. He is married to Dulhan Begum Zeba Sultan Khan and their marriage boasted of a huge spread of delicacies !
Another famous titular princess of the kingdom is Aaliya Sultana Babi, who in 2009 travelled to Ingatestone in the UK to find a husband. Her trip was recorded in BBC Three's Undercover Princesses. The scion of this family, Salauddinkhan Babi participated in a similar show in the Netherlands in 2010 in which he was trying to live a different life. He lived and worked in Amsterdam.The show is currently on air on SBS6 in the Netherlands. It is called "Coming to Holland". Nawabzada Salauddin was invited by TLC USA to participate in a TV show called Secret Princes which was aired on TLC USA beginning 21 September 2012. It is a show based on the Undercover Princes. Salauddin lived and worked in Atlanta undercover for this show along with three other aristocrats.
Geography
Balasinor is located at 22.95°N 73.33°E / 22.95; 73.33, on the National Highway Number 59 and the Gujarat State Highway Number 2.
Demographics
As of the 2001 Indian census, Balasinor had a population of 33,704.
It had a literacy rate of 70.5% and a ratio of 940 women for every 1000 men. 12.6% of the population was between the ages 0 to 6. A large section of the population has migrated to cities since India's independence. For example a recent telephone directory of the migrated Dashanima Vanik people (a trader caste of Vaishnava sect) shows some 3,000 households in Mumbai comprising 120+ pages and some 15,000 people, where there are only five pages for Balasinor proper in the directory. As witnessed by his sister, even the son of the Nawab of this former princely state has migrated to Mumbai to "pursue his career". In fact when one visits Balasinor one is struck by the large sections of the town that have buildings sitting empty especially along the main Vhora trader street.
According to Chambers's Concise Gazetteer Of The World from 1914, the population of Balasinor town was approximately 9,000 at the time.
India's Jurassic Park
In the early 1980s, palaeontologists stumbled upon dinosaur bones and fossils during a regular geological survey of this mineral-rich area. The find sent ripples of excitement through neighbouring villages and many residents picked up fossilised eggs, brought them home and worshipped them. Since then excavations have thrown up a veritable trove of dinosaur remains—eggs, bones, a skeleton which is now kept in a Calcutta (Kolkata) museum—bringing hordes of scientists and tourists to Balasinor.
Piecing together the evidence in Balasinor, researchers now believe that Gujarat is home to one of the largest clutch of dinosaur hatcheries in the world. At least 13 species of dinosaurs lived here, possibly for more than 100 million years until their extinction some 66 million years ago. The soft soil made hatching and protecting eggs easier for the animals. So well-protected are the fossilised eggs found here that many researchers call them the best-preserved eggs in the world after the ones found in Aix-en-Provence in France.
These fossilised dinosaur remains have triggered what tourism officials of the Gujarat state call "Dinosaur Tourism".Princess Aaliya also called the Dinosaur Princess conducts guided tours of the fossil park.