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Chobari is a village and former princely state in Saurashtra peninsula, western India.
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Map of Chobari, Gujarat 370140
The village is near Bhachau, in Bhachau Taluka in Kutch district of Gujarat state.
Etymology
There is a stepwell with four gates, literally Chaubari or Chobari, which lend its name to village.
History
Chobari was one of the many petty princely states of Jhalawar prant, which during the British raj was handled by the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency.
It comprised two more villages and was ruled by a Kathi Chieftain. It has a population in 1901 of 286, yielding a state revenue of 4,556 Rupees (1903-4, nearly all from land), paying a tribute of 199 Rupees, to the British and Sukhdi State.
Places of interest
It is one of the points from which in the dry season the Rann of Kutch is crossed. Here in 1783 the army of the Maharaja of Jodhpur was totally defeated by Fateh Ali Talpur of Sindh. The scene of the fight is marked by the tombstones of fifty-six Rajputs.