Dharampur

Dharampur is a city and a region in Valsad locale in the province of Gujarat, India. It has a normal height of 74 meters 242 feet. Dharampur is the little and lovely town arranged east of Valsad. Dharampur is arranged on the banks of the Swargavahini River and is encompassed by the Sahyadri or Western Ghats extend on the east, west and south. Because of its area, the town appreciates an extremely lovely atmosphere consistently. Dharampur is called cherrapunji of Gujarat accepting most astounding precipitation in the state.

Dharampur was made in Dharampur, arranged in south Gujarat, was a capital of the previous august State of Dharampur. The present day Dharampur goes back to 1764 and was established by King Dharmdevji. The relatives of the Sisodia Rajputs of Chittor governed. After the fall of the Delhi Sultanate in south Gujarat, the State of Dharampur thrived and picked up an exceptionally huge and great position by controlling no less than seven vital fortresses in the locale.

The Dharampur State was encompassed by the Muslim conditions of Khandesh, Ahmednagar and the Sultanate of Gujarat, but since of its vital significance, was never assaulted by the Muslims. Indeed, even the 'Parsis' discovered political support under the Dharampur lords. The Dharampur lords had welcoming relations with Portuguese merchants from the south Gujarat ports and used to get assess income from them. Advancement in Phases the City of Dharampur had two noteworthy periods of improvement the first in the late eighteenth century, when the Rana attempted the development of Raj Mahal, open structures, stepwells and sanctuaries.