Dharmaj
Town in Gujarat, India
22°25′0″N 72°48′0″E / 22.41667°N 72.80000°E / 22.41667; 72.80000![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png)
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388430
Dharmaj is a village in Petlad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, India. As of the 2011 Census of India, the population was 10,429.[1] The village is nicknamed the "village of NRIs" (Non-resident Indians) due to the large number of families who have moved abroad.[2]
Notable people
- Kantibhai Patel (1928 – 2011), Indian-born Zimbabwean anti-colonialist activist and politician[3]
- Achyut Yagnik (1946 – 2023), journalist and academic[4]
References
- ^ "Dharmaj". 2011 Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ Chauhan, Ashish; Nazareth, Peter (8 December 2015). "Dalit families flee state's rich NRI village Dharmaj - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Kantibai Patel: One of a rare breed". The Herald. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "અચ્યુત યાજ્ઞિક : વંચિતોના બેલીની વિદાયથી ગુજરાતે શું ખોયું?". BBC News ગુજરાતી (in Gujarati). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131101115738/http://mydharmaj.com/index.aspx
- http://www.shreejalaram.org/inde1.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141124050257/http://dharmajgampanchayat.org/
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