Kheda is a town in the Gujarat state of India. Kheda, also known as Kaira, is 35 km from Ahmedabad. The National Highway no. 8 connecting Ahmedabad and Mumbai passes through Kheda. It forms the administrative center of Kheda District. Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ... Ahmedabad or Ahmadābād or Amdavad (as spoken in Gujarati language), is the largest city in Gujarat and the sixth largest city in India. ... Ahmedabad or Ahmadābād or Amdavad (as spoken in Gujarati language), is the largest city in Gujarat and the sixth largest city in India. ... Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the most populous Indian city. ...

History

The town of Kheda passed to the Babi family early in the eighteenth century, with whom it remained until 1763, when it was taken by the Marathas. The Marathas ceded the district to the British in 1803, and it became part of the Bombay Presidency of British India. It was a large military station till 1830, when the cantonment was removed to Deesa. Events February 10 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Great Britain. ... Extent of the Maratha Confederacy ca. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. ... The British Raj is an informal term for the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). ...

Kheda District

Kheda District has a population of over 17 lakhs and an area of 3,943 sq. km. Kheda city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has over 600 villages. It is bounded by the districts of Gandhinagar and Sabarkantha to the north, Panchmahal to the east, Ahmedabad to the west, and Anand and Vadodara to the south. Anand District was carved out of Kheda District in 1997. Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat State, India. ... Sabarkantha is a district in Northeast of Gujarat state of India. ... Panchmahal, also Panch Mahal, is a district in the western India, in the eastern portion of Gujarat state. ... Ahmedabad or Ahmadābād or Amdavad (as spoken in Gujarati language), is the largest city in Gujarat and the sixth largest city in India. ... Anand may also refer to: Vishwanathan Anand - The Indian-born chess player. ... Vadodara, also known as Baroda, is the third-most populated town in Gujarat after Ahmedabad and Surat (the three towns with a population of over 1 million in Gujarat). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...

The major towns of the district include Kheda, Nadiad, Balasinore, and Dakor. Dakor houses a temple of Lord Ranchodrai, a form of Krishna. Nadiad is a medium level city in the Indian state of Gujarat, with a population of about 0. ... Lord Krishna Krishna (kṛṣṇa, Sanskrit for black), is, according to common Hindu tradition, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ...

The main crops include bajra, cotton and tobacco. Commerce in the district includes trade in cotton and tobacco. The district is home to a thermal power station, near Dhuvran. Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Species N. alata N. bigelovil N. debneyi N. excelsior N. exigua N. glauca N. glutinosa N. kawakamii N. knightiana N. longiflora N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of 2002-08-28 Tobacco () is a broad-leafed plant of the nightshade family, indigenous to North and South America, whose...

Balasinore Fossil Park is one of the three largest dinosaur sites in the world.
Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ...