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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hansanagari
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| other_name = Anhot
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map = India Gujarat
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|21|35|0|N|72|48|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bharuch district|Bharuch]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 12525
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], Hansoti [[Urdu]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| area_code = 912646
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Ankleshwar
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Bharuch
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = Ankleshwar
| website = {{URL|hansot.com}}
| footnotes =
}}’Hansanagari’ but well known as Hansot is a village in [[Bharuch district]], [[Southern Gujarat]],<ref name="Inflibnet">{{cite book |publisher=Inflibnet.ac.in |title=Urban Centres in South Gujarat |chapter=12: Urban Centres in South Gujarat |pages=264–340 |url=http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/60564/12/12_chapter%205.pdf |access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref> [[India]]. It is about {{convert|15.0|km|mile|abbr=on}} southwest of the city of [[Bharuch]], and south of the [[Narmada River]]. The village and its surrounding ''[[taluka]]'' were acquired by the British in 1775, and subsequently returned to the local princely rulers in 1783, being finally incorporated into the [[Broach district]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]] in 1803.<ref name="ImpGaz">{{citation | contribution = Hansot | contribution-url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_031.gif | title = [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] | volume = 13 | location = Oxford | publisher = Clarendon | year = 1908 | pages = 25–26}}.</ref><ref name="HansotCom">{{citation |publisher=Hansot.com |title=About Hansot |url=http://www.hansot.com/abouthansot.asp |access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref>

==History==
Hansot was once a small village known as 'Hansnagari' during the [[British Raj|British colonial era]]. Soon, it grew into a town, and now, it stands as a Taluka with a population of about 15,000. For the period, Gregorian centuries 16, 17 and 18.<ref name="Inflibnet"/> In [[Ain-i-Akbari]], it is mentioned as a ''mahal'' headquarters, and a port of ''sarkar'' Broach. In Mirat-i-Ahmadi, it is mentioned as a ''mahal'' headquarters.

History of Hansot

In medieval times Hansot was an important port. During Mughal era they used to travel to Egypt, Africa and several Arab countries from here for trade. During this period landlords and rich people owned huge mansions due to which Hansot was known as a very prosperous town. Because of its prosperity many traders were robbed by pirates at sea as well as in the town. Around 1600 AD Mughal emperor Jahangir, in leadership of Chauhans from Aamer (Rajasthan) sent an army with back up from Sindhis of Karachi on the naval front.

==Geography==
Hansot is located around {{convert|20.0|km|mile|abbr=on}} from where the Narmada river merges with the [[Arabian sea]]. It is the largest village between [[Surat]] and [[Ankleshwar]]. Ankleshwar is [[Asia]]'s largest industrial estate, and one of 190 industrial complexes in Gujarat's "Golden Corridor", so called because of the money brought by rapid development, and an industrial belt running from [[Vapi]] at the southern end of Gujarat to [[Mahesana]], about {{convert|270|mile|km|abbr=on}} to the north, located {{convert|20.0|km|mile|abbr=on}} west from Hansot. [[Surat]] City is {{convert|51.0|km|mile|abbr=on}} from Hansot.

==Economy and infrastructure==
It has modern amenities, including electricity, telephone, bus station, primary and higher secondary schools, hospitals and libraries. An attraction in Hansot is the Dargah (Tomb) of a Muslim Sufi Sheikh known as "Hazrat Mansur Shah Urf Chotumiyan." An annual Urs (Death Anniversary) attracts up to 350,000 people of all faiths. The people seek shelter in the complex of the dargah and are fed throughout the course of three days. Farming is the main occupation and many people migrate to find jobs. Since the [[Narmada]] river is nearby, Hansot is also famous for its fish.

==Taluka==
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Hansot's Taluka consists of 52 villages. The word 'Taluka' means 'jurisdiction'. Several areas come under Hansot Taluka:<ref name="HansotCom"/><ref name="EnvironmentalClearance">{{cite book |publisher=En-vision Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. |title=Environmental impact assessment and EMP report |page=77 |url=http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/EIA/10092014HDX1RCBVFINALEIAReportofMsKriforIndustriesPvtLtd.pdf |date=June 2017}}</ref>
* Alva<ref name="EnvironmentalClearance"/> or Ilvaa<ref name="HansotCom"/>
* Ambheta
* Aniyandra
* Asarma
* Balota
* Chhilodara
* Dantrai
* Ilav<ref name="HansotCom"/> (also 'Ilaaw',<ref name="EnvironmentalClearance"/> 'Elav'<ref name="Inflibnet"/> and 'Elaw').<ref name="CUL1855">{{cite book |author=Herne, P. |title=Perils and Pleasures of a Hunter's Life; or the Romance of Hunting by Peregrine Herne |publisher=[[Cornell University Library]] |chapter=XXIII: [[Domus]]. Surat. The nature of the jungles beyond. A [[boa constrictor]]. A [[Bengal tiger|tiger]]. A [[Asiatic lion|lion]]. Terrible conflict. A [[Banyan]] tree. |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924016407698 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924016407698/page/n207 194]–204 |year=1855 |access-date=2017-07-08}}</ref>
* Katpor
* Kantiajal
* Mangrol
* Sahol
* Shera
* Sunevkhurd (nani Sunev)
* Sunevkalla (moti Sunev)
* Rayma
* Ankalva
* Utraj
* Vaghwan<ref name="EnvironmentalClearance"/> or Waagwan<ref name="HansotCom"/>
* Valner<ref name="EnvironmentalClearance"/> or Waalner<ref name="HansotCom"/>
* Vansnali<ref name="EnvironmentalClearance"/> or Waansnoli<ref name="HansotCom"/>
* Wamleshwar
Digas
Mothiya

==Culture==
After a hard day's work, the men traditionally retired to rest, often signified by adoption of the [[sarong]]-like [[Lungi]]. This indicates [[southern Arabia]]n ([[Hadhramawt]]i) or [[Ethnic Malays|Malay]] influences. A romantic passion for racing horses on the days of Eid, from the ancient historic [[Eidgah|Eid Gah]]<ref name="GooglePan">{{cite web |title=Photograph |publisher=[[Google]].com |url=http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/64510307.jpg |access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref> and across the beaches washed by the [[Arabian Sea]]. This indicates Arabian and [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] influences.

===Language===
The language is an archaic proto-Urdu one, being neither completely in the camp of standard northern Delhi Urdu, nor southern [[Dakhni]] Urdu. It is said by some to belong to the middle zone i.e. "[[Bombay Urdu]]", as with related cognates.<ref name="UOL1976">{{cite web |title=Lokhandwala M. F. (tr.): Zafar ul wālih bi Muẓffar wa ālihi: an Arabic history of Gujarat. By Abdullāh Muḥammad al-Makkī al-Āṣafī al-Ulughkhānī Hājjī ad-Dabir. Vol. ii. (Gaekwad's Oriental Series, No. 157.) ix, 475–1055 pp. Baroda: Oriental Institute, 1974. Rs. 50. |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3806140 |date=1976}}</ref> The language has defiantly retained [[Arabic]] and [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] words, neither of which exist in many later [[Urdu]] standardisations. It has also picked up words from regional Indic languages, from northern to southern regions. As Hansotis are often seen as a rather independent and clannish community, with words being altered, the services of the professional academic would not go amiss. Notable words are Sabāh, Kāti, Kāikélyèh, Baydāh, Māndāh, Choolāh and Gokhlay.

==Demographics==
Hansotis are a cosmopolitan array of ethnicities divided into two main groups: [[Muslim]]s and [[Hindu]]s. Their surnames are multi-layered reflecting their complex histories, and include amongst others, [[Gujarati Shaikh|Shaikh]] (Sheikh), [[Pathans of Gujarat|Pathan]], Malek ([[Malik]]), [[Muslim Patel|Patel]], [[Chauhan|Mujad, Chauhan]]<ref name="Sharma1959">Sharma, Dasharatha : "Early Chauhan Dynasties" (1959) by S. Chand & Co., Page 14</ref> and [[Kanuga]]. These people, who number 6,000, are thus [[Gujarati Muslims]], by heritage and geographical origin.

==Notable people==
* [[Farooq Shaikh]], Indian actor for [[Bollywood]] and theatre, philanthropist and popular presenter on television.
* [[Ahad Malek|Abdul-Ahad Malik]], cricketer for [[Rajasthan Royals]].
* [[Sharif Kanuga]], Politician [[Indian National Congress]] Ex Deputy Leader of Opposition Ankleshwar Municipality, State Secretary Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee
* [[Indravadan Modi|Indravadan Ambalal Modi]], he was founder member of Cadila labs, now Cadila pharmacy. Currently Cadila pharmacy is an Indian multi-national, pharmaceutical company, having a presence in the niche therapy areas of Gastro, Cardio, Pain management, nutraceutical and now biological products.

==See also==
* [[Gujarat]]
* [[Gulf of Cambay]]
* [[Kim Creek]]
* [[Panoli]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://bharuchdp.gujarat.gov.in/bharuch/taluka/hansot/index.htm Hansot taluka panchayat webpage] (Gujarati language)

[[Category:Villages in Bharuch district]]

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