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Nar town History

Introduction Of Nar

There are two folktales about the existence of Nar. According to the history about Jains, Navdhar, of Maurya Dynasty, established the town in Vikram Samvat 203, Chaitra Sud 2, Thursday. Another folktale indicates that original name of the town was Narangpur which was established by Narsingh in Samvat 802, ie thirteenth century. Majority of the population of Nar consists of Patidars. Over hundred Patidar families follow Jainism since last five generations.

There are three monuments in memory of warriors. One is located on the road to Khodiar Talav, second on the west bank of Malav Talav and third near the high school. The one near the high school has an incription “Samvat 1765, Jain Sud 7, Tuesday” In Samvat 926 Rangba, daughter of Vaccha Patel married Sarbhanbha Desai of Savli. Patels of current six Khadkis (family house) are the descendants of Dhanabhai Patel. One of the prominent names of Gangadas who is remembered in the region along with Vir Vasandas of Virsad. In Samvat 1757, Bhagwandas, son of Narerdas and nephew of Gangadas married Taraben, daughter of Vir Vasandas. In 1782 Taraben, Shiv follower became a widow in 1782 and built a Mahadev. Later Mahatma Gandhi’s Statue was installed nearby. During this period then known as Narangpur was ruling the surrounding 49 villages. Based on discovery of some remains, it is believed that there was a fort. Mahot Patel was the administrator of the town but was ruled by Kshtriyas. Gangadas and Narerdar were also leading figures during this time. When the Kshtriyas murdered Mahot Patel, Gangadas pleaded the case to the Governor in Ahmedabad. The governor issued an order to punish the culprits and Mahot Patel was cremated on the bank of river Vatrak. Gangadas was saddened at the merciless killings of Rajput families by the Governor’s army and intervened to save the children and women with the help of Narerdas. Gangadas later took control of the town to establish peace but himself murdered in Agra. The King in his honor in Agra built Gangeshwer Mahadev temple.

Nar is unique in a sense that it had erected three statues of national leaders almost 50 years ago! Sardar Patel statue is at Malav Bhagol, Gandhiji statue is at Shri Dahiben Public Library and Shri Jawaharlal Nehru statue at Vad Talav across the B.R.L. High School.

Population

The village has a population of 30000 within a 3 square mile area. The local population consists of Patidars, Brahmins, Brahmbhatt, Baniyas, Kshatriyas and Christians. But still, the Patidars are the majority community of this village. Over half the population now lives in foreign countries. For the most part, the Patidars from Nar are in African and Middle Eastern countries, the United Kingdom, Canada and the Unites States of America. These expatriates have contributed significantly to the prosperity of Nar.

Health and Human Services

The Dahiben Bhikhabhai Patel maternity home was built with a generous donation by Bhikubhai J. Patel of Ode, in memory of his daughter Dahiben in 1946. A government hospital was built in 1936. A medical trust was established in 1938 to manage these facilities. Nar Seva Samaj was established in August 1976 by the late Shri Chaturbhai Kashibhai Patel, as a charitable trust to promote the Cultural, Social, and Educational needs of Nar. This trust assists local medical centers in distributing free medicine to the needy, and interest free loans where appropriate.

Nar now has "clean" streets laid with stones and a sewer system connected to most houses for water disposal. Thanks to huge efforts and personal sacrifices by Shri Chandubhai Patel of Dallas, Texas who stayed in Nar for months at a stretch to ensure the completion of the project. He is also pursuing another major project of drinking water since the current water supplied to homes contain higher level of salt.

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Business and Industries

Nar is primarily a farming community with small industries such as Rice and Pulse Mills, Ginning press, Flour mills, Saw mills, and a dairy. Once, people from Nar had a very big hand in providing milk to the city of Mumbai as many of the cattle farms (tabelas) were owned by Nar people Nar has a cooperative bank as well as branches of other commercial banks to support the needs of the local farmers and businesses.

Religious and Cultural Institutions

This is predominantly a Hindu community with several Temples, such as Bhankhraj Mahadev, Gupteshwer Mahadev, Bhatikhatri, Khodiarmata Temple, Ambaji Temple, Ramji Mandir, Swaminarayan Temple, Kabir Shaib Mandir, Radha-Krishna Mandir, Goverdhannath Temple Gayatri Temple, Shri Jalaram Temple and Ranchhodji Temple. The sculpture and artistic decorations in case of the Jain and Pranamy Mandir are outstanding. There is Madhavananda Ashram, Modh Chaturvedi Brahmin Dharamshala.