Himatnagar

Himatnagar or Himmatnagar is a region in Sabarkantha region in the Indian province of Gujarat. It is the authoritative central station of the area. The town is on the bank of the waterway Hathmati. Himatnagar was established in 1426 by Ahmed Shah I of Gujarat Sultanate and named it Ahmednagar after himself. He established the town to hold Raos of Idar State in line. It is said that he was so enamored with the place that he thought of making it, rather than Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat Sultanate. At the point when the Rao line took Idar in 1728, Ahmednagar before long fell into their hands.

After the passing of Maharaja Shivsing, in 1792, his sibling Sangramsing took Ahmednagar and the nation around; and, regardless of the endeavors of his nephew Gambhirsing, turned into an autonomous boss. Sangramsing was prevailing by his child Karansing. The later kicked the bucket in 1835, and Erskine, the British Agent, who was in the area with a power, moved to Ahmednagar to keep the rulers from getting to be satis. The children of the perished Maharaja asked Erskine not to meddle with their traditions.

Discovering him set out to keep the sati rehearse, while putting on a show to arrange, they furtively brought the Bhils and other violent clans, and in the night, opening a route through the fortification divider to the waterway bed, the rulers copied themselves with their perished spouse. The children of the perished Maharaja fled, however hence surrendered themselves, and, subsequent to going into a commitment with the British Government, Takhtsing was permitted to succeed his dad as Maharaja of Ahmednagar.