Vijapur : was one of the eight tālukās of Kadi covering an area of 346 square miles of an exceedingly well-wooded plain with a light & sandy soil, for the river Khari crossing over its northern boundary & the Sabarmati flowing past its southern boundary. It was c.22km NE of Gujāria (q.v.) & very close to Pilvai (see Baroda). As a Gaikwādi Tālukā it contained two towns: Vijāpur (population, 8,510), the headquarters, & Iadol (6,641), & 107 villages. Its population fell from 156,113 in 1891 to 117,286 in 1901. In 1904-5 the land revenue was Rs. 1,85,000. It is now an important town in Mehsāna district of Gujarat.
... Letters on Personal, Practical and Political Matters (1890-1926) Autobiographical Notes To His Grandfather Gujaria Vijapur Taluka N. Gujerat. Jan 11. 1894. My dear Grandfather I received your telegram & postcard together this afternoon. I am at present in an exceedingly out of the way place, without any post-office within fifteen miles of it; ...
... to Mano so that the latter could also return to India. Benoybhusan seems to have been in Ajmer for a long time as we gather from a letter of Sri Aurobindo's to his grandfather. "Gujaria Vijapur Taluka N. Gujerat Jan. 11 th , 1895 "My dear Grandfather, "I received your telegram and postcard this afternoon. I am at present in an exceedingly out of the way place, without ...
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