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| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]<br />
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| subdivision_name2 = Surendranagar<br />
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| area_code = 02756<br />
| dynasty = Parmar Rajput <br />
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'''Muli''' is a town located 21&nbsp;km (13 miles) southwest of the district capital of [[Surendranagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]], by the [[Bhogavo River]].<ref>https://surendranagardp.gujarat.gov.in/surendranagar/english/jillavishe/dhrangadhra.htm</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
{{Main|Muli State}}<br />
Muli is a town as well as a subdivision (called taluka) that falls in [[Surendranagar district]] in the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra region]] of Indian Gujarat. While Muli town has a population of 9,191, while Muli subdivision (taluka) has 58 inhabited villages with a population of 118,902.<ref>{{cite book |title=District Census Surendranagar |date=16 June 2014 |publisher=Census Commission, India |pages=220 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2408_PART_B_DCHB_SURENDRANAGAR.pdf |accessdate=5 June 2020}}</ref> The name "Muli" may also refer to an erstwhile [[Muli State|Muli Princely state]] of the same name.<br />
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=Battle Over a Partridge=<br />
Muli is famous for a battle over a wounded partridge. Stone Memorials at Muli commemorate the event when two communities fought over a partridge leading to the death of an estimated 200 persons. The incident goes back to 1474,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahurkar |first1=Uday |title=The story of people of Muli in Gujarat who died to save a partridge|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/20050613-the-story-of-people-of-muli-in-gujarat-who-died-to-save-a-partridge-787547-2005-06-13 |accessdate=5 June 2020 |publisher=India Today |date=13 June 2005}}</ref> when members of the Chabad community, who were tribal hunters shot a partridge, which was wounded and saved by a lady belonging to the Parmar tribe. The lady named Jombai, was the mother of Lakhdhirji, the chief of the Sodha Parmar Rajputs. She found the injured bird lying behind the presiding deity of their community, and hence refused to hand over the bird. The ensuring battle led to many deaths and stone memorials are still found in Muli. The caste identity of each of those killed in inscribed in the memorials. Since then, Parmar community of Muli vowed never to kill a partridge.<br />
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==Famous people==<br />
Former Union Minister [[Jaisukh Lal Hathi]] was born in Muli.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.ssgd.org www.ssgd.org]<br />
* "Saurashra ni Rasdhar" by [[Jhaverchand Meghani|Zawerchand Meghani]] (in Gujarati)<br />
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