Topics: Districts : Kachchh

Bounded on the north by Pakistan. It is largely barren except for a fertile band along the Gulf of Kachchh in the Arabian Sea. Mandvi, Bhuj, and Kadla, a new port, are the chief towns. Formerly a princely state, Kachchh was established in the 14th century by Rajputs and passed under British rule in 1815. Kachchh was incorporated into Gujarat in 1960.