Chobari

<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2>
<p>There is a <a href="/facts/Stepwell/c70o4NCA">stepwell</a> with four gates, literally <i>Chobari</i> or <i>Chobari</i>, which lend its name to village.
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<h2 id="places-of-interest">Places of interest</h2>
<p>It is one of the points from which in the dry season the <a href="/facts/Rann_of_Kutch/yCJDGU9h">Rann of Kutch</a> is crossed. Here in 1783 the army of the Maharaja of <a href="/facts/Jodhpur_State/S07XPTzl">Jodhpur</a> was totally defeated by Fateh Ali <a href="/facts/Talpur/Jm4ygn8U">Talpur</a> of Sindh. The scene of the fight is marked by the tombstones of fifty-six Rajputs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 219.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA210" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA210</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Chobari