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Ahwa

Ahwa is a small town in the hills of southern Gujarat, India, the headquarters of the Dang district. Each year before Holi it hosts the Dang Darbar, a festival at which the descendants of the Bhil chiefs of the Dangs receive the political pensions first paid by the British for the lease of their forests.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ahwa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ahwa
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