History of Jamnagar
Brief History of Jamnagar City & Hotel Aram
The present district takes its name from the city and capital of Jamnagar so
named after the rulers who styled themselves as Jams. The Jamnagar district,
originally constituted as Halar district, is not only recent in its origin
but also in its modern set up. But the region comprised therein is of great
antiquity and dates back to ancient periods of Jamnagar. According to Pauranik
literature, Lord Krishna established his kingdom at Dwarka, now in Jamnagar
district, after his migration from Mathura and it is to this great Yadava race
that the Jams of Nawanagar trace their descent.
The foundation of Nawanagar State is credited to Jam Raval. In AD 1540 after winning conquests Jam Raval founded the city of Nawanagar.
During the rule of His Highness Jam Ranjitsinhji, between 1920 - 1930, and
His Highness Digvijaysinh – bethroned (1933 – 1948) they developed
the city according to western architecture and built various small palaces, castles,
utility buildings etc., including Pratap Vilas Palace, Vibha Palace, Coach House,
Dhanvantri Mandir (now Ayurvedic University). Later, except a few of buildings
retained by the monarchy heir, most of them were converted into schools, city
council’s utility buildings and so on.
New Aram Hotel started 37 years ago. The hotel building was originally a heritage property of the Monarchs of the state of Nawanagar now known as Jamnagar. It belonged to Her Highness Hemanshkunverba, daughter of His Highness Digvijaysinh. She had given the property to the family jeweler Shri Alibhai Zaveri who sold in 1969 it to Late Shree Dayashankarbhai Bhatt (from to years) – founder of Hotel Aram. Shree Deepak Bhatt, the present operator of the hotel and son of Late Shree Dayashankarbhai Bhatt joined the family business in 1979 and both father and son worked hard day in and out to create this hotel a home away from home for one and all.