Palanpur is a city and a municipality in Banaskantha district in the Indianstate of Gujarat. Palanpur is the administrative center of that district. The town is well-connected by road and rail; the nearest airport is at Ahmedabad, about 135 km away.Legend has it that Palanpur was first settled by a certain Prahladan, belonging to the Paramara clan of rajputs, who received the surrounding area as appanage from his elder brother who ruled from what is now Mount Abu. Palanpur town later became the seat of the eponymous princely state in British India.
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