JAMBUGHODA, RISE OF A MINNOW
JAMBUGHODA, RISE OF A MINNOW (Me, at Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary) Often certain unsung folklore’s lie wrapped up, dusted and hidden in the annals of wildlife and environmental library. Either they are soft targets owing to the polity of the area or they are too small and feeble to fight for a share they deserve as in recognition. The ‘Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary’ is one such untold ‘success’ story. Fortunately it now seems that this ‘minnow’ is carving a niche for itself on the National map amongst the big-wigs. Declared as a Wildlife Sanctuary in year 1990 through honest & dedicated efforts of the Raja Sahab of the erstwhile principality of Jambughoda, Vikram Sinhji Rana, and located in a small erstwhile princely state of Jambughoda after which it derives its name, this is a small 130 sq. Km. sanctuary which lies 60 Kms to the North-East of Baroda city and 25 Kms from the ‘UNESCO World Heritage Site’ of the ‘Champaner Archeological Park’. It is ideally located in the hilly