History

Sagwadi, is a cattle farm located in Bhavnagar, a port city in the state of Gujarat in Western India. What is significant about this farm, is that it is perhaps the most unique cattle farm in India in terms of the blood-lines of the cattle that are bred and maintained here. The farm originally belonged to H.H., the late Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji of Bhavnagar, but was later gifted to his cousin, the late K.S. Bahadursinhji of Lakhanka. Sagwadi was private Gau-shala or cattle farm, maintained solely for the prized Gir or Geer bloodlines of cattle owned by the late Maharaja.  The specimen bred at this farm were renowned world over for their quality and purity, and finally led to cattle barons from Brazil to be attracted to Bhavnagar to offer the possibilities of export of such specimen for breeding, to Brazil. After some discussions with the Maharaja and K.S. Bahadursinhji, who at that time was managing the cattle farms of  Bhavnagar, Mr. Celso Garcia Sid, the pioneer of Brazilian Zebu cattle imports, was able to take the first Gir specimen to Brazil, and laid a foundation for a long standing relationship between Brazil and the Raol family of Bhavnagar in terms of a collaborative cattle breeding and development activity.

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