Karadiya Rajputs
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Karadiya Rajputs are a clan of Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

s in India
India
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, mostly living in Gujarat with a high concentration in Saurashtra
Saurashtra
Saurashtra is a region of western India, located on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat state. It is a peninsula also called Kathiawar after the Kathi Darbar who ruled part of the region once. The Peninsula is shared with the Kachchh region which occupies the north, Saurashtra or Sorath forming the...

 kodinar.

A detailed description of the clan's culture and origin can be found in the book Karmi Karadia.

Rajputs of this clan has contributed to fight against Mughal
Mughal Empire
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 invasion on Somnath
Somnath
The Somnath Temple located in the Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat, India, is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of the God Shiva. Somnath means "The Protector of Moon God". The Somnath Temple is known as "the Shrine Eternal", having been destroyed...

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Some surnames of kardiya rajputs(also of nadoda & garasiya)=

zankat-(bless of lord shiva)
vala,
aswar,
solanki,
barad,
bhatti,
chauhan,chanchu
chavda,
dabhi,
dhummad,
dahima,
devda,
dodiya,
ghelda,
herma,
jadav,
rathod,
kachela,
kher,
mori,
makwana,
nakum,
padhiyar,
sindhav,
nirwan,
mandora,
padheriya,
padhar,
kherdiya,
vihol,
masani,
palniya,
parmar,
hadiol,
kamliya,
limbada,
selara,
tunvar,
limbola,bodana
rahevar-revar,
nakum-nikumbh,
dholetar,
vaja only in bhal area,
pargadhvi,
vainsh,
selara,
jethva only in rajkot area,
ghelada,
tank-takshak,
vadher,
zala,
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