Kutch district

Kutch (also Cutch or Kachh) is a district of Gujarat state in western India. The capital of Kutch district is Bhuj. Kutch includes the Rann of Kutch, a huge wetland that forms the northern and eastern part of the region, south of the border between India and Pakistan. Kutch is bounded by the Pakistan to the north, the Arabian Sea to the west, and the Gulf of Kutch, which separates Kutch from the Kathiawar peninsula]], to the south and southeast. The northeastern border with Pakistan along Sir creek is the subject of a border dispute.

Kutch was formerly an independent state, founded in 1270. In 1815, Kutch became a British protectorate, and ultimately a princely state whose local ruler acknowledged British sovereignty in return for local autonomy. After Indian independence in 1947, Kutch became province of India, and in 1950 became an Indian state. On November 1, 1956, Kutch became part of Bombay state, which in 1960 was divided into the new linguistic states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.