HISTORY

 After the historical battle of Haldighati, Maharana Pratap captured Sarada-Chawand area from the Rathors and established his new capital at Chawand in 1585 AD and built Chamunda Devi temple here. He also built about 16 hideouts within a radius of 10 km around his capital to look after the administration. Many secret army stores, palaces, temples and buildings for his loyal Bhils were also constructed here. During a hunting accident, he died on 19 January 1597 AD in Chawand. A fine statue of Maharana Pratap and his four aides has been built in the fond memory of the famed warrior.
During British times it was called Magra Hakam, an important administrative district to control political, military and administrative operations in the entire region of Mewar, Vagad and Chhappan extending up to Dhariavad and Pratapgarh areas. Sarada had an infamous torture centre in the basement of its fort on a hillock where in more recent times the freedom fighters of South Rajasthan likes of ML Varma, VJ Pathik, ML Sukadia, BL Pandya, H Joshi et al were kept in captivity to pass incarceration and corporal excesses. A new opening on the educational horizon has been done on the opening of the Government College at Sarada - a proof of determination that something can be done or made out of nothing and running it is like hoping against the hope.