History
Valsad, historically was known as Bulsar. It is the District headquarters of Valsad District. The name Valsad is derived from vad-saal, a Gujarati language, compound meaning hampered by banyan trees. Valsad District is one of the thirty-three districts of Gujarat State. It uniquely shares its borders with the State of Maharashtra and a Union Territory. The Arabian Sea lies to its West. The District’s administrative capital is Valsad and its largest city is Vapi. Upon bifurcation of State of Bombay in the year 1960, the State of Gujarat had come into existence. At that time Valsad was a Sub-Division of Surat District. On 1 June, 1964, Valsad District was separated from Surat. At that time Valsad, Dharampur, Pardi, Umbergaon, Navsari, Vansda, Chikhli and Gandevi were the talukas of Valsad District. Again on 2′ October, 1997, Navsari District was carved out of Valsad.
There is a beach known as Tithal near Valsad. Valsad is also known as Chhota Kashi. Valsad is also the native place of former Prime Minister Shri Morarjibhai Desai. The historical place named, Dharasana is in Valsad, where Mahatma Gandhi had ended the Movement against salt tax in the year 1930.
Initially, Valsad, Pardi, Dharampur and Umbergaon were the only major Talukas of this District and all of them had the full time courts of Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class. On account of bifurcation of Talukas full time courts of Additional District & Sessions Judge, Senior Civil Judge & Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Civil Judge & Judicial Magistrate First Class have been established in the talukas. The details of inaugurations of the taluka courts are set out in the tabular form.
| Sr No | Name of Taluka | Name of Court Establishment | Date of Court Establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valsad | Principal Sr. Civil Judge & ACJM | 06.02.1978 |
| 2 | Kaprada | Principal Civil Judge & JMFC | 27.03.2009 |
| 3 | Vapi | Principal Senior Civil Judge & ACJM | 15.08.2015 |
| 4 | Umbergaon | Principal Senior Civil Judge & ACJM | 14.05.2018 |
| 5 | Vapi | Additional District & Additional Sessions Judge | 31.01.2020 |
| 6 | Dharampur | Additional District & Additional Sessions Judge | 31.01.2020 |