Editing Dwarka (section)

===Middle Ages to present===
[[File:Dwarka1.jpg|thumb|left|Dwarka in a painting of the late 1820s by William Purser]]
In 1473 the [[Gujarat Sultanate|Gujarat Sultan]] [[Mahmud Begada]] sacked the town and destroyed the temple of Dwarka.{{sfn|Sen|2013|p=115}}{{sfn|Yagnik|Sheth|2005|p=50}} The Jagat Mandir or the Dwarakadhisa temple was later rebuilt.<ref name=Brit>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/174909/Dwarka|title=Dwarka|access-date=19 April 2015|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> [[Vallabha Acharya]] retrieved an idol of Dwarkadhish, which was revered by Rukmini. He hid it in a [[stepwell]], known as Savitri vav, during the Muslim invasion, before moving it to Ladva village. In 1551, when Turk Aziz invaded Dwarka, the idol was shifted to the island of Bet Dwarka.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

[[File:Dwarka (1909) (20161999144).jpg|thumb|View of Dwarka from the south bank of the Gomti creek, 1909]]
Dwarka, along with the Okhamandal region, was under the rule of [[Gaekwad of Baroda]] state during the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]]. A war broke out at Okhamandal in 1858 between the local [[Wagher|Vaghers]] and the [[British Raj|British]]. The Vaghers had won the battle and ruled until September 1859. Later, after a joint offensive of the British, the Gaekwads, and other princely state troops, the Vaghers were ousted in 1859. During these operations, led by Colonel Donovan, the temples at Dwarka and Bet Dwarka suffered damage and were looted. A complaint of atrocities by the British was made by the local people of Jamnagar, [[Porbander]], and [[Kutch]], which led to their restoration.{{Sfn|Dharaiya|1970|p=120}}<ref name=Democracy>{{cite web| title=Gujarat During The Great Revolt: The Rebellion In Okhmandal| date=7 October 2007| url=http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/1007/10072007_1857.htm| access-date=19 April 2015| publisher=People's Democracy| volume=XXXI| issue=40| archive-date=16 January 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116021507/http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/1007/10072007_1857.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Yagnik|Sheth|2005|pp=94–95}} In 1861, Dwarakadheesh Temple was renovated by [[Khanderao II Gaekwad|Maharaja Khanderao]] and the British, who refurbished the [[shikara]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|Maharaja Gaikwad]] of [[Baroda]] added a golden [[pinnacle]] to the shikara in 1958 during a refurbishment by Shankaracharya of Dwarka. Since 1960, the temple has been maintained by the Government of India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sheikh|first=Samira|date=1 May 2017|title=Ruling Dvārakā: Kṛṣṇa's Capital in Later Times (ca. 1450–1950)|url=https://academic.oup.com/jhs/article/10/1/112/3797244/Ruling-Dvaraka-K-a-s-Capital-in-Later-Times-ca|journal=The Journal of Hindu Studies|volume=10|issue=1|pages=112–130|doi=10.1093/jhs/hix004|issn=1756-4255|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The [[Sudama Setu]], a bridge over the Gomti River connecting mainland Dwarka with Panchkui island was opened in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/sudama-setu-connecting-dwarka-with-panchnad-likely-to-be-completed-befor-janmashtami-festival/|title= Sudama setu' connecting Dwarka with Panchnad likely to be completed before Janmashtami festival|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=20 June 2015|access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref>