In Gujarat, India’s Banaskantha district contains the cities and municipalities of Deesa.

Past Events
Also see: State of Palanpur
Deesa is located on the Banas River’s eastern bank. The Mandori (Jhalori) family ruled over the estate and thana (faujdari/thanedari) known as Deesa. Juna Deesa is the modern name for the old Deesa.

Camp Deesa was also known as New Deesa. In order to preserve and safeguard the areas between Abu and Kutch from dacoits and the incursions of the desert and Parkar Khosas into Vagad and north-west Gujarat, the British military cantonment known as Deesa Field Brigade was constructed in the center of Rajasthan and Palanpur in 1820. There was a chapel and a resident Catholic chaplain in the cantonment.