Akota is an urban area in the western side of Vadodara City, in the state of Gujarat, in India. Earlier it was known as "Anakotakka", as mentioned in one of the Akota Bronzes. The suburb is located on the banks of river Vishwamitri.

It is one of the oldest areas of the ever growing Western part of Vadodara. Akota is largely residential area with large shopping malls and some of the best hotels in Gujarat.

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Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Шакота) is a Serbian and Croatian surname, derived from a nickname itself from the word šaka, meaning "hand".

On June 2, 1941, Franjo Sudar's Ustaše attacked the Udrežnje village and killed 27 people of the Vujadinović, Vukosav, Draganić, Gambelić, Kljakić, Šipovac and Šakota families. On June 3/4, 1941, Ustaše massacred 130 to 180 ethnic Serbs in Korita, Bileća; the local Šakota were one of the victim families. On June 26/27, 1941, Ustaše drove away 130 Serbs of the families of Šakota, Šotra, Ćorluka and Krulj from the villages of Trijebanj and Kozice. 110 of these were killed, at Domanoviće, Bivolja Brda, Pileti and near Kukauš, and those who escaped death were those listed in a proclamation of general Lakse. 70 more locals were killed by the Ustaše on June 29/30. At least 64 individuals with the surname died at the Jasenovac concentration camp. Several Šakota from Herzegovina fought at the Yugoslav Front (Dušan, Ilija, Jovo, Radovan, Slobodan, Sava, Vlado, and others).

Akota assembly constituency (અકોટા વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituencies of Gujarat. It is located in Vadodara district. This seat came into existence after 2008 delimitation.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments

Vadodara Taluka (Part) – Vadodara Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 5, 6.

Total Number of Voters

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election Results

2012

References

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List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Gujarat Legislative Assembly