The story of Hathia Mer of Modhwada is unique in the sense that he himself sacrificed his life to protect the village from the fear of being looted.

A soldier of Junagadh who was marching through the area, in a rood manner told his colleagues jokingly that, they would first go to Modhwada for plundering it and later to the village of Tukda for the same purpose. Hathia believed it to be true and serious threat to the Modhwada village. Without waiting to discuss the matter with anybody, he ran after them alone with open sword and attacked instantaneously.

The force and ferocity with which Hathia fought with the Junagadh soldiers was so great, that even after losing hus head, the body was reported to fight and chase the enemy soldiers to the distance of 10 miles.

The Mer namned Vangho Odedra of the village Bakharla was well known hunter of leopards and tigers in the area of Barda hills. He continued to hunt them in spite of the ban of Maharana of Porbandar on hunting in the region. On hearing of reputation of Vangho Mer, as a superb marksman and a hunter, Maharana invited him to join him during one of his own hunting expeditions.

The Maharana was so impressed by the skill and bravery of this Mer hunter that he presented him not only with a costly rifle but also bullocks for his use in cultivation.

Before independence, the Mers living in the neighbourhood of Muslim states such as Junagadh, Manvadar, Mangrol etc. had to face indignities and harassments at the hand of Muslim rulers and their associates.

Kutiana was the stronghold of Khoja Muslims who had flourishing business in Bombay and other big cities. They were extremely rich and tried to overlord the Hindus of neighbouring villages with the help of others. There were some Sindhi households in the Mer village of Kotda near Kutianat town. They were habituated to immorality and killing of cows sacred to Hindus.

Two brave brothers Karsan and Ram living in Kotda could not tolerate all this injustice. They were always watchful about the misdeeds of Muslims, and once challenged them to release the cows of an innocent village woman of Hindu community. There were also Sidis (Nigro Muslims) who were also used a instruments to create terror in the minds of Hindus living in these areas. Ram and Karsan, the two brothers of the Jadeja linage took the cause of poor people and cows. In a clash that occurred, in one instance they killed some Muslims who were taking a cow for butchery, and in another case, one man who was tempting an Ahir woman for molestation and immorality was severely punished.