Gateway Distriparks notably flagged off the first export train service from the newly built inland container depot (ICD) at Viramgam.

[3] Around 1090, Minaldevi, the mother of Jayasimha Siddharaja of Chaulukya dynasty who ruled from Anhilwad Patan, commissioned the Munsar lake.

Commanding the entrance to Kathiawar, the Mughal governors chose it as the headquarters of the Jhalavad prant (district), and in the disturbances of the eighteenth century, it was the scene of several struggles.

According to another story, Barbara Bhut (Ghost) who was a slave of King Siddhraj Jaysinh has built this lake in one night.

Formerly known as Mansarovar, now shortened into Mansar or Munsar lake is 220 yards round, shaped like the conch and is surrounded by flights of stone steps.

On either side of one of the roadways that run to the water's edge, is a larger temple with a double porch and spire and across the lake is a flat-roofed colonnade.

[4][6] In 2023, Hardik Patel, BJPMLA, urged Union Minister of Culture, G Kishan Reddy, to restore Munsar Lake in Gujarat's Viramgam and requested the appointment of an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team for its maintenance.

The old town of Viramgam is surrounded by a rectangular, tower flanked brick and stone wall, about 21 miles round.

There are also two unopened gateways on the north-west (23°07′30″N 72°02′43″E / 23.124886°N 72.045340°E / 23.124886; 72.045340) and north-east, and in the south face is a window through which water is drawn from the Gangasar lake.

[9][10] Nationally, the town is a part of the Lok Sabha constituency of Surendranagar, which has been represented by Mahendra Munjapara of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019.

[11] In June 2023, Gateway Distriparks Ltd. initiated double-stack rail transportation services between Viramgam Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Ahmedabad and Mundra Port, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and reducing logistics costs for its Export-Import (EXIM) trade customers.