GUJARAT

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Basic Facts about Gujarat

● Statehood: 1 May 1960

● Capital: Gandhinagar

● Number of District : 33

● Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat

● Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani

● High court: Gujarat High Court

● Chief Justice: Vikram Nath

● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 182

● Lok Sabha Seats : 26

● Rajya Sabha Seats : 11

Boundaries

● Gujarat is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Daman and Diu to the

south, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya

Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of

Sindh to the west.

● गुजरात की सीमा उत्तर-पूर्व में राजस्थान, दक्षिण में दमनऔर दीव, दक्षिण-पूर्व में महाराष्ट्र

और दादरा और नागर हवेली, पूर्व में मध्य प्रदेशऔर पक्षिम में अरब सागर और

पाकिस्तानी प्ाांत क िंध है।

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State Symbols

● State Animal: Asiatic Lion

● State Bird: Greater Flamingo

● State Flower: Marigold

History of Gujarat

● Gujarat was one of the main central areas

of the Indus Valley Civilisation.

● It contains ancient metropolitan cities from

the Indus Valley such as Lothal,

Dholavira, and Gola Dhoro.

● The Chaulukya dynasty ruled Gujarat from

960 to 1243.

● Chatrapati Shivaji, the great Maratha

ruler, attacked Surat in southern Gujarat

twice first in 1664 and again in 1672.

● First CM of Gujarat: Jivraj Narayan

Mehta

● First Governor of Gujarat Mehdi Nawaz

Jung

● गुजरात क िंधु घाटी भ्यता के मुख्य कें द्रीय िेत्रां में

से एक था।

● इसमें क्षसांधु घाटी से लोथल, धोलावीरा और गोला

धोराओ जैसे प्ाचीन महानगरीय शहर शाक्षमल हैं।

● चालुक्य र्ांश ने 960 े 1243 तक गुजरात पर

शासन क्षकया।

● महान मराठा शासक, छत्पक्षत क्षशर्ाजी ने दक्षिणी

गुजरात में सूरत पर 1664 में पहले और क्षिर

1672 में हमला क्षकया।

● गुजरात िे पहले ीएम: जीवराज नारायण

मेहता

● गुजरात िे पहले राज्यपाल मेहदी नवाज जिंग

Geography

● Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India

with a coastline of 1,600 km.

● It is the fifth largest Indian state by area and the

ninth largest state by population.

● The Sabarmati is the largest river in Gujarat

followed by the Tapi, although the Narmada

covers the longest distance in its passage

through the state.

● The Sardar Sarovar Project is built on the

Narmada River, one of the major rivers of

peninsular India.

● Girnar is the tallest peak and Saputara is the

only hill-station in the state.

● The Rann of Kutch is a seasonally marshy

saline clay desert located in the Thar Desert.

● गुजरात भारत के पक्षिमी तट पर स्थथत एक राज्य है

क्षजसका समुद्र तट 1,600 किलोमीटर का है।

● यह िेत्िल के क्षहसाब से पािंचवा ब े बडा

भारतीय राज्य है और जनसांख्या के क्षहसाब से नौवािं

ब े बडा राज्य है।

● ाबरमती गुजरात की सबसे बडी नदी है क्षजसके

बाद तापी है, हालाांक्षक नमवदा राज्य के माध्यम से

इसके मागव में सबसे लांबी दूरी तय करती है।

● रदार रोवर पररयोजना नममदा नदी पर बनी है,

जर प्ायद्वीपीय भारत की प्मुख नक्षदयरां में से एक है।

● कगरनार सबसे ऊां ची चरटी है और ापुतारा राज्य

का एकमात् क्षहल-से्टशन है।

● िच्छिा रण थार रेक्षगस्तान में स्थथत एक मौसमी

दलदली खारा क्षमट्टी है।

● The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 December-14 December

2017.

● The election was won decisively by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party with an increase in the

vote share.

Seats distribution :

● BJP (103)

● INC (72)

● BTP (2)

Vijay Rupani has been elected as the chief minister of Gujarat.

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Major Dams

● Dantiwada Dam: The Dantiwada Dam is a mud and masonry dam on the West Banas River

near Dantiwada, Banaskantha district of northern Gujarat in India.

● Dholi Dam: Dholi Dam across the Madhumati River forms the Dholi Reservoir in Jhagadia

city, Gujarat state, India.

● Dholidhaja Dam: Dholidhaja Dam (alternatively Dholi Dhaja) across the Bhogavo River is

located near Surendranagar city and in the urban area of Surendranagar Dudhrej

Municipality in the state of Gujarat, India.

● Kamleshwar Dam: The Kamleshwar Dam, officially known as the Hiran-I Dam, is a rock-fill

embankment dam on the Hiran River in Visavadar, Gujarat, India

● Sardar Sarovar Dam: The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada river near

Navagam, Gujarat in India. For Indian states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and

Rajasthan, receive water and electricity supplied from the dam

General Facts

● The state encompasses some sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, such as Lothal, Dholavira

and Gola Dhoro.

● राज्य में प्ाचीन क्षसांधु घाटी सभ्यता के कुछ थथल शाक्षमल हैं, जै े लोथल, धोलावीरा और गोला धोराओ।

● Lothal is believed to be one of the world's first seaports.

● माना जाता है क्षक लोथल दुक्षनया के पहले समुद्ररां में से एक है।

● Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch and Khambhat, served as ports and trading centers in the

Maurya and Gupta empires

● गुजरात के तटीय शहर, मुख्य रूप से भरूच और खिंभात, मौयव और गुप्त साम्राज्यरां में बांदरगाहरां और व्यापाररक कें द्ररां के रूप में

कायव करते थे

● Along with Bihar and Nagaland, Gujarat is one of the three Indian states to prohibit the sale of alcohol.

● कबहार और नागालैंड िे ाथ, गुजरात शराब की क्षबक्री पर प्क्षतबांध लगाने र्ाले तीन भारतीय राज्यरां में से एक है।

● Gir Forest National Park in Gujarat is home of the only wild population of the Asiatic lion in the world.

● गुजरात में कगर वन नेशनल पािम दुक्षनया में एक्षशयाई शेर की एकमात् जांगली आबादी का घर है।

Festivals & Fairs of Gujarat

● Rann Utsav: Rann of Kutch in the Kutch district

● International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) : Ahmedabad

● Shamlaji Fair: Samalaji, Aravalli district

● Bhavnath Mahadev Mela: Bhavnath Temple,

Junagadh

● Modhera Dance Festival: Sun Temple, Modhera

Dances of Gujarat

● Bhavai

● Dandiya

● Garba

● Padhar

● Tippani

● Gir National Park

● Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary

● Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary

● Kutch Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

● Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary

● Wild Ass Sanctuary

Important National Park and wildlife Sanctuaries in Gujarat

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park: 2004

Rani ki vav : 2014

Historic City of Ahmedabad : 2017

GI Tags of Gujarat

● Bhalia wheat

● Gir Kesar

● Kachchh shawl

● Kutch Embroidery

● Patola Sari

● Sankheda furniture

● Surat Zari Craft

● Tangaliya Shawl

● Borsad Stepwell: Anand

● Talaja Caves: Bhavnagar

● Tomb of Sikandar Shah: Godhra

● Nagina Masjid: Godhra

● Kalika Mata Temple: Jamnagar

● Gop Temple: Jamnagar

● Dhank Caves: Rajkot

Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat

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