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Anand is the administrative centre of Anand District in the state of Gujarat, India. It is administered by Anand Municipality. It is part of the region known as Charotar, consisting of Anand and Kheda districts.
Umreth is a taluka and the administrative center of Anand District in the state of Gujarat, India. It is administered by Umreth Nagarpalika. It is part of the region known as Charotar, located in Anand and Kheda districts.
Leva Patel is a sub-caste or community of Patidars in India, situated mainly in Charotar region of Gujarat. Compared to other Patidar subcastes such as the Kadavas, they had greater wealth and control of positions in commerce, education, and producer cooperatives.
Anand District is an administrative district of Gujarat state in western India and whose popular nickname is Charotar. It was carved out of the Kheda district in 1997. Anand is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is bounded by Kheda District to the north, Vadodara District to the east, Ahmedabad District to the west, and the Gulf of Khambhat to the south. Major towns are Umreth, Khambhat, Karamsad, Tarapur, Petlad, Borsad and Sojitra.
Kheda District is one of the thirty-three districts of Gujarat state in western India. It is part of the region known as Charotar, consisting of Kheda and Anand districts.. Its central city Nadiad is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Vasad is a town in the Anand District of Gujarat, India. It is located on the bank of the Mahi. It was formerly known as Vasudhanagari, and is situated on the north bank of the Mahi and serves as a gateway to the Charotar.
Borsad is a town and a municipality in Anand district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is located around 17 km from Anand. It is surrounded by the fertile Charotar region which largely produces tobacco, bananas, cotton, barley and other agricultural crops. Borsad was the seat of the Borsad satyagraha in 1922–23.
Sunni Vahoras or Sunni Bohras, are a community from the state of Gujarat in India. Sharing many cultural similarities with the Dawoodi Bohras, they are often confused with that community. The community in Pakistan uses the surname "Vohra" and not Bohra and are commonly known as Sunni Vohras. A few families use the slightly different spelling of "Vora" or "Vohra" as their surname. Another common surname is Patel.
Surendra Motilal Patel is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament.
Tarapur is a town in Tarapur Taluka in Anand district in the State of Gujarat, India. It is located on the Baroda – Rajkot Highway. It is the administrative seat for the taluka, a major trading centre of the Bhal region and gateway to the Charotar region.
Chikhodra is a village situated in Anand district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is administered by Chikhodra Gram Panchayat and the Anand Municipality. It is a member of the Bavis gaam Patidar Samaj. It is a part of the region known as Charotar, comprising Anand and Kheda Districts. With recent Real-estate developments it is on its way on becoming an important suburb of the Anand City.
The Molesalam are a Muslim Rajput community found in the state of Gujarat in India. They also refer to themselves as Molesalam Thakur and sometimes Molesalam Girasia (Grasiya).
The Dabhi is a clan (Gotra) of the Koli caste found in the Indian state of Gujarat. The Kolis of Dabhi clan ruled over Ghorasar, a princely state in Mahi Kantha Agency.
Narsanda is a small village in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India. The region belongs to a green belt of charotar region in Gujarat state of India. Narsanda is a village which is near to Anand and Nadiad. People from different religions such as Hinduism, Islam and Christianity live peacefully in this village. It has many temples such as Shiva temple near the beautiful lake, Swaminarayan temple, temple of Krishna, Bhathiji Maharaj Temple, Santaram Maharaj Temple, Khodiyar Mata Temple etc. There is a mosque as well for Muslims and Church for Christians too. Most of the people in village are farmers but with globalization many of the natives have migrated to different parts of India as well as in USA, England, Australia, UK, Canada, Kenya etc. Right now there are about 200 families living abroad from this village. Village Population is Around 8500 till 2020.
Ashapura Mata is an aspect of Devi, a Hindu goddess. She is one of the kuladevis of Kutch, and the Jadeja clan and Chauhans inhabiting the area. She is a goddess regarded to fulfill the wishes of her adherents. In her iconography, the goddess is said to have 7 pairs of eyes.
Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT) is established under the Gujarat Act No. 8 of 1995, Government of Gujarat. University Grants Commission (UGC) has empowered CHARUSAT to award Degrees under Section 22 of UGC Act 1956. Earlier campus was known as Education Campus Changa until 2009.The Gujarat Government has granted "Centre of Excellence" to the University. CHARUSAT was accredited with grade A+ by NAAC in 2022.
Ashokpuri Goswami is a Gujarati poet and writer from Gujarat, India. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language in 1997 for his novel Koovo (1994).
Natvarsinhji Kesarsinhji Solanki was a politician from the Gujarat state of India. He founded the Charotar Kshatriya Samaj and the Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.
Pankaj Joshi is an Indian physicist and cosmologist whose research is mainly focused on areas of gravitational collapse and naked singularities. He has published over 200 papers in national and international journals. Joshi currently holds the position of provost at Charotar University of Science and Technology.
On 18 August 1942, six people died and many more wounded during the Quit India movement at the Adas railway station in Adas village in Kaira district in Bombay Presidency, British India.
