Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about 1,600 km (990 mi) is the longest in the country,most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area,covering some 196,024 square kilometres (75,685 sq mi);and the ninth-most populous state,with a population of 60.4 million. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast,Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south,Maharashtra to the southeast,Madhya Pradesh to the east,and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar,while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language,Gujarati,is the state's official language.
Praful Manoharbhai Patel is an Indian politician. His father,Manoharbhai Patel,an Indian National Congress leader who was elected to represent Gondia Bhandara districts in Maharashtra. His political career began in 1991 and he was appointed as the Union Minister of Civil Aviation in 2004. His family runs the CEEJAY group,a large tobacco conglomerate in India.
Keshubhai Patel was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He was a member of RSS since 1940s,of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1960s,Janata Party in 1970s,and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1980. He subsequently left the BJP in 2012 and formed the Gujarat Parivartan Party. He was elected from Visavadar in the 2012 state assembly election but later resigned in 2014 due to ill health and merged his party with BJP. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2021.
Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi,popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas,was an Indian independence movement activist,politician,writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession,he later turned to author and politician. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,an educational trust,in 1938.
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist,the President of the Central Legislative Assembly,then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India,and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India. His son Purushottam Mavalankar was later elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Gujarat.
Shankersinh Laxmansinhji Vaghela is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly,representing Rajkot West. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
On 1 May 1960,the Indian State of Gujarat was created out of the 17 northern districts of former State of Bombay. These districts were later further subdivided. There are 33 administrative districts in the state. Unlike other cities,Gandhinagar has its own administrative body,'The Capital Project division',created by the Government of Gujarat in 1965 for Balanced &Deciplinate System in Gandhinagar capital city.
Gautam Shantilal Adani is an Indian billionaire industrialist. He is the chairman and founder of Adani Group,an Ahmedabad-based multinational conglomerate involved in port development and operations in India. Adani is also the president of Adani Foundation,which is primarily led by his wife,Priti Adani. As of 7 September 2022,with a net worth of US$148.4 billion,he is the richest person in India and Asia,and the fourth richest person in the world according to Forbes.
Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat,in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently,182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members,the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.
Nitinbhai Ratilalbhai Patel is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat from 5 August 2016 to 11 September 2021. He has also served as the Minister for Health,Medical Education,Family Welfare,Road and Building,Capital Project. He was formerly the Minister for Water Supply,Water Resources,Urban Development and Urban Housing. He was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Mehsana in 2012 and 2017.
Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is an incumbent cabinet minister of Government of Gujarat.
The 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Gujarat in December 2012 for all 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP),in power since 2002,was running for his fourth term. The leader of the opposition was Shaktisinh Gohil of the Indian National Congress (INC).
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel is an Indian statesman who is the current and 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Gujarat. He served as the officiating speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2014. He has earlier served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Gujarat. Patel was elected to the assembly from Navsari constituency. He has been appointed 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 6 July 2021 by the President of India.
Akota is one of the 182 assembly constituencies of Gujarat. It is located in Vadodara district. This seat came into existence after 2008 delimitation.
Nita Mukesh Ambani is an Indian philanthropist. She is the chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation,Dhirubhai Ambani International School and a director of Reliance Industries. She is married to Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani. With a family fortune estimated in excess of US$102 billion,the Ambanis are among the richest in the world. She is also an art collector and owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Mumbai Indians.
Alpesh Thakor is a politician from Gujarat,India. He was a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Radhanpur (2017–2019). Formerly associated with the Indian National Congress party,he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019. He started his career as a social worker and political activist. He is a leader of the Koli Thakor community in Gujarat. He founded the Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena as well as OBC,SC,ST Ekta Manch,a social platform to demand reservations for people of the respective communities,around which a movement took place in Gujarat shortly after the Patidar reservation agitation.
Bhupendrabhai Rajnikantbhai Patel is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Gujarat since September 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He started his political career in municipal bodies of Ahmedabad before being elected the member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Ghatlodia constituency in 2017.
Ramanbhai Dhulabhai Patel is an Indian politician and businessman from Gujarat,India. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Vijapur Constituency of Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
