Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat,India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir,the Mai Mandir,It is the birthplace of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,the first Deputy Prime Minister of India.
Kathiawar is a peninsula,near the far north of India's west coast,of about 61,000 km2 (23,500 sq mi) bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east. In the northeast,it is connected to the rest of Gujarat and borders on the low,fertile hinterland of Ahmedabad. It is crossed by two belts of hill country and is drained radially by nine rivers which have little natural flow aside from in monsoon months,thus dams have been built on some of these. Kathiawar ports have been flourishing centres of trade and commerce since at least the 16th century.
Junagadh is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills,355 kilometres (221 mi) southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar,it is the seventh largest city in the state. It is dominated by the Chudasama clan of Rajputs since ancient times.
Rajkot is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad,Vadodara,and Surat,and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India,with a population of more than 2 million as of 2021. Rajkot is the 6th cleanest city of India,and it is the 22nd fastest-growing city in the world as of March 2021. The city contains the administrative headquarters of the Rajkot District,245 km from the state capital Gandhinagar,and is located on the banks of the Aji and Nyari rivers. Rajkot was the capital of the Saurashtra State from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956,before its merger with Bombay State on 1 November 1956. Rajkot was reincorporated into Gujarat State on 1 May 1960.
Palanpur is a city and a headquarters of Banaskantha district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Palanpur is the ancestral home to an industry of Indian diamond merchants.
Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.
Valsad district is one of the 33 districts in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. It is bound by Navsari district to the north,Nashik district of Maharashtra state to the east,and Dadra and Nagar Haveli district of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DNHDD) union territory and the Palghar district of Maharashtra to the south. The Arabian Sea lies west of the district. The coastal Damaon enclave of DNHDD is bounded by Valsad district on the north,east,and south. The district's administrative capital is Valsad. The district's largest city is Vapi.
Jainism has had a notable following in Gujarat. According to the 2011 Census of India,around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain. There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as Palitana,Taranga,Sankheshwar,Idar.
Kirit S. Parikh is Emeritus Professor and Founder Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR),Mumbai,India. He has also served as Senior Economic Advisor to United Nations Development Programme from October 1997 to September 1998. He has been a member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) for multiple Prime Ministers of India:Rajiv Gandhi,V.P.Singh,Chandra Shekhar,P.V. Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Vasant Vasudeo Paranjpe was an Indian diplomat and an expert on China. In 1947,he came to China to study the Chinese language at Beijing University. He later worked in China,until 1957. He served as the interpreter when Nehru visited China and served as the interpreter between the Indian and Chinese delegations,translating directly between Jawaharlal Nehru and Mao Zedong in 1954. From 1974 to 1976,he was the ambassador of Addis Ababa. In 1977,he was made India's ambassador to South Korea. Presented credentials on February 6,1978 in Seoul.
The credit for introducing Jainism to the West goes to a German scholar,Hermann Jacobi,who translated some Jain literature and published it in the series 'Sacred Books of East' in 1884. In Europe,the largest Jain populations are in Britain,with a population of about 25,000.
Kumarpal Balabhai Desai is an author,critic,editor,journalist,columnist and translator from Gujarat,India. He studied and later taught at the Gujarat University. He is associated with several social and Gujarati literary organisations such as Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He has written and edited more than hundred books including biographies and several works on Jainism. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004.
Kutch Museum is a museum located opposite to the Hamirsar Lake in Bhuj,in the Kutch district of Gujarat,India. It is the oldest museum of Gujarat which was founded in 1877. It is located opposite Hamirsar Lake. The museum was earlier known as Fergusson Museum.
Nanji Kalidas Mehta,MBE was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist from Gujarat. He founded the Mehta Group in British East Africa,with its head office in India. Known as Sheth Nanjibhai. His son Mahendra Mehta,daughter in-law Sunayana Mehta and grandson Jay Mehta now own the Mehta Group.
Usha Chinoy (1929–2004) was an Indian educationist and musician from Rajkot,Gujarat.
Wrong Side Raju is a 2016 Indian Gujarati thriller drama film directed by Mikhil Musale. Starring Pratik Gandhi,Kimberley Louisa McBeath,and Asif Basra,it is inspired by a hit and run in Ahmedabad in 2013. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 64th National Film Awards.
Jayant Sukhlal Kothari was a Gujarati literary critic from India.
Girnar ropeway is a ropeway on Mount Girnar in Junagadh district,Gujarat,India. First proposed in 1983,the construction started only in September 2018 due to government approval delays and litigation. The construction and operation is managed by Usha Breco Limited. It was inaugurated on 24 October 2020.
Prabhudas Gandhi was an Indian Gujarati language writer and translator. He was a son of Mahatma Gandhi's nephew Chhaganlal Gandhi. He was awarded the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (1948) for his book Jivannu Parodh..
Rear Admiral Manish Chadha,VSM is a serving flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area. He earlier served as the Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area and as the Naval attachéto the Ambassador of India to Russia at the Embassy of India in Moscow.
