Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel,commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress,who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and India's political integration. In India and elsewhere,he was often called Sardar,meaning "Chief" in Hindi,Urdu,Bengali and Persian. He acted as the Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
Saurashtra,also known as Kathiawar,is a peninsular region of Gujarat,India,located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state,notably 11 districts of Gujarat,including Rajkot District. It was formerly a state of India before it merged with Bombay state. In 1961 it separated from Bombay and joined Gujarat.
Keshubhai Patel was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and again 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 left the BJP in 2012 and formed the Gujarat Parivartan Party. He was elected from Visavadar in the 2012 state assembly election but 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.
Shankersinh Vaghela is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat from. He was also the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
The history of Gujarat began with Stone Age settlements followed by Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlements like Indus Valley civilisation. Gujarat's coastal cities,chiefly Bharuch,served as ports and trading centers in the Nanda,Maurya,Satavahana and Gupta empires as well as during the Western Kshatrapas period. After the fall of the Gupta empire in the 6th century,Gujarat flourished as an independent Hindu-Buddhist state. The Maitraka dynasty,descended from a general of the Gupta empire,ruled the Kingdom of Valabhi the 6th to the 8th centuries,although they were ruled briefly by Harsha during the 7th century. The Arab rulers of Sindh sacked Vallabhi in 770,bringing the Kingdom of Valabhi to an end. In 775,the first Parsi (Zoroastrian) refugees arrived in Gujarat from Greater Iran.
Chimanbhai Patel was an Indian politician associated with Indian National Congress and Janata Dal,and a former Chief Minister of Gujarat state in India representing both those parties at various times. Patel is known as the founder of Kokam Theory which was initiated to counter the Kham Theory of Indian National Congress and it was very successful in Saurashtra and South Gujarat to achieve the huge support from Kolis which were 24% of the state population.
K. Jana Krishnamurthi was an Indian political leader who rose to be the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2001. A former Union Law Minister and a member of the Parliament of India,Krishnamurthi was the second person from Tamil Nadu to head a national party in India after Kamaraj.
Viramgam is a town and former princely state in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is located in the Ahmedabad district,which contains the city of Ahmedabad,the state's largest city. Gateway Distriparks notably flagged off the first export train service from the newly built inland container depot (ICD) at Viramgam.
Kushabhau Thakre was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament.
Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh,better known as Nanaji Deshmukh,was a social reformer and politician from India. He worked in the fields of education,health,and rural self-reliance. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian award in 2019 by the Government of India. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and also a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021 for two terms. He was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly,representing Rajkot West. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) is an Indian farmers' organization that is politically linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. BKS was founded by Dattopant Thengadi in 1978. As of 2000,Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh claimed BKS had a quarter million members,organized in 11,000 villages and 301 districts across the country. The organization is dominated by landed gentry.
Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala is an Indian politician and Minister of Fisheries,Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the Second Modi ministry. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Rajkot. He was a member of Rajya Sabha,representing the Indian state of Gujarat and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Amreli and formerly served as a minister in Government of Gujarat.
Gujarat is a state situated in the western part of India and shares its northwestern boundary with Pakistan. Rajasthan,Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are the neighboring states of Gujarat. Gandhinagar is the capital city of the state and Ahmedabad is its largest city and the main commercial hub of the region. Gujarat houses a wide variety of industries and is considered one among the best industrialized states of the nation. Gujarat is also home to some of the prestigious educational institutes of the nation.
Shaktisinh Harishchandrasinhji Gohil is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament and a member of the Indian National Congress. He was appointed president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee in June 2023,in run up to 2024 general election.
Vallabhbhai Gobarbhai Kakadiya is a Member of Legislative assembly from Thakkarbapa Nagar constituency in Gujarat for its 12th,13th,and 14th legislative assembly. He is a state-level minister of transport.
Mathur Madhabhai Savani is a businessman and social worker from Gujarat,India. He established a diamond firm called Savani Brothers. He has also worked extensively in the field of water conservation in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
Prakash Mehta is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit.
Harsh Ramesh Sanghavi is currently Minister of State (MoS) Sports,Youth Service,Co-ordination of voluntary organization,Non-resident Gujaratis’Division,Transport,Gruh Rakshak Dal and Gram Rakshak Dal,Civil Defence,Jail,Border Security,Home and Police Housing,Industries,Cultural Activities In the Gujarat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel’s cabinet. Before sanghvi Pradip Singh Jadeja,Amit Shah,Haren Pandya and Gordhanbhai Zadafia have served as the home minister of Gujarat under the BJP regime. He is a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly,Majura in Gujarat,India. He was also National Vice President of BJP Yuva Morcha.
The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election,2017 was held on 9 December 2017 and 14 December 2017 in the Indian state of Gujarat to elect the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA). The votes were counted on 18 December. All 182 members of the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly were elected with the leader of the largest party or coalition expected to become the next chief minister.
