Vallabhbhai Patel, popularly known as Sardar Patel, was an Indian politician. He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was an Indian barrister and statesman, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and a founding father of the Republic of India who played a leading role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar, meaning "chief" in Hindi, Urdu, and Persian. He acted as Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
Porbandarpronunciation (help·info) is a western city in the Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It is the administrative center of Porbandar District.
Kathiawar, also written Kathiawad or Kattywad, is a peninsula in western India and part of the Saurashtra region. Its coastline borders the Gulf of Kutch to the west, the Arabian Sea to the south and the Gulf of Khambhat to the southeast and east. Jigat Point is located at its western apex and Diu Head at its southern.
Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or 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.
Junagadh District is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.
Porbandar district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. The district covers an area of 2,316 km². It had a population of 5.85,449 of which 48.77% were urban as of 2011 census This district was carved out of Junagadh District. It lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by Jamnagar district and Devboomi Dwarka to the north, Junagadh district and Rajkot district to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west and south.
Rajkot district is one of the 33 districts of the Indian state of Gujarat. Located in Saurashtra peninsula, Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is the third-most advanced district in Gujarat and the fourth most populus.
Junagadh was a princely state of British India, located in what is now Gujarat, outside but under the suzerainty of British India.
Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi (1822–1885) also known as Kaba Gandhi, was a political figure in Porbandar. He served as Diwan of Porbandar, Rajkot, and Wankaner. He was the father of Mohandas Gandhi.
The Alfred High School in Rajkot is one of the oldest educational institutions in India today.
Sir Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III Rasul Khanji,, was the last ruling Nawab of Junagadh of the princely state of Junagadh in British India/India from 1911 to 1948. He was the father of Muhammad Dilawar Khanji – Former Governor of Sindh and his claimed successor. Famed for his extravagant lifestyle and his love of dogs, his decision to accede Junagadh to the Dominion of Pakistan following India's Independence led to the Indian Army taking military action. He is credited with pioneering a conservation effort that saved India's last few lions from almost certain extinction.
Shapur is a town in Vanthali taluk in Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. This region is known as "Sorath", after the former Princely State of Junagadh.
Gandhi(pronunciation ; Hindi: गांधी) is an Indian surname. The surname is found among people living within the Northern and Western Regions of India including Gujarat and Punjab States. Gandhi may also refer to:
Kaloor is a downtown region in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. It is just 2 km from the Ernakulam North Railway Station. Kaloor Junction is also the name of a major intersection in this part of the city, intersecting the two major arteries of downtown Kochi, namely Banerji Road and the Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road. The nearest major intersections are Palarivattom to the east and Lissie Junction to the west.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Porbandar is a part of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) family. The school is located near Dharampur Patiya and Vanana village, seven kilometres from the city Porbandar, India, on national highway 8B. The school is also known as JNV Porbandar or JNV PBR.
Junagadh was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi or Babai dynasty in British India, until its integration into the Indian Union in 1948.
Saurashtra, also known as United State of Kathiawar, was a separate, western State within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956, on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital, on territory now part of Gujarat state.
