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Makarand Mehta: History Writer of Gujarat
8 September 2024 (Google translation from Gujarati, language error is possible)
Makarand Mehta, a leading historian of Gujarat, breathed his last on 1 September at the age of 93. The evening before his death, he was finalizing his book "World Heritage City Ahmedabad and Its Half". He enjoyed his life to the fullest. I live to write and write to li...
300 lions out of the forest in monsoon
8 September 2024 (Google translation from Gujarati) According to the last count in 2020, the number of lions in the country is 674. This number is 27 percent more than the number of 2015. However, out of 674, 300 lions live outside the forest.
In 2015, lions in Gujarat were spread over an area of about 22 thousand square kilometers. In 2020,...
Alidina Visram Gujarati businessman from Uganda
Jaydeep Vasant - BBC Gujarati Regards
14 May 2023
Life story of Alidina Visram. At one time Idi Amin expelled Indians from Uganda. But today 90,000 Indians live in this country. It is worth knowing the stories of its innumerable Gujarati traders.
Born in Kutch, Alidina Visram reached East Africa at a very young age. Alidina Visram was born (18...
Cultural Nationalism – Idi Amin expelled 30 thousand Gujaratis
Idi Amin expelled 30 thousand Gujaratis
26 April 2023
Accusing them of embezzling Uganda's funds in early 1971, military dictator Idi Amin expelled more than 50,000 Asians from the country on 4 August 1972. Most of these people were Gujaratis. The Asian community was ordered to leave Uganda within 90 days. At that time 90 percent of the country...
Dwarka got submerged due to sea level rising by 300 feet
Dwarka was submerged due to rising sea level
2024
It is believed that the ancient city of Dwarka was submerged in the Arabian Sea. Many stones are seen arranged. The large boulders found here indicate that there was an ancient port here. There is no doubt about it.
Dr. Rajiv Nigam, former Chief Scientist of CSIR-NIO, has collected data on how ...
Before Gandhiji, the tribals of Gujarat defeated the British
BBC Gujarati, with thanks
9 May 2023
When the Santhal, Munda and Kharia tribal communities raised their voices against British rule in 1857, Gujarat was also affected.
Mukhi Garbaddas in Anand, Waghero in Okhamandal and Tatya Tope in Chhota Udaipur led armed movements. One such notable movement was that of 'Nayak', whose influence was seen i...
Mokham Gujarati who sacrificed his head for Sikhism
Thanks to BBC Gujarati
16 April 2022
About three and a half hundred years ago in 1699, on the day of Baisakhi, the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, Gobind Singh, established the Khalsa Panth.
Mokham Chand showed readiness to sacrifice his head. Who belonged to the present Bet-Dwarka and used to do cloth and dyeing work. Today the birthplace of Bhai Mok...
BJP rose from the footpath parliament of Khadia
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 9 September 2024
No one was asking BJP, when BJP could not find a single candidate to contest elections in Gujarat, then the footpath parliament was going on in Kharia. Which was going on since the time of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. BJP took it to the people.
At that time there was Jan Sangh, not BJP, no one was askin...
Controversy over Ahmedabad, Ashaval and Karnavati
Thanks to Deepak Chudasama and BBC Gujarati
There is a demand to change the name of Ahmedabad to Karnavati but there is ambiguity and sometimes contradiction in historical facts.
There is always a question in people's mind whether Ahmed Shah really conquered 'Ashaval' and founded Ahmedabad or 'Karnavati'? Did Ahmed Shah really establish Ahmed...
Ayaz Malik made the seas of Gujarat safe from pirates
Thanks to Dr. Jai Narayan Vyas - BBC Gujarati
India's foreign trade flourished during the time of Muhammad Begada. To suppress it, the Portuguese created a cruel pirate empire in the Indian Ocean from the beginning of the 15th century.
The life story of Malik Ayaz, who protected the merchants of Gujarat, was no less than a thriller.
Apprec...
Aurangzeb’s defeat against Bhimji Parekh
Bhimji Parekh: A Gujarati who apologized to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
9 September 2024
Original article - Jaynarayan Vyas - BBC Gujarati Courtesy
Two merchants, one Vaishnav and the other Jain, had a great contribution in establishing Surat at the pinnacle of prosperity during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Both of them did the work that n...
Gopi Malik captured Surat and Shivaji destroyed it
12 March 2020
As mentioned in the Gujarat State Gazetteer (page no. 81-83) about Surat district, during the medieval era, Qutbuddin Aibak, a general of Mohammed Ghori, defeated Bhimdev, the ruler of present-day North Gujarat. After the fall of Anahilwada (present-day Patan), Aibak advanced towards Rander and Surat.
Around 1225 A.D. the Arabs ...
Treasure of Somnath, Puri and Kedarnath temple looted
Ahmedabad, 8 September 2024
Two great Hindu temples containing Jyotirlingas have been looted. One was looted by a Muslim and the other by a Hindu. First Somnath. Similarly, Kedaram Himavat Prishtha means Kedarnath situated behind the Himalayas.
135.5 kg of gold was offered to the Somnath Mahadev temple in 2021. Booking of 1,145 kg gold urn, 780...
Lessons of 450 years of water storage from 5 thousand years of technol...
Description by Jaideep Vasant
thanks to BBC Gujarati (Google translation from Gujarati)
6 September 2024
Dholavira in Kutch has a unique engineering skill of rainwater harvesting for 5 thousand years.
Cities of Gujarat got submerged in water. But Hamirsar Lake built 450 years ago in Bhuj, Kutch is an excellent example of water storage and w...
Gujarat BJP, officials, salt industry big hunters of Kharai camels
Ahmedabad, 7 September 2024
Thanks to BBC Gujarati, Google translation from Gujarati
The only real camel breed in the world that swims in sea water is getting extinct in Gujarat. The reason for this is salt agar and industries. Officials, BJP, industrialists are working to destroy the Cher forests. They are all deliberately killing the real c...