Lion Safari Park launched in Porbandar’s Barda
Four Lion Safari Parks built in Gujarat, another 8 proposed
Why do lions die in Barda Safari Park?
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, October 29, 2024
Lion viewing facility is now available at Barda Jungle Lion Safari. Gujarat's fourth Lion Safari Park has started from October 17, 2024. Barda Jungle Safari starts from Kapurdi Neshana Naka near Bhanvad ...
Bottles made from farm sugarcane and corn plants
Ahmedabad, 25 October 2024
Eco-friendly bottles are made from sugarcane and corn stalks. Eco-friendly bottles are being made in a plant near Gandhinagar. Eco-friendly bottles are made from sugarcane and corn husk. But it is 8 times more expensive.
In Gujarat, 9 lakh tonnes of maize and 12 to 20 lakh tonnes of corn sprouts are produced in 4 lakh...
Now Water Metro Project in Tapi River
Water Metro is being planned keeping in mind the Tapi Riverfront. The feasibility report of Water Metro will be prepared to make Surat a logistics hub in India.
After Kochi, Surat can become the next city to start Water Metro. Starting from Surat, boats are manufactured by Cochin Shipyard.
Surat Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agarwal, Technic...
Dalit girl Kalpana reformed Dumad village of Gujarat, leaders did not ...
Vadodara, 25 October 2024
24-year-old Kalpana Chauhan is the Sarpanch of Dumad village in Vadodara. While pursuing post-graduation in social work, she became the Sarpanch at the age of 22. After this, she became the youngest Sarpanch of Gujarat. She reformed the entire village but due to politicians, the IT investment of about Rs 1200 crore whic...
56 aircraft worth Rs 21 thousand crore, C-295 39 to be made in Vadodar...
23 October 2024
In September 2021, India signed a deal of Rs 21,935 crore with European company Airbus Defense and Space (ADSpace) for the C-295 transport aircraft. The cost of one aircraft is Rs. 375 crore to India. India has its own MiG-29, is it not enough to defend the country?
The country will get the first C-295 Tactical Military Air Li...
number of tourists in Gujarat will cross 14 crores
In 2022-23, the number of tourists in Gujarat will cross 14 crores - which was 61.65 lakh in 2003-04.
15/10/2024
In the last 23 years, Gujarat's tourism budget has increased 135 times, providing employment to many people
The number of tourists increased 22 times in two decades
Two decades ago, Gujarat had no name in the field of tourism...
Sabarmati Riverfront Barrage-cum-Bridge at a cost of Rs 367 crore
A barrage-cum-bridge will be constructed from Torrent Powerhouse to Shahibaug at a cost of Rs 367 crore with a grant from the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board.
The operation and maintenance of the barrage will be based on an automatic control system, water will be available during water shortage.
Ahmedabad, Friday, October 5, 2024
Under Phase...
Chief Ministers of Gujarat
(Google translation from Gujarati, There is a chance of error in language)
Jivraj Mehta
Jivraj Mehta (1-5-60 to 19-9-63): The first Chief Minister of Gujarat state was Dr. Jivrajbhai Mehta. He held power in Gujarat from 1-5-1960 to 8-3-1962 and from 8-3-1962 to 19-9-1963 i.e. for about 3 years 4 months and 21 days. During his tenure, the Panchaya...
2200 paintings were made on foot
9 September 2024 (Translated from Gujarati, there is a possibility of error in language)
Manoj Bhingare, a disabled painter from Surat, has established himself on the strength of strong will, hard work, struggle and dedication. Despite not having both hands, when Manoj Bhingare makes beautiful pictures on blank paper with his mouth and toes, the...
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...
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...
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...
Shantidas Jhaveri put the British in Ahmedabad jail
Dr. Jai Narayan Vyas
Thanks BBC Gujarati (Google translation from Gujarati)
22 July 2020
Buddhism and Jainism were separated from Hinduism. Jainism was founded by Shri Rishabhdev. All the Tirthankaras from Rishabhdev to Parshvanath, Mahavira were originally from the Kshatriya clan and were Gandahar Brahmins. Historians write that the Kshatriyas ...
Tribhuvandas K. Gajjar: Gujarati alchemist
5 February 2023
BBC Gujarati
Adept in chemistry, Tribhuvandas Gajjar became a symbol of not only bookish but also practical knowledge by setting up the modern 'Techno Chemical Laboratory' in Mumbai to the Kala Bhavan (Faculty of Technology) in Vadodara. Gajjar, a close friend of 'Saraswatichandra' author Govardhanram Tripathi, was striving fo...