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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 ...
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...
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 ...
The mystery of the last days of Pakistan’s Jinnah
18 July 2020 (Courtesy BBC Gujarati, Google translation from Gujarati)
It was the day of 14 July 1948. The then Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah was taken from Quetta to Ziarat despite being ill.
After this, he stayed there only for 60 days and left this world on 11 September 1948.
What happened in those 60 days of the life of Pakistan...
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...
Surat was looted, burned by Shivaji to give financial aid to the Marat...
4 September 2024
Courtesy BBC. (Google translation from Gujarati)
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had recently said, "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj did not loot Surat, but Congress has taught such false history."
After this statement of Devendra Fadnavis, there is a discussion whether Shivaji Maharaj really looted Surat?
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Endangered Rogan art of Gujarat is now safe
DILIP PATEL
7 SAPTEMBER 2024
A Khatri family in Nirona village of Nakhatrana in Kutch has kept the Rogan art tradition alive for more than 300 years because of their passion for art. The price of the ART starts from Rs 2 thousand to Rs 2 lakhs. The price of a normal wall piece starts from 8 thousand. Then the price of the article is higher. S...
Massacre , Govindaguru, the messiah of the tribals
There was a time in the area around Panchmahal in Rajasthan when the tribal society was surrounded by many evils. At that time, Shri Govindguru worked to remove the evils like superstition, alcoholism, theft and he himself was called the messiah of the tribals. So let's know about Shri Govindguru.
World Tribal Day.
The Mangarh massacre is con...
Private milk dairy will ruin Gujarat, white revolution is becoming a b...
Ahmedabad, September 5, 2024
The condition of cattle rearing farmers in Gujarat is relatively better than the dairy sector, milk production has increased by 147 percent between 2001-02 and 2018-19.
While more than 300 companies do milk business in Maharashtra, till date only one company Amul used to buy most of the milk in Gujarat. But after ...
Decline of tribal folk Pavri
Tribal culture is disappearing. The number of artists playing Pavri instruments is decreasing. The present generation has no interest in playing this instrument.
18 artists survived
August 9 is celebrated as Tribal Day. Then 18 Pavri artists together played Pavri instruments.
Expert
Ganeshbhai is the artist who makes and plays the Dunga...
BJP’s conspiracy to vacate 5 lakh hectares of Kutch desert land ...
Ahmedabad, 2 August 2024
In the survey settlement report of Ghudkhar Sanctuary, the rights of only 497 Agariyas have been recognized. So 7 thousand Agariyas will become unemployed. Agariyas are demanding reconsideration of this report. Industry sources believe that 5 lakh hectares of land is most suitable for solar and wind energy. Industries wo...