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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...
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,...
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 ...
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...