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Like cows graze grass, so does Adani
July 2024 Google translation from Gujarati
In the year 2005, about 2,600 acres of land of 17 out of 22 villages was given to Adani SEZ. At first the villagers did not know, but when they came to know, people started challenging it.
After 13 years, the people of Navinal village near Mundra in Kutch, Gujarat got victory against Adani. The Gujar...
Sanghisation of govt employees, Keshubhai opposed but Modi supported
Ahmedabad, 12 - 09 - 2024 (Google translation from Gujarati, error is possible)
The Modi government lifted the 58-year-old ban on the participation of government employees in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. On July 9, 2024, the 58-year-old ban, which was in place even during the Vajpayee government, has now been lifted.
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Why Gujarat does not have its own political party?
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 12-09-2024
(Google translation from Gujarati. Language errors are likely, see Gujarati on controversy)
On the advice of Home Minister Amit Shah and on the basis of his immense wealth, Shankar Singh Vaghela is now going to form a new political platform in Gujarat. It has been named Kshatriya Asmita Manch. It will help...
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...
Bharatiya Jana Sangh ruled Botad Municipality for the first time in th...
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 11 September 2024 (Google translation from Gujarati, there is a possibility of language error)
The Bharatiya Janata Party was born in 1980 under the chairmanship of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was active in Indian politics since 1951 as its predecessor. Its founder Shyamaprasad Mukherjee was in the fi...
Brave CM of Gujarat Chimanbhai Patel
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad 10 September 2024 (Google translation from Gujarati, language error is likely)
There comes a time in the life of a politician when the sails of the political ship change according to the wind.
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Chimanbhai Patel is credited with pushing the life-saving Narmada Dam. He was the first Chief Minist...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...