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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 ...
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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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...
Gujarat’s Kalpsar and Ro Ro ferry service project failed because...
Ahmedabad, 8 April 2023
Narendra Modi has drowned 1200 crore rupees of people of Gujarat in Gulf of Khambhat after Kalpsar and Ghogha ferry service project which he used to win 15 elections. Though the Kalpsar scheme could have been started, its design has been changed and has become unusable. Despite the Modi government being at the center for ...
Biggest exodus from Saurashtra to Tamil Nadu, exodus continues under M...
Gujarat is considered the world's largest migration
Gandhinagar, 01 March 2023
In 150 years, it is estimated that 2 crore Gujarati people from Saurashtra, Lat, Gujarat, Charotar, Kutch region have gone to the country and abroad. However, if the people who migrated from Gujarat in the last 1000 years are counted in this, then this number can incre...
30 countries ruled by leaders of Indian origin
28 October 2022
Mauritius, Guyana, Ireland, Portugal or Fiji, there is a long list of Indian-origin leaders who have been prime ministers or presidents of many such countries. Apart from India, there is no other country in the world which has been ruled by its original inhabitants. Currently governs more than 30 countries. Today people of Indian...
Former CM Suresh Mehta quits BJP, fought against Modi
Former CM Suresh Mehta quits BJP, fought against Modi
Darshan Desai
31 August 2022
The BJP formed a coalition government with the Janata Dal in 1990. The BJP came to power in 1990 in partnership with Chimanbhai Patel's Janata Dal (Gujarat). Coming to power in 1995 was a milestone for the BJP.
In 1995, the BJP government was formed with an a...
How did Shankarsinh Vaghela keep losing his winning bets?
Shankarsinh Vaghela: How did one time aide of Narendra Modi lose the bet he won because of him?
Darshan Desai
Ahmedabad, 30 August 2022
Shankarsinh Vaghela has again made preparations to form a new party in the name of Prajashakti Democratic Party. Will announce to contest the 2022 elections. Ready to rejoin the Congress, he has said that Sonia ...