The oldest known tidal dock in the world was built around 2500 BC during the Harappan civilisation at Lothal near the present day Mangrol harbour on the Gujarat coast in India.

The world's earliest known dockyards were built in the Harappan port city of Lothal circa 2400 BC in Gujarat, India.

The " Persian Gulf " types of circular, stamped ( rather than rolled ) seals known from Dilmun, that appear at Lothal in Gujarat, India, and Failaka, as well as in Mesopotamia, are convincing corroboration of the long-distance sea trade.

Khajuraho has no forts because the Chandel Kings never lived in their cultural capital. The Matangeshwar Shiva temple was Built by King Chanradeo Chandel Dynasty of Rajpoot, the King was devotee of lord Matangeshwar Shiva, there is 8 feet Linga of Lord Shiva in temple ,, The MATANGDEV was the 10th Incarnation of Lord Shiva. The Matangdev was born in Patna / Pataliputra town which is historical city of Bihar state of India, Maheshwary community of Sindh, Gujarat and Maharashtra are the devotee of lord Matangdev which is known as Matangeshwar Shiva and also known as MAHESHWAR SHIVA, Matrunjay Shiva, so that Maheshwary caste is attached with Maheshwar Shiva, Temple is known for its Art Sculpture and statue and is tourist attraction and world famous temples.

Its range of distribution in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan primarily includes northern areas such as the Assam Valley, Gujarat, Kashmir, Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Sindh and Uttar Pradesh. The range stretches westward as far as eastern Afghanistan. The Punjabi dhol is perhaps best known abroad due to its prominent place in the rhythm of popular Punjabi Bhangra music.

As the above structure was first evolved at Amul in Gujarat and thereafter replicated all over the country under the Operation Flood Programme, it is known as the ‘ Amul Model ’ or ‘ Anand Pattern ’ of Dairy Cooperatives.

In Gujarat, the sacred thread is known as the " janoi.

Almost all or a larger part of Rajasthan and Gujarat had been known as Gurjaratra ( country ruled or protected by the Gurjars ) or Gurjarabhumi ( land of the Gurjars ) for centuries prior to Mughal period.

Porbandar is a coastal city in the Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama ( Friend of Lord Krishna ).

It is known by the name " Ghooghra " ( or Ghugra ) in the state of Gujarat, " Karanji " in the state of Maharashtra, and " Gujiya " in many Hindi speaking states in northern India.

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (), better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIMA, is a public business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Girnar ( also known as Girnar Hill or Girinagar ) is a collection of mountains in the Junagadh District of Gujarat, India, situated near Junagadh at a distance of 327 km from Ahmedabad.

This clay pot in Gujarat is known as matka, features an almost perfectly round shape ( tuned to C #), and is made in many villages in and around Jaipur ( Rajasthan ) and Gujarat.

The Secondary School Certificate, also known as SSC, is a public examination taken by students in Bangladesh, Pakistan and in the states of Tamilnadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Goa in India.

The Mahagujarat movement in Gujarat was led by Shri Indubhai Yagnik ( popularly known as Indu Chacha ).

While Sindh may have come under his possession, it is not known as to whether Apollodotus advanced to Gujarat, where the Satavahanas ruled.

* Bombay State, name of a former state in India, partitioned in 1960 into Gujarat and Maharashtrapreviously a province known as Bombay Presidency in British India

They are found throughout North India, Gujarat, Maharashtra as well as the Punjab province of Pakistan, where they are known as Gazar.

In Diu, Una and Saurashtra region of Gujarat ( India ), the tree is known as Hoka Tree and the red ripe edible fruit is known as Hoka.

The Persian-Gulf style of circular stamped rather than rolled seals, also known from Dilmun, that appear at Lothal in Gujarat, India, and Failaka Island ( Kuwait ), as well as in Mesopotamia, are convincing corroboration of the long-distance sea trade.

Gujarati ( ગ ુ જર ા ત ી) may refer to anything of or relating to Gujarat, India and may refer directly to the following articles:

The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary ( also known as Sasan-Gir, ગ ી ર ર ા ષ ્ ટ ્ ર ી ય ઉદ ્ ય ા ન and ग ि र वन ) is a forest and wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India.

Puran Poli ( Marathi: प ु रणप ो ळ ी or प ु रण ा च ी प ो ळ ी, Konkani: प ु रणप ो ळ ी Gujarati: પ ો ળ ી is a traditional type of sweet flatbread made in India in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa.

The clouds which strike Kathiawar and Kutch are deprived of a great deal of their moisture by the hills in those countries ( now the majority of this region is in Gujarat state within independent India ), and the greater part of the remainder is deposited on Mount Abu and the higher slopes of the Aravalli Range, leaving but little for Merwara, where the hills are lower, and still less for Ajmer.

* Hitler ( retail store ), a clothing store in Gujarat, India

Other early settlers included the Marwari Muslims, Parsis, also originally from Gujarat, Marathi and Konkani Muslims from Maharashtra ( settled in Kokan Town ), Goan Catholics and Anglo-Indians.

In addition to all universities in Maharashtra, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ( Gujarat ), Osmania University ( Andhra Pradesh ), Gulbarga university ( Karnataka ), Devi Ahilya University of Indore and Goa University ( Panaji ) all have special departments for higher studies in Marathi linguistics.

These goods and / or slave traders from the Middle East ( Shirazi Persians, Omanites Arabs, Arabized Jews accompanied with East-Africans Bantus ), and from Asia ( Gujarat Indians, Malays, Javanese, Bugis ) were sometimes integrated within the coastal Vezos and the inner Vazimbas clans

Samprati built thousands of Jain Temples in India, many of which are still in use, such as the Jain temples at Viramgam and Palitana ( Gujarat ), Agar Malwa ( Ujjain ).

Shantideva was a Brahmin in the southern country of Saurastra ( in modern Gujarat ), the son of the King Kalyanavarman and he went by the name Shantivarman.

Chir batti ( ghost-light ), also spelled chhir batti or cheer batti, is a yet unexplained strange dancing light phenomena occurring on dark nights reported from the Banni grasslands, its seasonal marshy wetlands and the adjoining desert of the marshy salt flats of the Rann of Kutch near Indo-Pakistani border in Kutch district, Gujarat State, India.

Salty lassi is usually flavoured with ground, roasted cumin and red chilies ; this salty variation may also use buttermilk, and in India is interchangeably called ghol ( Bengal ), mattha ( North India ), majjiga ( Andhra Pradesh ), moru ( Tamil Nadu and Kerala ), Dahi paani ( Orissa ), tak ( Maharashtra ), or chaas ( Gujarat ).

Initially, King Manuel I of Portugal tried a power distribution with three governors in different areas of jurisdiction: a government covering the area and possessions in East Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf, overseeing up Cambay ( Gujarat ); a second one ruling the possessions in India ( Hindustan ) and Ceylon, and a third one from Malacca to the Far East .< ref > O Secretário dos despachos e coisas da Índia pero d ´ Alcáçova Carneiro, p. 65, Maria Cecília Costa Veiga de Albuquerque Ramos, Universidade de Lisboa, 2009 ( In Portuguese ) < http :// repositorio. ul. pt / bitstream / 10451 / 3387 / 1 / ulfl080844_tm. pdf ></ ref > However the post was centered by governor Afonso de Albuquerque ( 1509 – 1515 ), who became plenipotentiary, and remained so.

* Vyas Chaitanya, and Dave Darshana, Permission Marketing: Awareness, Perceptions, and Preferences in Gujarat, ( a published thesis ), LAP Lambert Academic Publi., Germany, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8473-3606-8

Girinarayan Brahmin, Shrigod Brahmin, Sachora Brahmin, Anavil Brahmin, Sidhra-Rudhra Brahmins, Prashnora Brahmins, Vadadra Brahmin, Sree gauda Brahmin, Trivedi Mewada Brahmin, Palival Brahmin ( Dasha and visha ), Modh Brahmin, Tapodhan Brahmin, Audichya Brahmin, Sahastra Audichya Gorwal Brahmin, Nagar Brahmin, Pushkarna Brahmin, Saurashtra Bhatt Mewada Brahmin, Saurashtra Trivedi Mewad Brahmin, Chauriyasi Mewada Brahmin, Rajgor Brahmin ( Gujarat Origin ), Bajkhedawal Brahmins ( origin Kheda in central Gujarat or Khedbrahma in north Gujarat ), Jangid Brahmin, Rajgor Brahmin, Bhatt Mewada Brahmin, Shrimali Brahmins and Chvyan Brahmin ( or bharah gaon Brahmin ), Adhyagoud Brahmins ( Rajasthan origin ) and Jaiswal Brahmin ( North-Indian origin ),

It is commonly used as a Khichdi preparation during fasting, popularly called Sabudana Khichadi, among Hindus in Western and Central part of India ( Gujarat and Maharashtra region ).

In Gujarat it is celebrated as the last day of Navaratri, during which the Garba dance is performed to celebrate the vigorous victory of Mahishasura-mardini Durga.

In 1956 during the Reorganisation of the Indian States based along linguistic lines, the state of Hyderabad was split up among Andhra Pradesh, Bombay state ( later divided into states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960 with the original portions of Hyderabad becoming part of the state of Maharashtra ) and Karnataka.

He spent many years in jail during the freedom struggle and owing to his sharp leadership skills and tough spirit, he became a favourite amongst freedom-fighters and an important leader of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat.

Lagaan takes place in the town of Champaner, now in the State of Gujarat, in western India during the height of the British Empire in India in 1893.

A monk of Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team ( AMURT ) at work during a disaster in Gujarat ( India ) in 2001

After the battle, Portugal rapidly captured key ports in the Indian Ocean like Goa, Ceylon, Malacca and Ormuz, crippling the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Gujarat Sultanate, greatly assisting the growth of the Portuguese Empire and setting its trade dominance for almost a century, until it was taken during the Dutch-Portuguese Wars and the Battle of Swally won by the British East India Company in 1612.

These were typically from Gujarat ( Cambay ) and used as prestigious trade cloths during the peak of the spice trade.

The battle of Kayadara, Gujarat ( 1178 ) was a defeat suffered by Muhammad of Ghor during his first campaign against a Indian ruler in India.

Members of Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team ( AMURT ) at work during a disaster in Gujarat ( India ) in 2001

During the incident, a mob targeted the Sheikh family which ran the bakery and had taken refuge inside, resulting in the deaths of 14 ( including 12 Muslims and Hindu employees of the bakery ), has come to symbolize the carnage, and the alleged complicity of the state government of Gujarat, during the 2002 Gujarat violence.

This gave rise to the hypothesis that the Indus river which had moved during such a similar event from the present-day Gujarat to the Present-day Pakistan in ancient times is now starting to move back to its ancient original course due to the latest tectonic forces.

Bhalod is famous for its cultural activities, such as the three-day program of Gangadashahara, during this period many Brahmins from various part of Gujarat and Foreign are travel to Bhalod to be blessed by the holy River Narmada, in celebration of the ' birth ' of the holy River Ganges.

There are several forms of Raas, but " Dandiya Raas ", performed during Navaratri in Gujarat is the most popular form.

He entered the employment of the East India Company in 1769, and served as judge-advocate and paymaster during the expeditions against Gujarat and Baroche in 1771.

The world's first tidal dock is believed to have been built at Lothal around 2300 BCE during the Indus Valley Civilization, near the present day Mangrol harbour on the Gujarat coast.

In July 2009 he took additional charge of Gujarat state during the medical absence and subsequent death of Governor-designate Devendra Nath Dwivedi.

Emperor Akbar also used a pata during the siege of Gujarat.

* Rendered service during the Gujarat earthquakes

The Gujarat Beechcraft incident was an event during Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 in which Pakistan Air Force shot down a civilian Indian Beechcraft commuter aircraft on September 19, 1965.

), the then commanding officer to the Indian Air Force Radar unit stationed at Bhuj, Gujarat during the Rann of Kutch operations, of the 1965 India-Pakistan war.

Set in the post-Godhra violence which was unleashed in Gujarat during February 2002, this film examines the extent to which the fascist ideologies of the communal forces have infiltrated into the sub-conscious of an ordinary Gujarati Hindu.