Facts about Gujarat

Gujarat (sometimes referred to as the "Jewel of Western India”) was founded on 1 May 1960.

·         Capital: Gandhinagar
·         Chief Minister: Anandiben Patel
·         Governor: Om Prakash Kohli
·         Gujrat Day: 1^st May
·         Gujarat High Court (Ahmedabad)is the High Court of the state of Gujarat.
·         The Chief Justice: Justice: Subhash Reddy
·         Mountain Range: Girnar, also known as Girinagar (Highest peak in Gujrat) and Aravali Range
·         The Great Rann of Kutch is a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar Desert in the Kutch District of Gujarat, India
·         Folk Dance of Gujarat: Garba Dance, Dandiya Dance, Padhar Dance, Bhavai Dance
·         Total number of districts: 33
·         International Border: Pakistan

The list of important Rivers and Dams of Gujarat in India:

S. No.	Rivers	Important Dams	Remark
1	Narmada River	Sardar Sarovar Dam (Surat)	also called the Rewa, is a river in central India and the fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent.
2	Saraswati River
3	Banas River	Dantiwada Dam (Banaskantha District)
4	Tapi River	Ukai Dam (Surat district)	It is the largest reservoir in Gujarat
5	Sabarmati river	Dharoi Dam (Sabarkantha District)
6	The Daman Ganga		also called Dawan River
7	Bhogavo River	Dholidhaja dam (Surendranagar)

 

The list of important Lakes of Gujarat in India:

S. No.	Lake	Location	Remark
1	Kankaria Lake	Ahmedabad	artificial lake
2	Chandola Lake	Ahmedabad	artificial lake
3	Hamisar Lake	Bhuj town	Largest Man Made lake in Gujarat
4	Narayan Sarovar	Lakhpat taluka of Kutch district	included in the five holy lakes of India
5	Ten Talav	Dabhoi, Vadodara

The list of Airports in Gujarat in India:

S. No.	Airports	City
1	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport	Ahmedabad
2	Vadodara Airport	Vadodara
3	Kandla Airport	Kandla
4	Bhavnagar Airport	Bhavnagar
5	Porbandar Airport	Porbandar
6	Rajkot Airport	Rajkot
7	Surat Airport	Surat

Important Thermal, Nuclear & Hydroelectricity Power Plants:

S. No	Name of Power Plant	Type	Location	Remark
1	Charanka Solar Power Plant	Solar	Charanka village in the Patan district	The largest site within the Gujarat Solar Park
2	Bitta Solar Power Plant	Solar	Kutch district	It was India's largest photovoltaic power plant.
3	Kakrapar Atomic Power	Nuclear	Vyara
4	Kadana Hydroelectric Power Station	Hydroelectric	Mahisagar district	Masonry dam on the Mahi River
5	Sardar Sarovar Canal Head Hydroelectric Power Station	Hydroelectric	Navagam	It is the largest and a gravity dam on the Narmada river
6	Ukai Hydroelectric Power Station	Hydroelectric	Ukai, Surat District	It is also known as Vallabh Sagar

Important National Parks, Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary:

S. No.	Name	Location	Remark
1	Gir Wildlife Sanctuary & National Park	Junagadh
2	Blackbuck National Park	Velavadar, Bhavnagar
3	Marine National Park	Gulf of Kutch
4	Vansda National Park	Navsari
5	Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary	Kutch
6	Wild Ass Sanctuary	Kutch
7	National Parks	Junagadh
8	Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary	Narmada
9	Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary	Ahmedabad, Surendranagar

The list of important Stadiums in Gujarat:

S. No.	Name	Location	Remark
1	IPCL Sports Complex Ground	Vadodara	also known as Reliance Stadium or Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd Sports Complex Ground
2	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	Rajkot
3	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium		also known as Khandheri Cricket Stadium. It is Gujarat's first solar powered stadium.
4	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad
	CB Patel International Cricket Stadium	Surat	cricket stadium

Nicknames/Special titles of cities:

S. No.	City	Nickname
1	Ahmedabad	Boston of India Manchester of India
2	Surat	Diamond City of India City of Bridges Textile city of India

The list of important Festivals of Gujarat:

S. No.	Festivals	City
1	Navratri	all over Gujarat
2	International Kite Festival	all over Gujarat
3	Modhera Dance Festival	Sun Temple in Modhera
4	Kutch Mahotsava	Kutch
5	Bhavnath Mahadev Fair	Junagadh
6	Saptak Music Festival	Ahmedabad
7	Janmashtami	Dwaraka
8	Bhadra Purnima Fair	Ambaji

The list of Important Temples in Gujarat:

S. No.	Name of Temples	Location
1	Akshardham Temple	Gandhinagar
2	Girnar Temple	Junagadh district
3	Ambaji Temple	Banaskantha district
4	Palitana Temple	Bhavnagar district
5	Dakor Temple	Kaira District
6	Somnath Temple	Junagadh district
7	Dwarkadhish Temple	Jamnagar district
8	Sun Temple	Modhera
9	Pavagadh Temple	Champaner

The list of Important Monuments, Forts & Palaces in Gujarat:

S. No.	Forts & Palaces of Gujarat	Location
1	Lakhota Fort	Jamnagar
2	Pavagadh Fort	Panchmahal District near Baroda
3	Uparkot Fort	Junagadh
4	Dabhoi Fort	Narmada Dam
6	Bhujia Hill Fort	Bhuj
7	Ilva Durga (ancient fort)	Idar
8	Dhoraji Fort	Porbandar
9	Okha Port	Dwarka
10	Zinzuwada Fort	Rann of Kutch
11	Vijay Vilas Palace	Palitana, Across Mandvi Beach, Bhavnagar
14	Navlakha Palace, Riverside Palace, Orchard Palace	Gondal
15	Dolat Nivas Palace	Idar
16	Art Deco Palace	Morbi
17	Digvir Nivas Palace	Vansda, Surat
18	Laxmi Vilas Palace, Nazarbagh Palace, Makarpara Palace, Pratap Villa Palace	Baroda
19	Raj Mahal, Hawa Mahal	Vadhwan near Ahmedabad
20	Ranjit Vilas Palace	Vankaner near Rajkot

Constituency of Cabinet Minister:

S. No.	Name of Minister	Constituency	Ministry
1	Parshottam Rupala	Rajya Sabha MP	Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Panchayati Raj (MoS)
2	Mansukh L. Mandaviya	Rajya Sabha MP	Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers (MoS)
3	Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor	Dahod- Lok Sabha	ribal Affairs (MoS)
4	Arun Jaitley	Rajya Sabha MP	Finance and Corporate Affairs
5	Smriti Zubin Irani	Rajya Sabha MP	Textiles

Important Tribes of Gujarat:

·         Barda
·         Bavacha, Bamcha
·         Bharwad
·         Bhil
·         Charan

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