Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat

It represents about the History, Geography, Demography, Cities, Industries of Gujarat

1. Gujarat was one of the main centres of the Indus Valley Civilization. It contains ancient metropolitan cities from the Indus Valley such as  Lothal ,  Dholavira , and  Gola Dhoro . Altogether, about 50 Indus Valley settlement ruins have been discovered in Gujarat After Indian independence  and the partition of India in 1947, the new Indian government grouped the former princely states of Gujarat into three larger units;  Saurashtra , which included the former princely states on the  Kathiawad  peninsula, Kutch, and Bombay state , The first capital of Gujarat was  Ahmedabad the capital was moved to  Gandhinagar  in 1970

2. Gujarat borders Pakistan's  Sindh  province to the northwest, is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the southwest, the state of Rajasthan to the northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and by Maharashtra, Union territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south The Sabarmati is the largest river in Gujarat followed by the  Tapi , although the Narmada covers the longest distance in its passage through the state

3. The population of Gujarat State was 60,383,628, according to the 2011 census data. Gujarati speakers constitute a majority of Gujarat's population, the metropolitan areas of  Ahmedabad and  Surat  other ethnic and language groups .   Marwaris  and  Biharis and smaller communities of Nepalese,  Portuguese ,  South Koreans , Tamils,  Odias , Telugus, Assamese, Bengali, Anglo-Indians, Armenians, Greeks, Jews,  Tibetans,   Maharashtrians ,  Kannadigas ,  Konkanis ,  Malayalees , Punjabis, and  Parsis  also live in the area

4. ECONOMY Major agricultural produce of the state includes cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), dates, sugar cane, milk and milk products. Industrial products include cement and  petrol . Reliance Industries operates the oil refinery at  Jamnagar The world's largest shipbreaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at  Alang . India's only Liquid Chemical Port Terminal at  Dahej , developed by Gujarat Chemical Port Terminal Co Ltd. Gujarat has two of the three liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the country ( Dahej and Hazira ).

5. MAJOR CITIES OF GUJARAT

6.  Jamnagar is the hub for manufacturing  brass parts Gujarat produces about 98% of soda ash, and gives the country about 78% of the national requirement of salt Dhuvaran has a thermal power station, which uses coal, oil, and gas  General Motors manufactures its cars at Halol near  Vadodara ,  Tata Motors manufactures the Tata Nano from Sanand near Ahmedabad , and AMW trucks are made near  Bhuj . Surat, a city by the Gulf of Khambhat , is a hub of the global diamond trade Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) spread across 453,000 square hectares—in Bharuch . The  Kakrapar Atomic Power Station(KAPS ) is a nuclear power station run by NPCIL that lies in the proximity of the city of Surat. 

7. INDUSTRIES IN GUJARAT

8. Gujarat is 19,602,400 hectares, of which crops take up 10,630,700 hectares The three main sources of growth in Gujarat's agriculture are from cotton production .Gujarat is the main producer of tobacco, cotton, and groundnuts in India. Major produce includes bajra , groundnut, cotton, rice, maize, wheat, mustard, sesame, pigeon pea, green gram, sugarcane, mango, banana, sapota , lime, guava, tomato, potato, onion, cumin, garlic, isabgul and fennel. Animal husbandry and dairying have played vital roles in the rural economy of Gujarat.