About Gujarat State |
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Established
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1 May 1960
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Capital
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Gandhinagar
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Largest city
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Ahmedabad Metro by population, Surat Metro by area
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Districts
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26 Total
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Governor
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Dr. Kamla Beniwal
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Chief Minister
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Shri Narendra Modi
(BJP)
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Legislature
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Unicameral
(182 seats)
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Parliamentary Constituency
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26
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Official languages
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Gujarati, Hindi, English
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Historically, the state of Gujarat has been one of the main centers of the Indus Valley Civilization. It contains major ancient metropolitan cities from the Indus Valley such as Lothal, Dholavira, and Gola Dhoro. The ancient city of Lothal was where India's first port was established. Also, Dholavira, the ancient city, is one of the largest and most prominent archaeological sites in India, belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization. The most recent discovery was Gola Dhoro. All together, about 50 Indus Valley settlement ruins have been discovered in Gujarat
Gujarat's major cities include Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. In year 2010, Forbes list of world's fastest growing cities included Ahmedabad at number 3 after Chengdu and Chongqing from China. Surat is also one of the fastest growing city in India.Vadodara being the cultural city of gujarat is fastly growing area wise and is industrialized to a large extenet.
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Gujarat State Symbols |
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Animal
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Lion
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Bird
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Greater Flamingo
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Dance
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Garba
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Flower
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Galgota
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Language
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Gujarati
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Song
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Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat
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Sport
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Cricket, Kabaddi
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Tree
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Mango
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Biggest River
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Narmada
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Largest Port
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Kandla
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Festivals
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Kite Flying, The Kutch Mahotsav
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