Gujarat India

• Gujarat – The Land of the Legends stands bordered by Pakistan and Rajasthan in the northeast, Madhya Pradesh in the east, and Maharashtra and the Union territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli in the south.
• The Arabian Sea borders the state both to the west and the southwest. The State took its name from the Gujjars, who ruled the area during the 700’s and 800’s.
• Stone Age settlements around Sabarmati and Mahi rivers indicate the same time as the Indus Valley Civilization. At the same time, Harappan centers are also found at Lothal, Rampur, Amri, and other places.
• Rock Inscriptions in the Girnar Hills show that the Maurya Emperor Ashoka extended his domain into Gujarat in about 250 BC. However, with its fall, the control of the region came under the Sakas or Scythians.
• During the 900’s, the Solanki Dynasty came to power, and Gujarat reached its greatest extent.
• Then followed a long period of Muslim rule. Ahmed I, the first independent Muslim ruler of Gujarat, found Ahmedabad in 1411. The Mughal Emperor Akbar conquered Malwa and Gujarat in the 1570s.
• The British East India Company set its first footsteps in Surat in 1818, and the State came in control of their rule.
• In the 1600s, the Dutch, French, English, and Portuguese had all established bases along the region's coast. As a result, Gujarat was divided into princely states.
• After the Indian Independence in 1947, all of Gujarat except Saurashtra and Kutchh became part of Bombay State until May 1, 1960, when the Government split Bombay state into the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
• Ahmedabad became the chief city of the new State and housed the State Government Offices. They remained there until they were transferred to Gandhinagar in 1970.