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Population
:50 million
Area: 196,024 sq km
Capital: Gandhinagar
People per sq km: 227
Main Language: Gujarati
Literacy Rate: 62%
The
west coast state of Gujarat is not one of Indi's busiest
tourist destinations and although it is quite easy to slot
Gujarat in between Bombay and the cities of Rajasthan, few
people pause to explre this interesting state.
Gujarat has a long and varied history and a great number of
interesting places to visit. If you want to go beyound history
into the realm of legend, then the Temple of Somnath was
actually there to wintess the creation the univerese! Along
the south coast are the sites where many of the great events
in Krishna's life took place.
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Gujarat's principal city, is one of the major
industrial cities in India. It has been called the Manchester
ofthe East' due to its many textiles industries Ahmedabad is
also very noisy and incredibly polluted also very noisy and
incredibly polluted Tilak Rd as Relife gets the author's voted
as the most polluted, congested and throughly chotic strip of
barely controlled mayhem in the country. Only on Sunday
mornings is there any respite.
Others
Bhadra Fort & Teen Darwaja, Jama Masjid, Tombs of Ahmed
Shah & his Queens, Sidi Saiyad's Mosque, Ahmed Shah's
Mosque, Rani Rupmati's Mosque, Rani Sipri's Mosque, Sidi
Bashir's Mosque & Shaking Minarets, Rja Babi Mosque,
Hathee Singh Temple Dada Hari wav, Mata Bhavani's Well,
Kankaria Lake, Museums, Shreyas Folk Museum, Sabarmati Ashram,
Sarkhej, Adalaj Wav, Batwa, Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Lothal,
Modhera Unjha & Sidhpur Patan Little RAnn of Kutch etc.
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Daman
Right in the south of Gujarat, the 56-sq km enclave of Daman
was along with Diu encleave of Daman was along with Diu taken
from the Portuguese at the same time as Goa. For a time Daman
and Diu were governed from Goa but both now constitute the
Union Territory of Daman & Diu,m which is governed from
Delhi.
Others
Churches, Moti Daman, etc
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Baroda
Baroda was the capital of the princely Gaekwad state prior to
Independence. Present-day Vadodara is a pleasant, mediumsized
city with some interesting museums and art galleries and a
fine park. The city's well-known Fine Arts Collage attracts
students from around the country and abroad It's a good place
for a short pause.
Other Attractions
Laxmi Vilas Palace, Naulakhi Well, Maharaja Fateh Singh
Museum, Hill of Pavagadh, Champaner, Jama Masjid, Dabhoi Fort,
Dakor etc
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Surat
Surat stands on the banks of the River Tapti and was once one
of westersn India's mojor ports and trading towns. Two hundred
yers ago, it had a bigger population that it does today and
was far more important that Bombay. Parsis first settled in
Surat in the 12th cengtury they had earler been centred 100km
south in Sanjan, where they had fled from Persia five
centuries befor. In 1573 the city fell to Akbar after a
prolonged siege It then became an important Mughal trading
port and also the point of departure for Mecca-bond Muslim
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