GUJARAT FACTS

GENERAL FACTS ABOUT GUJARAT

1. Land of Epics  – Gujarat
2. Land of legends : Gujarat
3. Old name of Gujarat -Gurjaram
4. State having the largest coastline in India: Gujarat
5. Western most state in India: Gujarat
6. Largest producer of salt and groundnuts: Gujarat
7. First state to completely prohibit liquor: Gujarat
8. First fourline Express Highway in India was established in : Gujarat (Ahmedabad to Vadodara)
9. First Indian state to launch Agro-Solar policy : Gujarat
10. India’s first Disabled friendly beach is situated in: Gujarat
11. Historic sea coast ‘Dandi’ is in Gujarat
12. The state having the largest barren land: Gujarat
13. State having the most number of airports: Gujarat
14. The state which has the largest wind farm in Asia: Gujarat
15. The state in which the white revolution started in India: Gujarat
16. First state to make compulsory voting in Local body election: Gujarat
17. Indian state having the least number of Unemployed people: Gujarat
18. India’s first Marine National Park was established at: Rann of Kutch
19. The people inhabited at Rann of Kutch is known as :Kutchi People
20. The marshy land lies at the mouth of river Indus :Rann of Kutch
21. First Marine National Park (at Rann of Kutch) in India is situated in the district of  :Devbhumi Dwaraka
22. The Indus valley site which is situated at the island of Khadir Bet in Rann of Kutch :Dholavira
23. The region which protects the wild ass in India: Rann of Kutch
24. First E-Governance district in India : Baroda
25. Headquarters of Bank of Baroda is at: Baroda
26. Reliance Stadium is situated in : Baroda
27. Groundnut Research Institute is situated at :Junagarh
28. The old name of Porbandar: Sudhamapuri
29. Kirti mandir is situated in the city of: Porbandar
30. India’s first milk ATM was launched at: Anand
31. Institute of Rural Management is located at: Anand
32. The place in which the white revolution started in India:Anand
33. Headquarters of Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL): Anand
34. Second largest thermal power plant in India :Mundra
35. Largest private port in India  :Mundra
36. First private sector port in India :Pipavav (Gujarat)
37. Major seaport of Gujarat: Kandla
38. First Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in India: Kandla
39. Largest tidal port in India :Kandla
40. The town which was the capital of Gujarat upto 1970: Ahmedabad
41. Old name of Ahmedabad: Karnavati
42. Sardar Patel International Airport is located at: Ahmedabad
43. Sardar Patel University is located at:  Ahmedabad
44. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Open University is situated: Ahmedabad
45. Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Memorial is situated in: Ahmedabad
46. The Manchester of India: Ahmedabad
47. The Manchester of the East:  Ahmedabad
48. Denim city of India: Ahmedabad
49. The Space Application Centre of ISRO is located at: Ahmedabad
50. The Physical Research Laboratory for space and allied sciences is situated at: Ahmedabad
51. The place known as Boston of India : Ahmedabad
52. Ahmedabad is situated on the banks of the river : Sabarmati
53. The training centre of Cartoon Cinema in India: Ahmedabad
54. Second oldest Stock Exchange in India : Ahmedabad Stock Exchange
55. Largest public Hospital in Asia : Ahmedabad Civil Hospital
56. The headquarters of Darpana Academy for Performing Arts: Ahmedabad
57. First complete vegetable pizza hut in the world was started in: Ahmedabad
58. Headquarters of Self Employees Women’s Association (SEWA): Ahmedabad
59. The resting place of Morarji Desai (Abhay Ghat) is located at: Ahmedabad
60. Calico Museum of Textiles is situated at : Ahmedabad
61. First Swami Narayana Temple in the world is located at: Ahmedabad
62. The place from where Gandhiji started the Dandi March: Parantham Ashram(Ahmedabad)
63. Judicial capital of Gujarat: Ahmedabad
64. National Institute of Design is situated at: Ahmedabad
65. National Dairy Research Institute at: Karnal (Haryana)
66. National Dairy Development Board: Anand (Gujarat)
67. Asia’s first commercial wind farm is at :Mandvi
68. The prominent Port during the time of Indus Valley Civilization :Lothal
69. World’s largest ship breaking yard is in :Alang
70. The place known as the grave yard of ships :Alang
71. India’s largest Oil refinery is  : Jamnagar Oil Refinery
72. India’s first Disabled friendly beach :Tithal Beach
73. First princely state in India to introduce a postal stamp: Kathiawar
74. Ahmedabad to Vadodara Express high way is known as: National Express way 
75. Old name of Surat :Suryapur
76. Diamond city of India  :Surat
77. The famous city of India for gems trade :Surat
78. The place where the first British factory in India was started: Surat
79. Commercial capital of Gujarat :Surat
80. The Sarada Math (Dwaraka) was founded by: Sri Sankaracharya
81. First woman Chief Minister of Gujarat :Anandiben Patel 
82. National Dairy Development board was founded by : Varghese Kurien
83. The personality known as ‘Father of Indian White Revolution’ :Varghese Kurien
84. The personality known as the ‘Milk man of India’ : Varghese Kurien
85. Darpana Academy for Performing Arts was started by :vikram Sarabhai and Mrinalini Sarabhai 
86. Founder of Self Employees Women’s – Association (SEWA) :Ela Bhatt
87. The cricket player known as Baroda Express :Zaheer Khan  
88. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (1938) and Vana Maholsav (1950) were started by :K.M.Munshi
89. First Chief Minister in India who was killed in a foreign attack  :Balwant Rai Mehta  
90. The personality who is associated with the Narmada Bachao Andolan :Medha Patkar
91. Largest statue under construction : Statue of Unity
92. Statue of Unity is built in memory of :Sardar Vallabhai Patel
93. Height of Statue of Unity 182  M. (597 ft.)
94. Statue of Unity is located in : Sadhu bet Island
95. Architect of Statue of Unity : Joseph Menna
96. Statue of Unity is facing the : Narmada Dam
97. Surat is situated on the banks of the river : Tapti
98. Sardar Patel Museum is Situated at :Surat
99. Ahmedabad Mill Strike  – 1918
100. Salt Satyagraha – 1930
101. Amul was started in – 1946
102. Bhuj Earth-quake – January 26,2001
103. Godhra Massacre – 2002
104. Akshardham Terrorist Attack – September 24,2002
105. Sardar Patel National Institute of Technology is at :Surat
106. First Indian City which was completely under CCTV surveillance: Surat
107. Largest museum associated with the life of Mahatma Gandhi: Dandi Kutir Museum, Gandhi Nagar
108. The Jain centre in Gujarat :Palithana
109. Headquarters of Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute : Bhavnagar
110. The Atomic power station located in Gujarat: Kakrapara
111. The famous oil refinery located in Gujarat :Koyali
112. The archaeological park in Gujarat which was included in the UNESCO Heritage list :Champaner Pavagadh
113. Largest solar plant of India is situated at  :Madhapuri
114. Nano Car factory in Gujarat is located at :Sanand
115. The capital city of Lord Sri Krishna in Gujarat: Dwaraka
116. The beach in Gujarat which was connected with the Salt Satyagraha :Dandi
117. The revolt which was held in Gujarat demanding the OBC reservation to the Patel Caste: Patel Revolt
118. The leader of Patel Revolt: Hardik Patel
119. Patel Revolt was held in : 2015
120. The Indian region where the Parsi people came in India for the first time: Sanjam
121. The National Park in India where the Asiatic Lions are protected :Gir National Park
122. Gir Forest National Park is at :Somnath
123. Gir Wild Life Sanctuary and National Park :Junagarh
124. Largest Biosphere Reserve in India :Gyan Bharti
125. Black Buck National Park  : Bhavnagar
126. Wild Ass Sanctuary is in  : Kutch
127. Thol Wild Life Sanctuary is in  :Mehsana
128. Kutch Desert Wild life sanctuary  is in : Kutch
129. Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary : Kutch
130. The Commissions which enquired the Gujarat Riot (2002)  :Nanavati Commission, K.G.sha Commission .