Gujarat

Capital	Gandhinagar
Old Name	Gurjaram
Dance Forms	Garba, Dandiyaras, Tippani & Rasaleeela
Rivers	Sabarmati, Narmada, Tapti, Mahi
Languages	Gujarati
Leading Producer of	Salt, Cotton, Vegetable oil, Ground nut, pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals
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***  First in India ***

1. Four line express highway(Ahmadabad to vadodara)

2. SEZ at Kandla
3. Commercial wind farm at Mandvi
4. E-Governance district Baroda




***  Key Features***
1.Longest sea coast in India
2.Non alcoholic state(From when the state created)
3.Biggest ship demolition center(Alang)
4. Paradise of fighter planes - jamnagar
5.India's largest oil refinery -jamnagar(Reliance)
6. Mundra largest thermal power plant

***  Famous persons in relation ***

1. Varghese Kurian Father of milk revolution / Milk man of India /Operation flood

2. Belwanthrai Mehta  Father of panchayat Raj system (assassinated by Pakistan air force)
3. Medhapatkar  c/o Narmada bachavo andolan (Peoples political front)
4. Anandibem patel First wonem chief minister

***  Famous institutions / Places/ Mansions / Temples ***
1. National Dairy Development Board - Anand (Gujarat)
2. Palithana jain temple, somanath and akshardam temple
3. Udawada oldest fire temple of parsees
4. Abhay ghat mausoleum(Samadhi) of Morarji desai
5. Dandi is in Gujarat
6. First factory of east India company by british at Surat (1614)
7. ISRO space application center at Ahmedabad
8. Gir National park(Asiatic lions)
9.Groundnut Research institute at junagarh
10. Nano car factory at sananth
11. Ran of kutch(Gyan Bhatrathi) biggest biosphere reserve/ maritime garden
12. AMUL- Anand Milk Union Limited
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***  Miscellaneous ***
1. Sardar sarovar dam is on Narmada river
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