 | Gujarat was created in the year 1960 with 17-northern districts of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay). Gujarat is located in the western part of India-Pakistan Border. Surrounded by Rajashthan (North-East), Madhyapradesh (East), Maharashtra and Union territories of Daman-Diu-Dadra & Nagar Haveli (South) and Pakistan in the West. Gujarat state's capital is Gandhinagar (Gandhinagar with Ahmedabad is the largest city in this state) and other important (major) cities are Surat, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar.
This state has flourished economically as Amul(Largest Milk Product Producer) is located at Anand. Surat is known as a Hub of Diamond Trade. Gujarat State is the first ever state to produce Gas based Thermal Electricity in the nation.
Total of 26-Districts are there in Gujarat State and the name of them are:-
Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dahod, Dang, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Tapi, Vadodara and Valsad. |