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Encyclopedia > List of people from Gujarat

This is a list of famous and notable people who can trace their ancestry to Gujarat, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity. Gujarāt (GujarātÄ«: , IPA: ,  ) is the most industrialized state in the Republic of India with 19. ...

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Religious Personalities

  • Bhagwan Swaminarayan
  • Mohammed Shafi Madani
  • Ratan Singhji Ratan
  • Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj
  • Shri Nirdoshanand Swami Maharaj
  • Shri Jagdishwaranand Swami Maharaj
  • Ervad Behram R. Vakil (former Zoroastrian head priest of Singapore)
  • Yogi Amrit Desai

It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Arya Samaj (Aryan Society or Society of Nobles) is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875. ...

Literature/Philosophy

  • Bhojalram Bapa of Fatepur, Gujarat (He is Guru of Jalaram Bapa and popular for his literature known as "Bhoja bhagat naa chaabakhaa")
  • Narsinh Mehta
  • Hemchandracharya
  • Homi Bhabha
  • Mirabai born in Rajasthan but migrated in her old age to Dwarka
  • Akho Bhagat
  • Premanand
  • Narmad
  • Govardhanram Tripathi
  • Ramanbhai Nilkanth
  • Ramanlal V. Desai
  • K. M. Munshi (also a freedom fighter, politician, educationist and environmentalist)
  • K.K Shashtri
  • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  • Jagdish Bhagwati,University Professor of Columbia University , Prominent Economist
  • Jhaverchand Meghani
  • Manubhai Pancholi `Darshak'
  • Suresh Joshi
  • Raghuvir Chaudhari
  • Bakul Tripathi, A noted politcal humorist, president of the Sahitya Parishad in 2005, until his death on August 31, 2006.
  • Dhiruben Patel
  • Usha Sheth
  • Suresh Dalal
  • Sitanshu Yashashchandra
  • Ravji Patel
  • Manilal Desai
  • Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh
  • Labhshankar Thakar
  • Madhu Rye Thaker
  • Suresh C. Dave
  • Bhagyendra Patel
  • Bhikhu Parekh, A political theorist

Narsinh Mehta (1414? - 1481?) was a poet-saint of Gujarat, India, notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Hindu devotional religious poetry. ... Homi K. Bhabha (born 1949) is a postcolonial theorist, currently teaching at Harvard University, where he is the Chair of the Program in History and Literature. ... Mirabai (मीराबाई) (1498-1547) (sometimes also spelled Meera) was a female Hindu mystical poet during the Mughal period of Indian history. ... Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Dwarka   is a city and a municipality in Jamnagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. ... Basava Premanand was born around 1930 and is a full time Indian skeptic from Tamil Nadu, publisher of the magazine the Indian Skeptic and chairman of the Indian CSICOP. He toured around in the villages of India to educate people by debunking gurus and fakirs whom he considers frauds or... Narmad is a well renowed scholar and poet of Gujarat. ... Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887 to 1971) was an Indian freedom fighter from the state of Gujarat. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869–January 30, 1948) (Devanagari : मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી) was a national icon who led the struggle for Indias independence from British colonial rule, empowered by tens of millions of common Indians. ... Jagdish Bhagwati (born 1934) is a prominent economist noted for his defense of free trade against the critics of globalization. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Ravji Patel(1939-1968) was one of the most talented Gujarati writers. ... Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh (b. ... Bhikhu Chotalal Parekh, Baron Parekh (born 1935) is a political philosopher. ...

Films and entertainment

Amisha Amit Patel (born June 9, 1976, also spelled Ameesha Patel) is a Bollywood actress and model from Bangalore, India. ... Ayesha Takia (IPA: ː ITRANS:AyeshA) (August 10, 1985; Mumbai, India) is an Indian Bollywood actress. ... Mallika Sarabhai is one of the most renowned Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancers in India today. ... Asha Parekh in Upkar (1967) Asha Parekh (born October 2, 1942) was the top female star in Hindi films from 1959 to 1973 and continues to hold the record for starring in the maximum number of hit films. ... Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning British actor. ... Bindu was an Indian actress during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. ... Deepika or Deepika Chikhalia is an Indian actress who rose to fame playing Sita in the 1986 hit television series based on the Hindu epic Ramayana. ... Dimple Kapadia Dimple Kapadia (born June 8, 1957) is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. ... Falguni Pathak Falguni Pathak, rightly coined as the undisputed Queen of Dandiya is a hot favourite personality in the dandiya world. ... Himesh Reshammiya (born May 11, 1969[1]) is an Indian Bollywood film music composer and singer. ... Ismail Darbar is a composer of music for Indian films also known as an Indian film music director. ... Kal Penn (born Kalpen Modi on April 23, 1977 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an Asian American actor of Indian ancestry, probably best known for his starring role in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Wheres the Party, Yaar?. Penns feature film debut came in 1998 in... Kalyanji and Anandji were popular pair of music directors in late 1960s and 1970s in Bollywood. ... Ketan Mehta - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Manmohan Desai (born in Bombay, 26 Feb 1936 - Died 1 March 1994) was a renowned producer and director of Indian Hindi films. ... Namitha is a Tamil actress and one of the glamorous and tall heroines. ... Neelam born (3 March 1968) is an Indian film actress who shot to fame in 1985 in the film Ilzaam opposite another debutante Govinda. ... Nirupa Roy (January 4, 1931 - October 13, 2004) was an actress in Hindi films known for portraying the role of the Indian mother stereotype. ... Paresh Rawal (b. ... Sanjay Gadhvi is an Indian writer and director. ... An Indian director, best known for helming the 2002 adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyays Devdas. ... Sanjeev Kumar (July 9, 1938 – November 6, 1985) was an Indian actor in Bollywood movies. ... Satish Beri-Shah is a prominent Indian film and television actor, with a pioneering career in the early days of Bollywood. // 1989|| Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho|| || Yeh jo hai zindagi Sarabhai vs Sarabhai Yahoo! Movies [1] Categories: | ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Karishma Modi is an Indian model and actress from Gujarat. ... Tina Munim in Bewafai (1985) Tina Munim was a successful Bollywood star of late seventies and early eighties. ... Farooq Shaikh in Kissi Se Na Kehna Farooq Shaikh is an Indian actor, who did most of his films during the 1970s and 1980s. ... Parveen Babi (Hindi: परवीन बाबी, Urdu: پروین بابی) (April 4, 1949 - January 20, 2005) was an Indian actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alka Yagnik (born March 20 in Calcutta, Bengal, India) is an Indian singer. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ...

Business

The Adani Group is a leading trading and export company of India with revenues of $3. ... Anil Ambani (born June 4, 1959) is an Indian businessman. ... Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani (28 December 1932, - 6 July 2002), better known as Dhirubhai Ambani, was an Indian business tycoon and founder of Reliance Industries Limited. ... Reliance Industries Limited is Indias largest private sector company with a turnover of 744 billion rupees (US$16. ... Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited, Indias largest private sector company. ... Reliance Industries Limited is Indias largest private sector company with a turnover of 744 billion rupees (US$16. ... Godrej Group Of Companies, they are named after The Godrej family of India. ... Kasturbhai Lalbhai (19 December 1894 – 20 January 1980) was an Indian industrialist. ... Arvind Mills, the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group, has existed since 1931. ... The Torrent Group worth USD 714 million is a group of companies in India founded by industrialist U. N. Mehta. ... Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel (b. ... Nirma is a group of companies based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India manufacturing products ranging from cosmetics, soaps, detergents and salt. ... Ramanbhai B. Patel (19 August 1925 – 19 September 2001) was an Indian chemist who founded the operation that eventually became the Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila. ... Cadila Healthcare is an Indian pharmaceutical company headquartered at Ahmedabad in Gujarat state of western India. ... The Essar group is one of Indias largest corporate houses. ... Ambalal Sarabhai (1890-1967) was a leading industrialist of Ahmedabad and also played an important role in Indias freedom struggle. ... This page is about the former gas monopoly in the United Kingdom for infromation about the successor companies please see Centrica, BG Group and Transco. ... Jamshetji Tata (1839-1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry. ... Tata is one of the oldest and largest business conglomerates in India, with revenues in 2005-06 of $21. ... Ratan Naval Tata (born December 28, 1937, in Bombay) is the present Chairman of the Tata Group, a leading Indian conglomerate established by earlier generations of his family. ... Tata is one of the oldest and largest business conglomerates in India, with revenues in 2005-06 of $21. ... Parle Agro is a food and beverage company based in Mumbai. ... Tata is one of the oldest and largest business conglomerates in India, with revenues in 2005-06 of $21. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Politics

Narendra Dāmodardās ModÄ« (GujarātÄ«: નરેંદ્ર દામોદરદાસ મોદી, born September 17, 1950) has been the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat since October 7, 2001. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Abbas Tyabji was an Indian freedom fighter from Gujarat, who was a key ally and supporter of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel during the 1918 Kheda Satyagraha, and the 1928 Bardoli Satyagraha. ... Lal Krishna Advani Lal Krishna Advani (Devanagari: लाल कृष्ण आड़वाणी) also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (born November 8, 1927/1929, Karachi, Pakistan) was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) until year-end 2005 and is Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha. ... Vallabhbhāī Paá¹­el (Gujarati: , DevanāgarÄ«: ; IPA: ) (October 31, 1875 – December 15, 1950) was a political and social leader of India who played a major role in the countrys struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vithalbhai Patel, an important political leader in the Indian Independence Movement // Early Life Born in Nadiad, in the Indian state of Gujarat, Vithalbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was the third of five Patel brothers, four years elder to Vallabhbhai Patel. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: , Hindi: , IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhÄ«, IPA: ) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of the Indian Independence Movement. ... Mahadev Desai was the personal secretary of Mohandas K. Gandhi for 25 years, from 1917 to Desais death in 1942. ... Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (Hindi: ) (February 29, 1896 – April 10, 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first non-Congress Party Prime Minister of India. ... Haribhai Patel was an Indian civil servant who played a major role in the issues regarding internal and national security in the first years after the independence of India. ... Kasturba Gandhi Kastürbā Gāndhi (April 11, 1869 – 22 February 1944), affectionately called Ba, was the wife of Mohandas Gandhi, whom she married at the age of 13. ... Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887 to 1971) was an Indian freedom fighter from the state of Gujarat. ... Shyamji Krishna Varma (1857-1930) was an Indian nationalist. ... office: 1st Governor-General of Pakistan Term of office: August 14, 1947 – September 11, 1948 Succeeded by: Khawaja Nazimuddin Date of birth: December 25, 1876 Place of birth: Wazir Mansion, Karachi Wives: Emibai 1892–1893, Rattanbai Petit 1918–1929 Children: daughter Dina Wadia Date of Death: September 11, 1948 Place...

Sports

Kiran Shankar More   (pronounced Mo-ray) (born September 4, 1962 in Baroda, Gujarat, India) was the wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. ... Irfan Khan Pathan   (born October 27, 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat to a indian Muslim family, India) is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since late 2003. ... Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri (born February 28, 1951, Rajkot, Gujarat) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 39 Tests and 19 ODIs from 1974 to 1981. ... Mulvantrai Himmatlal Mankad (12 April 1917-21 August 1978), better known as Vinoo Mankad, was an Indian cricket player. ... Munaf Musa Patel   (born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat,India) is an Indian Test cricketer who has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team. ... Zaheer Khan   (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur, Maharashtra to a Muslim family) is an Indian cricketer (left-arm fast-medium bowler) and a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000, besides playing for the Baroda first-class team. ... Geet Sethi (born April 17, 1961) is an Indian billiards player who has dominated the sport of billiards throughout much of the 1990s. ... Parthiv Ajay Patel (born March 9, 1985) is an Indian cricketer (wicketkeeper-batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team. ... Nayan Mongia (born December 19, 1969 in Baroda) was an Indian cricketer, active from 1994 to 2004, when he retired. ... Ajay Singh Jadeja was born on February 1, 1971 in Jamnagar. ...

Music

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991) was a rock musician, best known as the frontman and lead singer for the English rock band Queen. ... Queen are an English rock band formed by Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor in London, England in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... a person from Pars (the middle-Persian word for Fars), a region now within the geographical boundaries of Iran, and is roughly the original homeland of the Persian people. ... Valsad also known as Bulsar, is a city and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... Gujarāt (GujarātÄ«: , IPA: ,  ) is the most industrialized state in the Republic of India with 19. ... Kalyanji Anandji was an Indian composer duo known for its work on Bollywood film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. ... Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan Swaminarayan (April 2, 1781 - 1830) was born Ganshyam Pande to a brahmin family in the village of Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh, India. ...

Scientists

See also: List of people by India state, Bhatt Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (August 12, 1919 – December 31, 1971) was an Indian physicist. ... This page is about the physicist, Homi J. Bhabha. ... The following is a list of people of India, by state and territory: List of people from Andhra Pradesh List of people from Assam List of people from Bihar List of people from Chhattisgarh List of people from Delhi List of people from Goa List of people from Gujarat List... Bhatt, meaning Priest, is a last name that is common in many ethnicities in India. ...



State of Gujarat
Governors | Chief Ministers | Districts
 • Capital: Gandhinagar
 • Major cities: Ahmedabad | Surat | Vadodara | Rajkot | Jamnagar | Bhavnagar
 • Districts: Ahmedabad | Amreli | Anand | Banaskantha | Bharuch | Bhavnagar | Dahod | Dang | Gandhinagar | Jamnagar | Junagadh | Kheda | Kachchh | Mehsana | Narmada | Navsari | Panchmahal | Patan | Porbandar | Rajkot | Sabarkantha | Surat | Surendranagar | Vadodara | Valsad

 • History • Notable people • Cities and Towns • Education institutes • National parks & Sanctuaries Image File history File links Emblem_of_India. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... Gujarāt (GujarātÄ«: , IPA: ,  ) is the most industrialized state in the Republic of India with 19. ... Governors of Gujarat See Also Gujarat Governors of India Links Categories: India-related stubs | Gujarat | Indian politicians | Office-holders | Government of India ... This article lists the Chief Ministers of Gujarat state in chronological order. ... The Indian state of Gujarat was created in 1960 out of the 17 northern districts of former Bombay state: Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dang, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, and Vadodara. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1058x749, 65 KB) Summary Gujarat State (India) with district boundries and city marks - Self Made - w:User:Miljoshi - December 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Gujarat User:Miljoshi ... Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh National Capital Territory of Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttaranchal Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar... Gandhinagar   (Gujarati: ગાંધીનગર, Hindi: गाँधीनगर) is the capital of Gujarat State, India. ... Ahmedabad (Gujarati: , Hindi: ) or is the largest city in the state of Gujarat and the seventh largest urban agglomeration in India, with a population of almost 70 lakhs (7. ... For other uses, see Surat (disambiguation). ... Vadodara (Gujarati: વડોદરા, Hindi Marathi: बडोदा),  , also known as Baroda, is the third most-populated town in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad and Surat. ... Rajkot   (2005 pop. ... Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... Bhavnagar (Gujarati: , Hindi: , ) is a city in the Gujarat state of India. ... The Indian state of Gujarat was created in 1960 out of the 17 northern districts of former Bombay state: Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dang, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, and Vadodara. ... Ahmedabad district is surrounded by Mehsana, Sabarkantha, and Gandhinagar districts to the north, Kheda district to the east, the Gulf of Cambay and Bhavnagar district to the south, and Surendranagar district to the west. ... Districts of Saurastra, Gujarat Amreli District is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India. ... District of central Gujarat Anand District is an administrative district of Gujarat state in western India. ... Banaskantha is a district in Northeast of Gujarat state of India. ... Bharuch (also known as Broach) is a district in south Gujarat state in India. ... Districts of Saurastra, Gujarat Bhavnagar is a peninsular district of Western Gujarat. ... Dahod District is located in Gujarat state, it contains the city of Dahod. ... Districts of South Gujarat Dang (also known as The Dangs) is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India. ... Gandhinagar district is an administrative division of Gujarat, India whose headquarters are at Gandhinagar, the state capital. ... Districts of Saurastra, Gujarat Jamnagar District is located in state of Gujarat, India. ... Districts of Saurastra, Gujarat The district of Junagadh is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat, with the city of Junagadh as its administrative headquarters. ... Districts of central Gujarat Kheda District has a population of 2,024,216 of which 20. ... Kutch (also Cutch or Kachh) is a district of Gujarat state in western India. ... Districts of Northern Gujarat Mehsana District is located in Gujarat. ... Narmada is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India. ... Districts of South Gujarat Navsari is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India, with its headquarters at Navsari city. ... Panchmahal, also Panch Mahal, is a district in the western India, in the eastern portion of Gujarat state. ... Patan District is located in Gujarat, it contains the city of Patan, Gujarat See also Patan Category: ... Porbandar is also a district in the state of Gujarat, India. ... Districts of Saurastra, Gujarat Rajkot is a district in the Indian state of Gujarat with the administrative headquarters of Rajkot city. ... Districts of Northern Gujarat Sabarkantha is a district in Northeast of Gujarat state of India. ... Surat is a district in the state of Gujarat with Surat city as the administrative headquarters of this district. ... Districts of Saurastra, Gujarat Surendranagar is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India. ... Vadodara is a district of Gujarat, India surrounded by Panchmahal, Dahod (North), Bharuch, Narmada (South), Anand and Kheda (West) districts. ... Valsad is a district in the western Indian state of Gujarat. ... The Gujarat state of western India has four National Parks and twenty-one Wildlife Sancturies. ...


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Gujarat Summary (3715 words)
The state of Gujarat is located on the west coast of India and is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west, Pakistan in the north, and the states of Rajasthan in the northeast, Madhya Pradesh in the southeast, and Maharashtra in the south.
Gujarat borders Pakistan, and the states of Rajasthan to the north-east, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south.
Gujarat was a major center of Indian Ocean trade, and their capital at Anhilwara (Patan) was one of the largest cities in India, with a population estimated at 100,000 in the year 1000.
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