Gujarat belongs to India, Rajasthan in the north, Maharashtra in the south and Madhya Pradesh in the east. Area187,000 km2. The population exceeds 4 1.3 million (1.99 1 year). Gujarat is the westernmost state in India. The Arabian Sea is in the west and southwest, and Pakistan is in the north. 140 1 became an independent kingdom of Sudan, and 1572 became a part of it. After that, it remained a state under British rule, 1947 became a part of Mumbai state, and 1960 was divided into a state by Gujarat language areas in the west and north of Mumbai state. The legislature is a state legislature composed of 182 people. The state has an airport and six universities. Highly industrialized, including petroleum, chemical industry, textile, cement, oil refining, chemical fertilizer, machine tools and electrical engineering. These minerals are natural gas and oil. Agricultural products include peanuts, rice and cotton. 1983, the burst of Fudana Dam caused flood.
Mahatma Gandhi was born in Bolband, Gujarat. Ahmedabad is the largest city in the state and the seventh largest city in India. Because of the developed textile industry, it was once called Manchester of India. Other important cities are surat, and surat is also one of the important cities in the state.