On May 1, 1960, Gujarat was created out of the 17 northern districts of former State of Bombay. These districts were further subdivided later on. There are 25 administrative districts in the state (as of 2006). Gujarat is governed by a Legislative Assembly of 182 members. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) are elected on the basis of adult suffrage from one of 182 constituencies, of which 13 are reserved for scheduled castes and 26 for scheduled tribes. The term of office for a member of the Legislative Assembly is five years. ...

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Lothal is the site of the ancient ruins of the first Indian port, dating from the time of the Indus Valley Civilization. The Modhera Sun Temple is famous for its rare position as specifically and uniquely designed for the worship of the Sun, Lord Surya. While the main temple is beautifully and intricately designed with complex architecture, painting and sculptures, there is a central pond and surrounding it stand 108 small temples for each of the Sun God's 108 names. Dwarka city on the tip of the Arabian Sea is famous for being the legendary ...

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The Gujarati spoken today takes vocabulary and even structure in some cases from Persian due to the more than five centuries of the rule of Sultans, as well as from the many Persians who were welcomed and settled in Gujarat. Most people in the region have atleast minor descendance from them. The other elements of the language draw quite a lot on the native tribes of the specific region, as listed above under Dialects. Also due to centuries of trade with European countries such as Portugal and England, many words in Gujarati a ...

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Though pre-poll predictions were for an overwhelming majority for the BJP, the exit polls (immediately after the elections and before the counting began) predicted a hung parliament. However, even the exit polls could only indicate the general trend and nowhere close to the final figures. There is also the general perception that as soon as the BJP started realising that events might not proceed entirely in its favour, it changed the focus of its ...

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According to the 2000 census, East Java has 34 million inhabitants, second only to West Java among Indonesian provinces. The inhabitants consist of mostly Javanese. Native minorities include migrants from nearby Madura, and distinct Javanese ethnicities such as the Tengger people in Bromo, the Samin and the Using people in Banyuwangi. East Java also hosts a significant population of other ethnic groups, such as Chinese, Indians, and Arabs. In addition to the national language Bahasa Indonesia, they also speak Javanese. Javanese spoken in the ...

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(over 5 million speakers but no official status) Awadhi (often considered a sub-variety of Hindi) Bhili (Bhil tribals) Bhojpuri (language of Bihar, often considered a sub-variety of Hindi) Bundeli (often considered a sub-variety of Hindi) Chhattisgarhi (language of Chhattisgarh, often considered a sub-variety of Hindi) Gondi (Gond tribals) Hariyanavi (Haryanvi) (language of Haryana, often considered a sub-variety of Hindi) ...

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Considering the need to enhance foreign investment and promote exports from the country and realising the need that level playing field must be made available to the domestic enterprises and manufacturers to be competitive globally, The Government of India had in April 2000 announced the introduction of Special Economic Zones policy in the country, deemed to be foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations, duties and tariffs. The Special Economic Zones in India closely follow ...

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The ethnic affinities of the Maitakas are not clear. Due to the faulty translation of the opening passage of the inscriptions of Vallabhi kings, it was erroneously held for a long time that Gupta Senapati Bhatarka had fought against the Maitrakas. The Maitrakas, therefore, were thought to be a clan of the Hunas. Dr Hultzsch was the first to correct this mistake and point out that, according to proper construction of the passage, it really means that Bhatarka himself belonged to Maitakas and not that he fought against it (Epigraphia In ...

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Maitraka, Maitraka - Ethnicity of Maitrakas, Maitraka - The Maitrakas of Gujarat

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Tribal peoples constitute roughly 8 percent of the nation's total population, nearly 68 million people according to the 1991 census. One concentration lives in a belt along the Himalayas stretching through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttaranchal in the west, to Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland in the northeast. In the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland, upward of 90 percent of the population is tribal. However, in the remaining northeast states of Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, and Tripura, tribal peoples fo ...

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Tribal peoples constitute roughly 8 % of the nation's total population, nearly 68 million people according to the 1991 census. One concentration lives in a belt along the Himalayas stretching through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttaranchal in the west, to Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland in the northeast. In the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland, upward of 90 % of the population is tribal. However, in the remaining northeast states of Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, and Tripura, tribal peop ...

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List of seaports - Gulf of Aden. Aden, Yemen Berbera, Somalia Djibouti City, Djibouti List of seaports - Arabian Sea. Alappuzha, Kerala, India Bharuch, Gujarat, India Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India Gwadar, Baluchistan, Pakistan Jawaharalal Nehru Port (Nhava-Sheva), Maharashtra, India Kandla, Gujarat, India Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Kochi, Kerala, India Mangalore, Karnataka, In ...

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Jaipur Jaisalmer Jodhpur Bikaner Udaipur Amber Bhilwara Alwar ...

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The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Darbar in Delhi in December 1911. The foundation stone was laid on March 31, 1911 by the Governor of Bombay, with George Wittet's final design sanctioned in August 1914. Between 1915 and 1919 work proceeded on reclamations at Apollo Bunder for the land on which the gateway and the new sea wall would be built. The foundations were completed in 1920, and construction was finished in 1924. The Gateway was opened on December ...

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The history of Rajasthan is very long and dramatic filled with lots of heroic stories and instances where people have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like loyalty, freedom, truth, shelter etc intact. This is list of famous people in the history of Rajasthan: Baldev Ram Mirdha Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya Rana Pratap Rana Sangha Mirabai Veer Teja Shekha Ji Maharani Gayatri Devi Maharaja Suraj Mal Swami Keshwanand G.D.Birla Also see ...

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Main articles: Special Economic Zone In the People's Republic of China The word "special" mainly means special economic systems and policies. In the People's Republic of China, the central government gives SEZs special policies and flexible measures, allowing SEZs to utilize a special economic management system. Special tax incentives for foreign investments in the SEZs. Greater independence on international trade activities. Economic characteristics are represented as "4 principles": Con ...

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According to Edicts of Ashoka, Greek populations (generally described in ancient times throughout the Classical world as Yona, Yojanas or Yavanas, lit. “Ionians” [1]) were under his rule in northwestern India. "Here in the king's domain among the Greeks, the Kambojas, the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-of ...

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Most speakers of Marathi live in the Indian state of Maharashtra. They also inhabit the neighboring states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The Ethnologue records speakers of Marathi in Israel as well, thanks to the emigration of the Bene Israel and other Jews from India, and in Mauritius. Marathi language - Official status. Marathi serves as an official language of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India recognises it as one of the twenty-two official languages of the country.
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Hindi is the predominant language in the states and territories of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, and Chattisgarh. It is spoken and understood in Gujarat, Punjab and Kashmir, states that otherwise have their own native languages. It is also widely spoken in the cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Kolkata, all of which are cosmopolitan cities harbouring large communities of people from various parts of India. Local variations of Hindi are counted as minority languages in several countries, including Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Suri ...

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The history of the language can be traced back to 12th c. CE. A formal grammar of the precursor of this language was written by Jain monk and eminent scholar Hemachandra-charya in the reign of Rajput king Siddharaj Jayasinh of Anhilwara (Patan). This was called Apabhransa grammar, signifying a language which is a corrupted form of languages like Sanskrit and Ardha-magadhi. The earliest literature in the language survives in oral tradition and can be traced to two stalwarts, the Krishna devotee and great egalitarian Narsinh Mehta (later a sou ...

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The main geographic feature of Rajasthan is the Aravalli Range, which runs through the state from southwest to northeast, almost from end to end. Mount Abu is at the southwestern end of the range, although a series of broken ridges continues into Haryana in the direction of Delhi. About three-fifths of Rajasthan lies northwest of the Aravallis, leaving two-fifths on the east and south. The northwestern portion of Rajasthan is generally sandy and dry, and most of the region is covered by the Thar Desert, which extends into adjoining po ...

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The population of the Malwa region was about 18.9 million in 2001, with a population density of a moderate 231/km². The annual birth rate in the region was 31.6 per 1000, and the death rate 10.3. The infant mortality rate was 93.8, slightly higher than the overall rate for the Madhya Pradesh state. There are numerous tribes in the region, such as the Bhils—and their allied groups, the Bhilalas, Barelas and Patelias—and the Meenas, who all differ to a remarkable degree from the regional population in their dialects and social life. They ...

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