Gujarat, A Journey... Annie Zaidi; Karuna Ezara Parikh; Karam Puri; Akshay Mahajan and Vipul Sangoi Annie Zaidi; Karuna Ezara Parikh; Karam Puri; Akshay Mahajan and Vipul Sangoi

By KARAM PURI

Gujarat, A Journey... Annie Zaidi; Karuna Ezara Parikh; Karam Puri; Akshay Mahajan and Vipul Sangoi Annie Zaidi; Karuna Ezara Parikh; Karam Puri; Akshay Mahajan and Vipul Sangoi

Name: Gujarat, A Journey... Annie Zaidi; Karuna Ezara Parikh; Karam Puri; Akshay Mahajan and Vipul Sangoi Annie Zaidi; Karuna Ezara Parikh; Karam Puri; Akshay Mahajan and Vipul Sangoi
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By KARAM PURI

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Understanding Gujarat is no easy task. Like much of India, it is a complex state that has resisted homogeneity for centuries past. Intimate histories, conventions, clothes, crafts, beliefs, affiliations all of these change from district to district. What is now a state that we call Gujarat was the western wing of a vast empire spanning half the body of the subcontinent: under the powerful emperors like Chandragupt Maurya, Ashoka, Akbar. Then, it was split into many hundred of large kingdoms and tine princely estates, most of them controlled by the British when India became a colony . In 1947, the land was split into India and Pakistan and what remained on the Indian side of the border was a part of a large state, The Bombay Presidency. It was only in 1960 that a separate state called Gujarat was carved out on the basis of language. An overwhelming majority of people living within its borders, irrespective of religion or caste, speak Gujarati, although there are several tribes with their own distinct languages and several million who consider Kutchi their native tongue. Gujarat is one of the most urbanized and industrialized states in the country. It is also known to be a rich state, in that its average per capita income is nearly twenty percent higher that the national average. The state contributes nearly twenty percent of the industrial output in India. Many of the large industrial conglomerates are in the sectors such as pharmaceuticals and textiles. Gujarat is also known for its near-monopoly on the international diamond cutting-and-polishing business for being home to the world s largest *-breaking yard, in Alamg. The success stories that have passed into the folklore of commerce include Dhirubhai Ambani, who set out with only few thousand rupess in his pocket but died one of India s, indeed the world s richest men

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Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Publisher:: TRIO OMNI MEDIA
Publication Date:: 2008
Weight:: 1361 g

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