


Gujaratis are key players in the multi-billion dollar diamond export business all over the world from Africa to the UK and US.The Gujaratis own more than 17,000 hotels and motels in the US, with one million rooms representing over 50 percent of U.S.The world’s first pure vegetarian Subway and Domino’s outlet was opened in Ahmedabad.The Patel surname runs into multiple sheets of pages in the New Jersey Telephone Directory.Did you know the fact that one in every five Indian American is a Gujarati whereas one in every 20 Indians is a Gujarati?.The state owned Wide Area Network is the largest IP-based ICT network in Asia Pacific Region and second largest in the world, connecting 26 districts and 225 talukas through 12,000 nodes.Gujaratis number five per cent of India‘s population living on six per cent of surface area, but hold more than 30 per cent equity of all Indian stocks in the share market.Gujarat is the only state in India to have a statewide gas grid of 2,200 km.Gujarat is one of the most prosperous states of the country, having a per-capita GDP 3.2 times India’s average.The state of Gujarat’s GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12 years, as fast as China‘s.The world’s third largest denim manufacturer is Ahmedabad’s Arvind Mills.The percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labour unrest is 0.42 per cent, the lowest in India.according to the report of The National Council of Applied Economic Research The richest city in India is Surat ahead of Bangalore and Madras, with an average annual household income of Rs.450,000.

Ahmedabad is the city with the lowest crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.It is operated by Reliance Petroleum Limited, which is one of the group companies of Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani. The oil refinery at Jamnagar is the world’s largest grass-roots refinery.Gujarat is having the least crime against women among all Indian states after Goa.It’s crime rate is 8.2 which is the least in India even after considering 2002 communal riots. In year 2010, Forbes listed Ahmedabad as the world’s 3rd fastest growing city in the world.The first capital of Gujarat was Ahmedabad the capital was moved to Gandhinagar in 1970.Gandhinagar is the greenest capital city in whole Asia.Did you know the fact that Gujarat has the highest number of vegetarian people compared to any other state in India?.Gujarat has seventeen airports, which makes it the state with highest number of operating airports in India.It is locally known as Jewel of the West.India’s first port was established at the ancient city of Lothal. It contains major ancient metropolitan cities from the Indus Valley such as Lothal, Dholavira, and Gola Dhoro. Gujarat has been one of the main centres of the Indus Valley Civilization.Gujarat has the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian state.Gujarat was known as Gurjaratra (country ruled or protected by the Gurjars) or Gurjarabhumi (land of the Gurjars) for centuries prior to the Mughal period. Gujarat is derived from Sanskrit (Gurjar-Rashtra), the Gurjar nation.Here are the most amazing facts about Gujarat that you must know.
