Gandhi at a public rally during the Salt Satyagraha.
The people of Gujarat were the most enthusiastic participants in India's
struggle for freedom. Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji
Desai, K.M. Munshi, Narhari Parikh, Mahadev Desai, Mohanlal Pandya and Ravi
Shankar Vyas all hailed from Gujarat. It was also the site of the most popular
revolts, including the Satyagrahas in Kheda, Bardoli, Borsad and the Salt
Satyagraha.See Also: Freedom fighters from Gujarat There is
1947 - 1960
See also: Saurashtra State, Kutch State, Bombay state and Mahagujarat
Movement
Bombay Presidency in 1909, southern portion
After Indian independence and the Partition of India in 1947, the new Indian
government grouped the former princely states of Gujarat into three larger
units; Saurashtra, which included the former princely states on the Kathiawar
peninsula, Kutch, and Bombay state, which included the former British districts
of Bombay Presidency together with most of Baroda state and the other former
princely states of eastern Gujarat. In 1956, Bombay state was enlarged to
include Kutch, Saurashtra, and parts of Hyderabad state and Madhya Pradesh in
central India. The new state had a mostly Gujarati-speaking north and a Marathi-speaking
south. Mahagujarat Movement led by Indulal Yagnik demanded splitting of Bombay
state on linguistic lines. On 1 May 1960, Bombay state bifurcated into Gujarat
and Maharashtra. The capital of Gujarat was Ahmedabad.
Kutch
was hit by the earthquake in 1956 which destroyed major parts of Anjar town. Gandhidham,
Sardarnagar and Kubernagar were refugee settlements established for the
resettlement of Sindhi Hindu refugees arriving from Pakistan after partition
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Gandhi at a public rally during the Salt Satyagraha.
The people of Gujarat were the most enthusiastic participants in India's
struggle for freedom. Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji
Desai, K.M. Munshi, Narhari Parikh, Mahadev Desai, Mohanlal Pandya and Ravi
Shankar Vyas all hailed from Gujarat. It was also the site of the most popular
revolts, including the Satyagrahas in Kheda, Bardoli, Borsad and the Salt
Satyagraha.See Also: Freedom fighters from Gujarat There is
1947 - 1960
See also: Saurashtra State, Kutch State, Bombay state and Mahagujarat
Movement.