Articles tagged under: Discovery of Gujarat Series

Dates and events of Shri Kanaiyalal Munshi’s life, list of his books (Discovery of Gujarat series)

December 30, 2015
Dates and events of Shri Kanaiyalal Munshi’s life, list of his books (Discovery of Gujarat series)

Ahmedabad It's one of the greatest Gujarati, Shri Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi's birth anniversary today. Presented here for the first time online, a list of his works and dates and events of his life: Munshi's Works in their Order of Publication: In Gujarati 1. Mari Kamala ane Biji Vato, a collection of short stories, 1912. 2. Ver ni Vasulat, social novel, 1913. 3. Kono vank, social novel, 1915. 4. patan ni Prabhuta, historical novel, 1916. 5. Gujarat no Nath, historical novel,...Read More

The birth and growth of the Textile Industry at Ahmedabad (Discovery of Gujarat series)

December 17, 2015
The birth and growth of the Textile Industry at Ahmedabad (Discovery of Gujarat series)

By Kasturbhai Lalbhai Note: This article was originally published in year 1940. Here's its reproduction. The rationale of the development of the Textile Industry at Ahmedabad is difficult to comprehend at the first thought. Ahmedabad does not have any of the advantages, usually associated with a big industrial centre. Unlike Bombay, it is an inland town, without the advantage of even a large river. Unlike Cawnpore(Kanpur) again, it is not situated on the foci of railway lines. The land...Read More

Electric Supply in Ahmedabad (Discovery of Gujarat series)

December 09, 2015
Electric Supply in Ahmedabad (Discovery of Gujarat series)

Discovery of Gujarat Series By Rotarian W.U. White (This article was originally published in 1940. Here's its reproduction) Electric Supply in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad has always rightly been regarded as a progressive city in so far as the development of her public services is concerned, and in no direction has this spirit of progress been more marked than in the development of the use of electricity. In evidence of this it is of considerable interest to note that when the city fathers of...Read More

Ahmedabad & B.B. & C.I Railway (Discovery of Gujarat series)

December 07, 2015

Discovery of Gujarat series J. Castellino. B.A., B.Sc., Econ. (Lon). F.R.E.S., (Eng). (This article was originally published in year 1940. Here's its reproduction) As is well known, the harnessing of steam-power to a locomotive on wheels effected the greatest revolution in transport that has ever taken place in history. Over a century ago, in England, a tremendous impetus was given to the development of rail transport by the so called 'Industrial Revolution' which fostered the localisa...Read More

Ahmedabad Municipality (Discovery of Gujarat series)

December 05, 2015
Ahmedabad Municipality (Discovery of Gujarat series)

Discovery of Gujarat Series By Rotarian Khan Bahadur Sir Mehhbub I Kadiri kt (The article was originally published in year 1940, here is its reproduction) To Àhmedahad, the ancient capital of, and now the premier city in Gujarat and the second city in the Bombay Presidency, belongs the credit of being the first town where local people voluntarily came forward to tax themselves for providing civic amenities and formed, along with Government officers, a small committee of four persons, two...Read More

Tribute to S.R.Rao:The story of discovery of Lothal

January 07, 2013

Discovery of Gujarat series by Japan K Pathak Ahmedabad, 7 January 2013 One of India's greatest archaeologists, S.R.Rao who though from Bangalore, Karnataka, had made Gujarat his karmabhoomi, passed away last week. A team led by him had excavated India's top Harappan site Lothal, Lord Krishna's submerged capital town Dwarka, and Hindu mandirs covered by a converted mosque structure at Siddhpur. I'm starting my life-long series 'discovery of Gujarat' with this article paying...Read More