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The History of Gujarat dates back
to 2000 BC. It is also Believed the Lord Krishna left Mathura to
settle on the west coast of Saurashtra, which later came in to known as
the Dwarka. Later it saw the rise and fall of various
kingdoms.However Gujarat witness progress & Prosperity under the
chalukyas. Inspite of the plundering of mahmud of ghazni,the chalukyan
kings were able to maintain prosperity and the well being of the
state.After this glorious respite ,Gujarat faced troubled under the
muslim maratha and the British rule. Before independence the present
territories of Gujarat used to be in two parts. The British and the
princely territories. With the reorganization of the state
,the union of the state of the saurashtra and the union territory of
kachchh along with the former british gujarat, became the a part of the
bilinigual state of Bombay.The present state of Gujarat came in to being
on may 1,1960
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