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Jhaverchand or Zaverchand Kalidas Meghani was an Indian poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter. He is a well known name in the field of Gujarati literature. He was born in Chotila where the Government College has been renamed for this literary figure as Raashtreeya Shaayar Zaverchand Meghani College, Chotila. Mahatma Gandhi spontaneously gave him the title of Raashtreeya Shaayar (National Poet). Besides this he received many awards like Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and Mahida Paaritoshik in literature.

First winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati was Mahadev Desai.

Sunita Lyn Williams (born 19^th September 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer who formerly held the records for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). She was of Gujarati origin.

The Gujarat Sultanate, was a Medieval Indian kingdom established in the early 15^th century in Western India, primarily in the present-day state of Gujarat, India. The dynasty was founded by Sultan Zafar Khan Muzaffar, identified variously as a Tanka Rajput or a Khatri.

Narendra Modi of the BJP is the longest serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 2001 to 2014. He resigned in 2014 to become the 14^th Prime Minister of India.

Acharya Devvrat (born 18^th January 1959) is an Indian politician and former educationalist who is serving as the 20^th Governor of Gujarat. He is an Arya Samaj pracharak and served previously as the principal of a Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Being the Governor of Gujarat, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of Gujarat.
In June 2019, he was named as Governor of Gujarat replacing Om Prakash Kohli.

Nandshankar Tuljashankar Mehta was an Indian Gujarati language author and social reformer. He is known for Karan Ghelo, the first original novel in Gujarati. He wrote his only novel Karan Ghelo which he started in 1863 and completed in 1866.

The Bardoli Satyagraha, 1928 was a movement in the independence struggle led by Sardar Vallabhai Patel for the farmers of Bardoli against the unjust raising of taxes.