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Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb was born in Dahod in 1618, during the reign of Jahangir. Aurangzeb was said to have ordered his ministers to favour this town, as it was his birthplace. Tatya Tope, the freedom fighter, is known to have absconded in Dahod. He is believed to have lived his last days in this region.

Champaner was founded by Vanraj Chavda, the most prominent king of the Chavda Dynasty, in the 8^th century. He named it after his friend and general Champa, also known later as Champaraj.

Surat is the world's largest producer of all types of zari namely threads, cantile, laces, ribbons, borders, trims, fringes, edges, cordonettes, cords, etc. The art of zari making has been inherited from father to son for many centuries.

Kakasaheb Kalelkar, was an Indian independence activist, social reformer, journalist and an eminent follower of the philosophy and methods of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi called him Savai Gujarati, a quarter more than a Gujarati. In 1935, Kalelkar became member of Rashtabhasha Samiti, a committee whose objective was to popularize Hindi-Hindustani language as the national language of India.

Ropar is located in Rupnagar city of Punjab.

Rishabhanatha was the first of the 24 Tirthankaras ("Ford-Makers," i.e., saviours) of Jainism, a religion of India. His name comes from the series of 14 auspicious dreams that his mother had, in which a bull (rishabha) appeared, before his birth.

Zafar Khan who was later known as Muzaffar Shah-I was appointed as the governor of Gujarat by Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad bin Tughluq-IV. Zafar Khan was founder of the Muslim kingdom of Gujarat.

Mirat-i-Ahmadi was written by Diwan Ali Muhammad Khan. Sometimes referred to as "a Persian History of Gujarat", it is described as a very extensive and rare history of Gujarat because of the statistical information it supplies.