Courage and Confidence | |||||
| Anthem | "Lions of the Rann" | ||||
| Capital | Bhuj and Baroda (dual) | ||||
| Largest city | Ahmedabad | ||||
| Other cities | Porbandar, Surat, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Junagadh | ||||
| Language official |
Gujarati | ||||
| others | Marathi and Hindi | ||||
| Religion main |
Hinduism, Islam and Jainism | ||||
| others | Buddhism, Sikhism and Atheism | ||||
| Ethnic Groups main |
Gujarati | ||||
| others | Marathi, Parsi and Siddi | ||||
| Demonym | Gujarati | ||||
| Government | Absolute Elective Monarchy | ||||
| Legislature | Ahmedabad Durbar | ||||
| Mirza Maharao | Pragmulji II of Kutch | ||||
| Dynasty: | Jadeja | ||||
| Established | 19th March 1861 | ||||
| Independence | from UK | ||||
| declared | 20th December 1858 | ||||
| Currency | Rupaiah | ||||
The Kingdom of Gujarat is a sovereign state located in Southern Asia.
Government[]
Gujarat is an absolute elective monarchy, with the Mirza Maharao of Kutch and Maharaja of Baroda ruling their own constituent states and with one of them also ruling the whole nation.
The rest of the rulers all elect the Maharaja/Mirza Maharao of Gujarat after the death (or abdication) of the ruling monarch.
Ethnic Groups[]
Gujarat is a diverse nation of many ethnicity.
Gujaratis[]
The Gujaratis are an Indo-Aryan ethnicity.Gujaratis are mostly Hindus,but there are also Muslim,Jain,and Christian minorities.
The main Muslim Gujarati minorities are Memons, Dawoodi Bohras, Khoja and Badala while Dhed, Mochi, Brahmins, Rajputs, Banias, Kolis, and most others are Hindus.
Portuguese travelers have described the Gujaratis as kind-hearted and naive, and say they were deprived of their kingdom by Hindustan due to their kind-heartedness.
A Portuguese painting depicting the Kingdom of Cambay (Khambat)
Parsis[]
The Parsis are a Zoroastrian ethnic community who arrived in Gujarat from Persia in the 8th century,fleeing Arab and Muslim persecutors.
Thanks to the Mughals and British,they have become a successful business community,even after the war got rid of the British.