History List of districts of Gujarat

1 history

1.1 1960
1.2 1964
1.3 1966
1.4 1997
1.5 2000
1.6 2007
1.7 2013

history
1960

gujarat state created on 1 may 1960 out of 17 northern districts of bombay state when split on linguistic basis (also creating marathi speaking maharashtra).

they follow : ahmedabad, amreli, banaskantha, bharuch, bhavnagar, dang, jamnagar, junagadh, kheda, kachchh, mehsana, panchmahal, rajkot, sabarkantha, surat, surendranagar , vadodara.

1964

in 1964 gandhinagar formed parts of ahmedabad , mehsana

1966

in 1966 valsad split surat.

1997

on 2 october 1997, 5 new districts created:

anand split kheda;
dahod split panchmahal;
narmada split bharuch , parts of vadodara;
navsari split valsad;
porbandar split junagadh.

2000

in 2000 patan district formed parts of banaskantha , mehsana.

2007

on 2 october 2007, tapi split surat, state s 26th district.

2013

on 15 august 2013, 7 new districts created:

aravalli split sabarkantha.
botad created parts of ahmedabad , bhavanagar districts.
chhota udaipur split vadodara district.
devbhoomi dwarka split jamnagar.
mahisagar created parts of kheda , panchmahal;
morbi created parts of rajkot, surendranagar , jamnagar districts.
gir somnath split junagadh.




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