Bhavnagar is situated 198 km from the state capital Gandhinagar and to the west of the Gulf of Khambhat. It has always been an important city for trade with many large and small scale industries along with the world's largest ship breaking yard, Alang located 50 km away. Bhavnagar is also famous for Popular Gujarati snacks 'Ganthiya'.
Industrial development in Bhavnagar district could be attributed to the presence of a large number of diamond cutting and polishing units, salt and marine chemicals, plastics, shipbuilding, and ship-breaking industries. Bhavnagar is an important center for the diamond cutting and polishing industry in Gujarat as well as India. Thousands of skilled diamond-polishing workers are employed in diamond-cutting and polishing firms, whose subsidiary offices are involved in cities like Surat, Mumbai, and Antwerp.
Bhavnagar is the largest producer of salt,] with 34,500 tons of salt being produced annually in the district. The Alang ship breaking yard is the biggest in the world, recycling about 50% of the salvaged ships of the world. This has also helped develop supporting industries, such as oxygen bottling plants, re-rolling mills, and induction furnaces. Bhavnagar manufactures fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) boats and steel vessels at the shipbuilding facility of Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd. The prominent industries located in Bhavnagar are Alcock Ashdown (Government of Gujarat undertaking), Tamboli Castings Limited, Excel, SteelCast Bhavnagar, Investment & Precision Castings, Elite Chemicals and Sound Build Care Pvt Ltd. Ruvapari Road and Nari Road are areas where most industries are clustered. Bhavnagar has about 150 units manufacturing plastic monofilaments, and more than 400 units manufacturing plastic cloth, twine, ropes, films, and multifilament yarn.
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=> Commerce
* exports of cotton, ship machinery and dehydrated onions
* diamond cutting, polishing, and marketing
* manufacture of diamond jewellery
* manufacture of plastic rope, yarn, twine
* re-rolling mills for steel recovered from the ship-breaking yard at Alang
* manufacture of investment castings with lost wax process (ferrous and non-ferrous)
* other large-scale manufacturing industries, such as fertiliser, soda-ash, steel casting, etc.
=> Notable personalities
* Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji
* Narsinh Mehta
* Gangasati
* Kavi Kant
* Nanabhai Bhatt (Lokbharti)
* Gijubhai Badheka
* Jhaverchand Meghani
* Ravishankar Raval
* Manubhai Pancholi
* Prahlad Parekh and Krishnalal Shridharani
* Kismat Qureshi, Nazir Dekhaiya, Barkat Virani
* Dula Bhaya Kag
* Morari Bapu
* Parthiv Gohil
* Somalal Shah
* Mulshankar Bhatt–
* Ambashankar Bhatt
* Kanti Bhatt
* Harbhai Trivedi
* Jitu Vaghani
* Shaktisinh Gohil
* Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)
* Chirag Jani
* Vijay Bhatt
* Apara Mehta
* Asha Parekh
=> Tourism Place
* Takhteshwar Temple
* Nilambag Palace
* Mangalsinhji Mahal Palace
* Bhav Vilas Palace
* Gaurishankar Lake
* Victoria Park
* \Barton Library
* Ganga Deri
* Malnath Mahadev Temple
* Himalaya Mall
Pin Code : 364001
Ahemdabad Std Code : 278
Ahemdabad Rto Code : Gj-4
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Bhavnagar is the largest producer of salt,] with 34,500 tons of salt being produced annually in the district. The Alang ship breaking yard is the biggest in the world, recycling about 50% of the salvaged ships of the world. This has also helped develop supporting industries, such as oxygen bottling plants, re-rolling mills, and induction furnaces. Bhavnagar manufactures fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) boats and steel vessels at the shipbuilding facility of Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd. The prominent industries located in Bhavnagar are Alcock Ashdown (Government of Gujarat undertaking), Tamboli Castings Limited, Excel, SteelCast Bhavnagar, Investment & Precision Castings, Elite Chemicals and Sound Build Care Pvt Ltd. Ruvapari Road and Nari Road are areas where most industries are clustered. Bhavnagar has about 150 units manufacturing plastic monofilaments, and more than 400 units manufacturing plastic cloth, twine, ropes, films, and multifilament yarn.
=> Map
=> Commerce
* exports of cotton, ship machinery and dehydrated onions
* diamond cutting, polishing, and marketing
* manufacture of diamond jewellery
* manufacture of plastic rope, yarn, twine
* re-rolling mills for steel recovered from the ship-breaking yard at Alang
* manufacture of investment castings with lost wax process (ferrous and non-ferrous)
* other large-scale manufacturing industries, such as fertiliser, soda-ash, steel casting, etc.
=> Notable personalities
* Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji
* Narsinh Mehta
* Gangasati
* Kavi Kant
* Nanabhai Bhatt (Lokbharti)
* Gijubhai Badheka
* Jhaverchand Meghani
* Ravishankar Raval
* Manubhai Pancholi
* Prahlad Parekh and Krishnalal Shridharani
* Kismat Qureshi, Nazir Dekhaiya, Barkat Virani
* Dula Bhaya Kag
* Morari Bapu
* Parthiv Gohil
* Somalal Shah
* Mulshankar Bhatt–
* Ambashankar Bhatt
* Kanti Bhatt
* Harbhai Trivedi
* Jitu Vaghani
* Shaktisinh Gohil
* Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)
* Chirag Jani
* Vijay Bhatt
* Apara Mehta
* Asha Parekh
=> Tourism Place
* Takhteshwar Temple
* Nilambag Palace
* Mangalsinhji Mahal Palace
* Bhav Vilas Palace
* Gaurishankar Lake
* Victoria Park
* \Barton Library
* Ganga Deri
* Malnath Mahadev Temple
* Himalaya Mall
Pin Code : 364001
Ahemdabad Std Code : 278
Ahemdabad Rto Code : Gj-4
Nice to see interesting information about Bhavnagar.
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Khodiyar Temple
Takhteshwar Mahadev Temple
nice info.
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