Sources: Times of India
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members crashes into a residential area shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, India. Authorities find one survivor from the plane, and 204 bodies have been recovered from the crash site so far. 2025-06-12
At least six people including three children died and 176 people were injured from cuts and falls while flying kites during Uttarayan festival in Gujarat. Some bled to death as revellers used sharp strings that entangled around the necks. 2023-01-16
Gujarat reports its first case of the Omicron BA.5 variant in a person who traveled to South Africa. 2022-05-24
Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga makes landfall south of Mumbai. This is the first time a tropical cyclone has targeted the megacity since 1891. About 100,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in the western Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, areas already hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-06-3
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the Statue of Unity, which depicts the first Deputy Prime Minister of India, first Home Minister of India and recipient of the highest civilian award of the Republic of India, the Bharat Ratna, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The statue is located near the Narmada Dam in the Indian state of Gujarat. At 182 metres, it is the world’s tallest statue. 2018-10-31
The Indian state of Gujarat seeks the death penalty for ten people involved in the Naroda Patiya massacre in 2002 including former minister Maya Kodnani who had been earlier sentenced to prison sentences. 2013-04-17
Voters in the Indian state of Gujarat go to the polls for a state election. 2012-12-17
A special Gujarat state court charges 32 people with murder, including Maya Kodnani, later a minister in the Narendra Modi government, for their parts in the riots that led to the killing of 95 people in the Patia neighborhood of Naroda, India. 2012-08-29
An investigation finds no evidence against the chief minister of Gujarat, India over deadly riots in the state in 2002. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-288307-indian-probe-clears-gujurat-leader-over-2002-riots ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2012-04-10
Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, orders an inquiry into the death of six people at a stampede at the Bhavnath Hindu temple in the Junagadh district over the weekend. 2012-02-20