After a decade, the westernmost state of India got a new district at the beginning of 2025.

As Vav-Tharad becomes the 34th district of Gujarat, let's have a peek into the past when the state only had 17 districts.

With the formation of Gujarat on May 1, 1960, the state had 17 districts, including Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, the Dangs, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachchh, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar and Vadodara.

While Kutch was the largest district (area-wise), the Dangs was the smallest.

Over time, the existing districts were divided, and on January 1, 2025, the number of districts has doubled!

Timeline of new districts:

Before this, the division of a district to create a new one came in 2013, where seven districts were made – Aravalli, Botad, Chhotaudepur, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Mahisagar, Morbi, and Gir Somnath – under then Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

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Vav-Tharad is new district of Gujarat, becomes 34th district in state