Amarjit Singh

The writer, former health commissioner, Gujarat, is chairman, Gujarat RERA

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Know Your City | Travels and adventures of Turkish admiral Sidi Ali Bin Husain in 16th-century GujaratSubscriber Only

April 06,2025 13:25:39 PM

It was after his ambitious policy brought him into conflict with the Portuguese that the Turkish sultan turned towards Sidi Ali Bin Husain—who was part of the fleet that defeated the combined forces of the Papacy and Venice in 1538.

Sun, Apr 06, 2025

The story of Portuguese efforts to control the Indian Ocean trade, their struggle with the Gujarat Sultanate, and the strategic significance of Diu in the early 16th century, Gujarati

Know Your City: How ‘Georgian Gujarati’ Governor Malek Ayaz defended Diu against the PortugueseSubscriber Only

March 09,2025 16:49:03 PM

Malek Ayaz managed to stall a Portuguese fortress in Diu, for as long as he was governor of Diu. The fort would be built only in 1535-1536, long after his demise in 1522.

Sun, Mar 09, 2025

Know Your City: Gujarat under Sultan Mahmud Begada, through the eyes of Portuguese writer Duarte BarbosaSubscriber Only

March 02,2025 13:12:16 PM

Duarte Barbosa lived in South India from 1501 to 1517 and visited Gujarat in 1515. His descriptions of the cities and ports of Gujarat, along with the enterprising merchants and shipowners are enlightening.

Sun, Mar 02, 2025

Know Your City: Gujarati tycoon who financed East India Company, gifted Arab horses to Shah JahanSubscriber Only

February 16,2025 11:17:43 AM

Virji Vora dealt with various goods, including opium, bullion, coral, cotton, pepper, ivory, and lead, and held a monopoly over many of these products.

Sun, Feb 16, 2025

Know Your City: How Portuguese saved Daman from the MughalsSubscriber Only

February 02,2025 13:01:01 PM

Strategic manoeuvres and naval battles thwarted Mughal ambitions in coastal India.

Sun, Feb 02, 2025

The Treaty of Bassein and how Portuguese took control of GujaratSubscriber Only

December 15,2024 04:35:35 AM

The earlier references to the contact of Portuguese with Bombay prior to its acquisition are from the years 1509 and 1517. It is not however, till 1529 February that we find a specially interesting episode recorded in the Portuguese Chronicles.

Sun, Dec 15, 2024

Know Your City: How Maratha Queen Tarabai fought Mughals and resisted Peshwas’ conquest of GujaratSubscriber Only

November 10,2024 17:34:04 PM

Queen Tarabai was the wife of Rajaram I, the third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, and the daughter of Hambi Rao Mohite, the commander-in-chief of Shivaji's army.

Sun, Nov 10, 2024

Know Your City: 17th-century Gujarat through eyes of an Italian travellerSubscriber Only

November 03,2024 11:28:37 AM

Pietro Della Valle visited Gujarat in 1623, during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir.

Sun, Nov 03, 2024

My interaction with the public-spirited Mr Ratan TataSubscriber Only

October 10,2024 10:54:14 AM

"We have lost an inspirational icon and a great son of India. I feel a deep personal sense of grief."

Thu, Oct 10, 2024

Know Your City: Ahmedabad’s first nagar sheth Shanti Das Jawahari, the inimitable Jain magnateSubscriber Only

February 25,2024 09:41:00 AM

Shanti Das was the first Nagar Sheth of Ahmedabad, similar to the current position of mayor, and this title was handed down to his family.

Sun, Feb 25, 2024

Why we need to address uncorrected refractive errors in childrenSubscriber Only

September 09,2022 04:00:23 AM

Amarjit Singh writes: Schools appear to be the best forum for implanting health education for children and for early detection of ocular morbidities. Well-trained teachers, appropriately backed by optometrists as well as ophthalmologists, could make a major difference to the malaise

Fri, Sep 09, 2022