Rajkot
Rajkot district is one of the 33 districts of the Indian state of Gujarat. Located in Saurashtra peninsula, Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of India with 3,800,000 residents
- Description: district of Gujarat, India
- Also known as: “Rajkot district”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watson Museum and Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot.
Watson Museum
Museum
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The Watson Museum, considered to be one of the best among the seven such museums located across Saurashtra and managed by the Gujarat state Government, it has collections of precious objects from the princely State of Rajkot founded by the Jadeja Rajputs. Watson Museum is situated 5 km southwest of Rajkot.
Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot
Museum
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Mahatma Gandhi Museum was formerly Alfred High School in Rajkot was one of the oldest educational institutions in India which was active for 164 years where Mahatma Gandhi studied for a few years. Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot is situated 5 km southwest of Rajkot.
Rajkot Airport
Aerodrome
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Rajkot Airport is a public airport serving the city of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India. It was the 4th busiest airport in Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara until all scheduled commercial operations were shifted to Rajkot International Airport on 10 September 2023. Rajkot Airport is situated 6 km southwest of Rajkot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rajkot.
Rajkot
Photo: Trinidade, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rajkot is a city in the state of Gujarat in Western India. Rajkot rather appeals to spiritual tastes. As in Ahmedabad, many ashrams, that offers the teachings of yoga and meditative retreat, are located in the city and its surroundings, amidst forested hills and beautiful lakes.
Rajkot
- Location: Gujarat, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Rajkot” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “distritu de Rajkot”
- Asturian: “Rajkot (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Rajkot”
- Basque: “Rajkot barrutia”
- Bengali: “রাজকোট জেলা”
- Bhojpuri: “राजकोट जिला”
- Bulgarian: “Раджкот”
- Cebuano: “Rājkot”
- Chinese: “Rajkot”
- Chinese: “拉傑果德縣”
- Chinese: “拉杰果德县”
- Dutch: “Rajkot”
- Egyptian Arabic: “راچكوت ديستريكت”
- Finnish: “Rajkotin piirikunta”
- French: “district de Rajkot”
- French: “District de Rajkot”
- German: “Distrikt Rajkot”
- German: “Rajkot”
- Gujarati: “રાજકોટ જિલ્લો”
- Gujarati: “રાજકોટ જીલ્લો”
- Hindi: “राजकोट जिला”
- Italian: “distretto di Rajkot”
- Italian: “Distretto di Rajkot”
- Malayalam: “രാജ്കോട്ട് ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “राजकोट जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rajkot”
- Mingrelian: “რაჯკოტიშ ოლქი”
- Nepali: “राजकोट जिल्ला”
- Newari: “राजकोट जिल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rajkot”
- Norwegian: “Rajkot”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de Rajkot”
- Persian: “بخش راجکوت”
- Russian: “Раджкот”
- Sanskrit: “राजकोटमण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱠᱚᱴ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Slovenian: “Distrikt Radžkot”
- Slovenian: “Radžkot”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Rajkot”
- Tamil: “ராஜ்கோட் மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “రాజకోట్ జిల్లా”
- Telugu: “రాజ్కోట్ జిల్లా”
- Urdu: “راج کوٹ ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Rajkot”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع راجکوٹ”
- “राजकोट जिला”
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Notable Places Nearby
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