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Vol. XIX, 1994-1995
RECENT RESEARCH IN... Period was prepared by this author and published by Forbes Gujarati Sabha, Bombay in 1981. It contains 173 inscriptions of the Mughal Period. Prof. Thomas Parmar made an architectoral survey of the Hindu and Jaina temples built in Gujarat during the Mughal Period (1990).
The history of the Maratha Period (1757-1817 A.D.) prepared by Prof. M.S. Commissariat as his History of Gujarat, Vol.III is published by Gujarat Vidya Sabha in 1980.
The British Period (1818-1947 A.D.) characterised by the dominant impact of the Western culture, the rise and growth of nationalism, the leadership of Gandhiji and the wide-spread impact of his ideology on the life and culture of the people belongs to modern Gujarat. An outline survey of modern Gujarat was made by Shri H.T. Parekh in his 'Arvāchina Gujarātnum Rekhā-darśana' published in three parts during 1935-37, which is now edited by his son Dr.M.H. Parekh and re-printed in one volume by the Gujarat Vidya Sabha. An outline survey of the political and administrative movements in Gujarat from 1915 to 1960 was made in the Souvenir of the 66th session of Indian National Congress held at Bhavanagar in 1961, i.e., just after the emergence of the Gujarat State in 1960. A number of monographs are published on the different local Satyāgrahas that took place in Gujarat during the Gandhian Period. Some research scholars also choose to study the various aspects of the contribution of Gujarat to the National Struggles for Independence.
Much impetus is given various academic activities after the attainment of Independence, especially after the emergence of the Gujarat State in 1960.
