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Adolescent is the period between childhood and adulthood. Menarche is an unforgettable and significant event in girls. The menarcheal timing is associated with the health of the adolescent girls. The aim of this study was to study the behavioural changes during menarche among school going adolescent girls of Porbandar district. The study was performed in different schools of Porbandar. The inclusion criterion was adolescent girls who underwent menarche. Questionnaire was used as research tool to collect data. Purposive random sampling was used to select the girls for this research study. Among the 250 girls the highest percentage of 80% (200) was in normal age of reaching menarche. 44% of late menarching girls experienced weight gain when compared to early and normal menarching girls. Maximum percentage (68.29%) of girls who experienced moodiness was early menarching girls. highest percentage of 85.4% of girls from normal menarching group had an attraction towards opposite sex. Highest percentage of 90.2% was noted among early menarching girls who were interested in watching romantic films. Awakening the girls and parents with right information on menstruation will lessen the behavioural issues and assist the girls to keep in mind that menstruation as a normal physiological process of the body.