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It is unfortunate that for most people in India, history stops at 1947. Few school textbooks talk about the developments that took place after independence which made history. This Paper is a small attempt to analyze the developmental movements and many a time's obstacles that provided a platform for the rapid growth of Gujarat since its inception on 1st may 1960. Developmental movements like Green Revolution, Operation Flood, Industrialization and Infrastructural developments though tax concessions and incentives or Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor's Summit and Social developments has been due to several governmental, NGO and corporate initiatives in the field of education & health over the last 50 years. Along with developmental movements many a time's obstacles to rapid growth were created naturally in form of floods, storms, earthquakes and epidemics etc. While man made obstacles were created in form of political conflicts, Riots, and environmental degradation due to industrialization and urbanization. Though scars of the earthquake tragedy still linger and religious sentiments are not so good then also the Gujarati spirit remains indomitable. To put it in short, Gujarat represents a state of business both in the physical and mental form. Its strength lies in catching the ideas and converting them into business propositions. With these and several similar indicators, Gujarat is already regarded as the "Growth Engine of India". (JEL O10, O13, O14, O15, O18)