Bhavnagar University is located in Bhavnagar city in the western province of Gujarat, India. Bhavnagar city was established by Bhavsinhji 1st in 1723.Its a city where Rashtrpita Mahatma Gandhi once studied in its Sameldas Arts College in 1888. Bhavnagar was the first princely state to merge with the Union of India at the time of independence in 1947 by Maharaja Krishakumar Sinhji Raol. Bhavnagar University came into being in 24th May 1979.Its land-estate area is 198.29 Acres.The university provides high quality of Teaching and Research Programs in Arts, Commerce,Science,Engineering, Medicine, Management, Rural Studies and Law Faculties. The University has at present 22 Departments,18 P.G.Centres and 4 Recognized Institutes and Research Centres.63 Colleges affiliated to university belong to Arts,Science,Commerce,Law,Education,Engineering,Management,Rural and Medical disciplines. Twenty two Post Graduate Courses are run by some of the Colleges which are affiliated to Bhavnagar University. A recent break through in field of optical science was achieved by scientist Rasbindu Mehta of Bhavnagar university is to trap light. This is first time somebody as done something like this.