Background
He was born into a family of Vadnagara Nagar Brahmins from Ghogha near Bhavnagar.
He was born into a family of Vadnagara Nagar Brahmins from Ghogha near Bhavnagar.
He was very well known and well respected for his keen statesmanship. He rose from being a revenue officer to be state minister in 1847. On the death of the reigning chief, in 1870, he was appointed joint administrator in concert with a British official
During his tenure many improvements were introduced.
The Gowrishankar Waterworks was completed in Bhavnagar, on which six lakhs of rupees were spent. The Bhaunagar state began construction of a network of railway lines over the peninsula of Kathiawar.
The British government acknowledged Gowrishankar"s many services with the distinction of Order of the Star of India in 1877.