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Ahmedabad, India: see Ahmadabad Ahmadabad or Ahmedabad (both: ä'mədəbäd`), city (1991 pop. ..... Click the link for more information. . Ahmedabador AhmadabadCity (pop., 2001: metro. area, 4,525,013), Gujarat state, west-central India. It is located on the Sabarmati River 275 mi (440 km) north of Mumbai (Bombay). Founded in 1411 by Sultan Ahmad Shah, Ahmedabad reached its height later that century but subsequently declined. It was revived under Mughal emperors in the 17th century and came under British rule in 1818. With the opening of cotton mills in the mid-19th century, it became India's largest inland industrial centre. The city is associated with Indian nationalism; Mohandas K. Gandhi's political agitation began there in 1930. In 2001 the city was struck by a violent earthquake that took many lives. Ahmedabad, Ahmadabad a city in W India, in Gujarat: famous for its mosque. Pop.: 3 515 361 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Qatar Airways, which launched four-times-weekly Doha-Dar Es Salaam
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York JFK, Lagos, Ho Chi Minh City, Chennai, Ahmedabad and two
yet-to-be-announced cities in northern and/or eastern Europe. Providing services for blood collection, storage and research,
Prathama Blood Centre in Ahmedabad, regional capital of Gujarat,
attracted the jurors' attention as an example of a large and quite
complex building in the developing world. in architecture from CEPT in Ahmedabad, India
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