MOST IMORTANT MATERIAL OF AMC CLERK EXAM

 HISTORY OF AHEMEDABAD 

Sultan Ahmad Shah Establishment  in 1411 AD, Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, has grown into one of the most important modern cities of India. Straddling the Sabarmati river, this prosperous city of six million is a delight for archeologists, anthropologists, architects, histsorians, sociologists, traders, bargain hunters, and plain tourists. 17th  July 2017, the Historic City of Ahmedabad or Old Ahmedabad, was declared as India's first UNESCO World Heritage City.

LOCATION


The city was the capital of the Gujarat  before 1970 and is now the administrative center of Ahmedabad district. It is the seventh largest agglomeration in India, located at the banks of the river Sabarmati and is also called Amdavad.Ahmedabad is the seventh largest city in India and is called the first largest city of Gujarat and Manchester of Gujarat.


An exciting combination of traditions and modernism, Ahmedabad captures all visitors with its diversity of places, religious and ethnic communities. Ahmedabad has emerged as an important economic and industrial hub in India. It is the second-largest producer of cotton in India, and its stock exchange is the country's second oldest. Cricket is a popular sport in Ahmedabad, which houses the 54,000-seat Sardar Patel Stadium.

The effects of liberalisation of the Indian economy have energised the city's economy towards tertiary sector activities such as commerce, communication and construction. It is interesting to see how Indian atmosphere mix with the colonial British influence, how Hinduism, the world's oldest existing religion develops in the globalizing world.



SMART CITY

Ahmedabad has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under Government of India's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

Ahmedabad's increasing population has resulted in an increase in the construction and housing industries resulting in recent development of skyscrapers.




CULTURE

In Ahmedabad, people of all faiths maintain their own culture and live together. Unity in diversity is the supreme principle of our India and in Ahmedabad winning on that principle, our culture is seen.In Ahmedabad, on the principle that the winner unity is found in our culture



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