Ahmedabad Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in the state of Gujarat, India
About Ahmedabad
The City was built by Sultan Ahmed Shah, who conquered Gujarat and created a new city nearby, naming it Ahmedabad, after himself. The city was built in an open and spacious plain to the east of the Sabarmati River. It included a smaller known fort as Bhadra Fort. The city wall had twelve gates. The city gradually expanded in every direction, with well laid out beautiful buildings, lakes and mosques on both sides of the river. In 1753 the combined armies of Raghunath Rao and Damaji Gaekwad took the fort, ending Mughal rule in Ahmedabad. During the 64 years of rule by Gaekwad and Peshwa, the city became cleaner. In 1818 the British annexed Ahmedabad. During this period the municipality committee was founded and a railway link was established. The British restricted themselves to the cantonme
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