Is Gandhinagar city or district?
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Is Gandhinagar city or district?
Gandhinagar district is an administrative division of Gujarat, India, whose headquarters are at Gandhinagar, the state capital. It was organized in 1964. It has an area of 649 km², and a population of 1,391,753 of which 35.02\% were urban (2001 census).
What Gandhinagar called?
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhinagar was named for Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement. Built to supplant Ahmadabad as capital, the city was begun in 1966. State government offices were transferred to Gandhinagar in 1970, and the city subsequently became a commercial and cultural centre in Gujarat.
What is real name of Ahmedabad?
Ahmedabad
| Ahmedabad Amdavad Karnavati | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Ahmedabad |
| Establishment | 1411 |
Is Gandhinagar satellite city of Ahmedabad?
B) Gandhinagar: Gandhinagar, Gujarat’s state capital, is a planned satellite city of Ahmedabad. Gandhinagar lies around 23 kilometres north of Ahmedabad, on the west-central point of the Industrial Corridor connecting Delhi, India’s political capital, with Mumbai, India’s financial capital.
Is Ahmedabad a district?
Ahmedabad District comprises the city of Ahmedabad, in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India. It is the seventh most populous district in India (out of 739).
Why Gandhinagar is capital of Gujarat instead of Ahmedabad?
Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mumbai, the financial capital of India….
| Gandhinagar | |
|---|---|
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Gandhinagar |
| Named for | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Government |
Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mumbai, the financial capital of India. The Akshardham temple is located in Gandhinagar.
Why Gujarat capital is Gandhinagar?
The new capital was named Gandhinagar for the purpose of maintaining a lasting memory of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
How many jilla are there in Gujarat?
33 districts
The western Indian state Gujarat has 33 districts after several splits of the original 17 districts at the formation of the state in 1960.