Ahmedabad (ind)

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad ranks 1,782nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Corinth, Stara Zagora, and San Bernardino, California. Memorable people born in Ahmedabad include Vikram Sarabhai, Ela Bhatt, and Gautam Adani. Memorable people who died in Ahmedabad include Vijay Rupani, Ela Bhatt, and B. V. Doshi. Ahmedabad has been the birth place of many actors, and physicists and the death place of many politicians, and social activists. Ahmedabad is located in India.

Ahmedabad, also spelled Amdavad, is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 makes it the fifth-most populous city in India, and the encompassing urban agglomeration population was estimated at 8,854,444 is the seventh-most populous in India. Ahmedabad is located near the banks of the Sabarmati River, 25 km (16 mi) from the capital of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, also known as its twin city. Read more on Wikipedia