UNESCO declares Ahmedabad as world

heritage city – July 2017

Ahmedabad:

                            Ahmedabad, in western India, is the largest city in the state of Gujarat. The Sabarmati River runs through its center. On the western bank is the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati, which displays the spiritual leader’s living quarters and artifacts. Across the river, the Calico Museum of Textiles, once a cloth merchant’s mansion, has a significant collection of antique and modern fabrics.

UNESCO declares Ahmedabad as world heritage city – July 2017:

            Ahmedabad has been declared as India’s first world heritage city by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Ahmedabad city has been declared as a World Heritage City at the 41st session of UNESCO’s world heritage committee being held at Krakow in Poland. Nomination of Ahmedabad was supported by close to 20 countries, including Turkey, Lebanon, Tunisia, Portugal, Peru and Kazakhstan.

“Just inscribed as UNESCO world heritage site: Historic city of Ahmedabad #India”, UNESCO said in a tweet on Saturday.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and BJP president Amit Shah hailed the declaration of Ahmedabad as world heritage city by UNESCO, PTI reported.
Expressing delight at the announcement, Rupani said in a tweet, “Thrilled to learn that Ahmedabad has been recognised as UNESCO World heritage city, first of its kind in India”

“Delighted to know that UNESCO has declared Ahmedabad as World Heritage City. Proud moment for every Indian,” the BJP national president said in a tweet.
Ahmedabad was in the race for the prestigious title along with Delhi and Mumbai.

The walled city of Ahmedabad believed to be founded by Ahmed Shah some six hundred years earlier has 26 ASI-protected structures, hundreds of ‘pols’ that capture the essence of community living and numerous sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi who lived here from 1915 to 1930.

In 1984, the first study for conserving heritage structures was carried out in the city. A heritage cell was also set up by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).

The city had featured in UNESCO’s tentative list of world heritage cities on March 31, 2011.
Gujarat :

Chief Minister : Vijay Rupani

Governor:  Om Prakash Kohli

Capital: Gandhi Nagar 

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