Ahmedabad is the largest city of Gujarat with the population of 51 lakhs.The city is
located to the East of Sabarmati.It was the capital of Gujarat from 1960 to 1970; the capital was shifted to Gandhinagar thereafter.

HISTORY OF AHMEDABAD

According to the datas of archaeological records , the area around Ahmedabad has been inhabited since the 11th century, when it was known as Ashapalli or Ashaval. At that time, Karandev I, the Solanki ruler of Anhilwara (modern Patan), waged a successful war against the Bhil king of Ashaval. Soon after the victory, he established a city called Karnavati on the banks of the Sabarmati at the site of modern Ahmedabad..In 1411 Sultan Ahmed Shah conquered Karnavati,and therefore the city’s name was changed from Karnavati to Ahemdabad.

The city was fortified with an outer wall 10 km (6 miles) in circumference and consisting of twelve gates, Shahjahan constructed the Moti Shahi Mahal in Shahibaug.A famine in 1630 and the constant conflicts between the Peshwa and the Gaekwad armies virtually destroyed many parts of the city, causing its population to flee.Mahatama Gandhi established two ashrams- the the Kochrab Ashram near Paldi in 1915 and the Satyagraha Ashram on the banks of the Sabarmati in 1917.

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