Population: 132,000
Telephone Area Code: 02712 / Prefix 082 from
Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar named after Mahatma Gandhi, is the capital city of Gujarat.
Built on the river Sabarmati it is just 32km away from Ahmedabad.In 1960
when the old Bombay State was partitioned into Maharashtra and Gujarat,
the city of Bombay went to Maharashtra. It was then decided to construct a
new capital for Gujarat. Thus came into being Gandhinagar, the second
planned city in India after Chandigarh.The famous Swaminarayan temple of
is built here. |
