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ahmadabad - Ahmadabad
ahmadabad - Chief city of Ahmadabad district, prov. of Bombay, India. On the Sabarmati river, 309 m. by rly. N. from Bombay, it is an important centre of the cotton industry, and also manufactures gold, silver, and silk thread, pottery, paper, and tin. A walled city, 2 sq. m. in area, it has some fine mosques, the architecture of which often displays a striking blend of Mahomedan and Hindu or Jain styles. Typical examples are the Jama Masjid or Great Mosque, with its decorated minarets, the Ivory Mosque, a marble building lined with ivory and inlaid with gems, and the Jain temple of Hathi Singh.
Founded in 1412, it was a city of great splendour under the Mogul emperors and capital of the Mahomedan kingdom of Gujarat. Captured by the British in 1780, it was restored to the Mahrattas, but reverted to Great Britain in 1818. Disturbances occurred here in April, 1919, when two government buildings were burned.
The district has an area of 3,815 sq. in. and produces cotton. Pop. of city, 591,267.
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