HISTORIC CITY OF AHMADABAD

• Historic City of Ahmadabad

The walled city of Ahmadabad,founded by sultan Ahmad Shah in the 15 century,on the eastern bank of the Sabramati river,presents a rich architectural heritage from sultanate period, notably the Bhadra citadel, the walls and the gates of the Fort city and numerous mosques and tombs as well as important Hindu and Jain temples of later periods.The urban fabric is made up of densely-packed traditional houses(pols) in gated traditional streets(puras) with characteristic features such as bird feeders,public wells and religious institutions.It remained the capital of the Gujarat sultanate and commercial centre of  Gujarat.Today despite having become extremely crowded and dilapidated  it still serves as the symbolic heart of metropolitan Ahmedabad.It was inscribed as the World Heritage City by UNESCO in july 2017.In the eleventh century Karna of chaulakya dynasty ruling from Ahilwad Patan made the town his capital and named it Karnavati or Shrinagar and Rajnagar.Ahmed Shah 1 laid the foundation of Bhadra Fort starting from Manek Burj,the first bastion of the city in 1411 which was completed in 1413.He also established the first square of the city,Manek Chowk,both associated with the legend of Hindu saint Maneknath.His Gujarat Sultanate ruled from the city until 1884.His grandson  Mahmud Begada transfer ed capital from Ahmadabad to Muhammadabad from 1484 to 1535 but carried out second fortification of the city.Later Ahmadabad again became capital of sultanate until it fell to Mughals in 1573.During Mughal rule Bhadra Fort served as the seat of Governor of Gujarat.