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Ahmedabad was founded by Sultan Ahmed Shah on the 26th of February 1411, when he laid the city's foundation at Manek Burj on the banks of the Sabarmati River. He formally chose the site as his new capital on the 4th of March 1411 and named the city after himself.
Ahmedabad earned the nickname 'Manchester of India' because of its dominant textile industry. The first Indian-owned textile mill was founded there on the 30th of May 1861, and by 1905 the city had around 33 mills. It remains the second-largest cotton textile centre in India after Mumbai and the largest in Gujarat.
The Narendra Modi Stadium, also known as Motera Stadium, is the largest cricket stadium in the world, with a seating capacity of 132,000. Originally built in 1982 as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, it has hosted Cricket World Cup matches in 1987, 1996, 2011, and 2023, including the 2023 final.
Mahatma Gandhi established two ashrams in Ahmedabad: the Kochrab Ashram near Paldi in 1915 and the Satyagraha Ashram on the banks of the Sabarmati in 1917, later known as Sabarmati Ashram. He set off from the Sabarmati Ashram in 1930 on the Dandi March, launching the Salt Satyagraha, and also founded Gujarat Vidyapith in the city in 1920.
Old Ahmedabad was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2017, making it the first Indian city to receive this designation. The historic core was recognised for its pol system of clustered housing, Indo-Saracenic architecture, and centuries-old urban structure.
The Slum Networking Project, known as Parivartan, was launched in 1995 by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in partnership with civil society organisations. It improved basic services including water, sewerage, roads, and electricity in 60 slums benefiting approximately 13,000 households, and received the 2006 UN-Habitat Dubai International Award for Best Practice.