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#REDIRECT [[Ahmadabad]]
|presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|image=Huthi Singhs Tomb, Ahmedabad.jpg
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.179700,78.021400&z=15&t=h&hl=en 23.103144°N 72.692302°E] 
|altitude= 53 m (174 ft)
|presentname= Ahmedabad 
|stateprovince= [[Gujarat]]
|country= India
|transport= [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]<br>[[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]]<br>[[Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway]]
}}
 
'''Ahmedabad''' (Ahmadabad in the ''Imperial Gazetteer'') is the name of a city and district to the north-west of [[Baroda]]. It was the second largest city in the Presidency of Bombay.
 
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Ahmedabad<br>
Variants: Ahmadabad<br>
 
==History==
During the [[1st Maratha War]], General Goddard captured the city in the [[Battle of Ahmadabad]]. Subsequently restored to the Marathas, it again came under British rule in 1818.
 
==Transport==
Ahmedabad was the northern end of the original section of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] which ran south ''via'' [[Baroda]] to [[Surat]]. By 1905, two metre gauge branch lines also originated at Ahmedabad.
 
== External links ==
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Ahmedabad "Ahmedabad"] ''Love to Know 1911''<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad "Ahmedabad"] ''Wikipedia''.
 


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