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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]|image=Huthi Singhs Tomb, Ahmedabad.jpg|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/place/23%C2%B001'48.0%22N+72%C2%B034'48.0%22E/@23.03,72.58,12z 23°01'48.0"N 72°34'48.0"E] |altitude= 53 m (174 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad Ahmedabad] |stateprovince= [[Gujarat]]|country= India|transport= [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]<br>[[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]]<br>[[Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway]]}}{{Places of Interest|title=Ahmadabad |name=Ahmadabad |link=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=211401480495186034184.0004bb843033139ce1ebf&msa=0&ll=23.06694,72.605724&spn=0.120032,0.150547}} '''Ahmadabad''', to the north-west of [[Baroda]], was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=5&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_101.gif Ahmadabad District] in Bombay Province during the British period. It was the second largest city in the [[Bombay (Presidency)|Presidency of Bombay]]. It is now the largest city in the state of Gujarat. There was a cantonment, located 3½ miles north of the city. == 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. ==Records==Family Search has a series of images [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2075198 "India, Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1854-2012"] with details in this [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) FamilySearch Research Wiki] page. Some of the records are in the Hindi and Gujarati languages, but there are some records in English, as evidenced by one of the [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/File:India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_DGS_7251285_3_Baptism.jpg sample records] shown. It is probable that most of the older records, where they exist, are in English. A further example is this [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-33888-41257-10?cc=2075198&wc=M9SD-BYL:n751932677 page of 1856 deaths at Ahmedabad]. ==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://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_114.gif Ahmadabad] Imperial Gazetteer===Historical books online===*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8Q0_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government: Volume V New Series: Report on the Collectorate of Ahmedabad''] by E G Fawcett 1854 Google Books.*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_1NDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Architecture at Ahmedabad, the Capital of Goozerat''] Text by Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope, James Fergusson. Photographed by Colonel Biggs, RA 1866 Google Books {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} [[Category:Locations]][[Category:BattlesCities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]]
