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== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Ahmedabad<br>
Variants: Ahmadabad<br>
adding a history section and adjusting other sections
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|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.179700,78.021400&z=15&t=h&hl=en 23.103144°N 72.692302°E]
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'''Ahmedabad''' (Ahmadabad in the ''Imperial Gazetteer'') was 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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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]]
