In 1960, the old Bombay state was split into Maharashtra and Gujarat, with Ahmedabad as the first capital of Gujarat. Gandhinagar was planned to be the new capital of Gujarat, and the capital was moved there in 1970. It is named after Mahatma Gandhi, who was born in Porbandar in Gujarat. The new city, developed 25 km north of Ahmedabad is located on the bank of river Sabarmati. The site is well connected by express ways with the Ahmedabad-Delhi National Highway No.8. Ahmedabad-Ajmer State Highway and with Ahmedabad Airport. It is also connected by railway line by extension of a broad ...

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During the 2002 Gujarat violence,as the rumour spread that muslims had burnt a train couch carrying devotees from ayodhya( this case is still pending in the courts as who started the fire) thousands of innocent Muslims, including many women and children were killed and burnt alive as violence spilled into Gandhinagar. The police took active part in the voilence under political influence. On September 26, 2002, two gunmen entered the Hindu Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar and started firing indiscriminately at worshippers. After a 13-h ...

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Ahmedabad district is surrounded by Mehsana, Sabarkantha, and Gandhinagar districts to the north, Kheda district to the east, the Gulf of Cambay and Bhavnagar district to the south, and Surendranagar district to the west. Its headquarters is the city of Ahmedabad. Maninagar Navrangpura Naroda Other related archivesAhmedabad, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Gulf of Cambay, Kheda, Maninagar, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Surendranagar

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Ahmedabad (અમદાવાદ in Gujarati) or Ahmadābād is the largest city in Gujarat and the 7th largest city in India with a population of 5 million. The city is also sometimes called Karnavati, an older name and as Amdavad in colloquial Gujarati. Ahmedabad is the administrative center of Ahmedabad District, and was the former capital of Gujarat State from 1960 to 1970, when Gandhinagar replaced it. The city was founded in the 15th century by Sultan Ahmed Shah on the Sabarmati river, and served as c ...

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Daman may mean: Daman and Diu, a formerly-Portuguese territory of India Daman, a philosopher of ancient Greece Daman District, Afghanistan Agartala • Aizawl • Bangalore • Bhopal • Bhubaneswar • Chandigarh • Chennai (Madras) • Daman • Dehradun • Delhi • Dispur • Gandhinagar • Gangtok • Hyderabad • Imphal • Itanagar • Jaipur • Kavaratti • Kohima • Kolkata (Calcutta) • Lucknow • Mumbai (Bombay) • Panaji • Patna • ...

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Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, usually abbreviated to DA-IICT, is an educational institution situated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is named after the Gujarati entrepreneur and Reliance group founder Dhirubhai Ambani. It is run by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation and is promoted by Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises. DA-IICT was established in 2001. Initially the institute offered only a Bachelor of Technology program in ICT (Information and Communication Technology), but it has now e ...

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Gujarat (Gu: ગુજરાત, De: गुजरात; Gujarāt, IPA [guɟra:t]; also spelled Gujrat and sometimes (incorrectly) Gujarath) is one of the Princely states of India, and it is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra. Its capital is Gandhinagar, a planned city close to Ahmedabad, the former state ...

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• Gujarat - Post Independence
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Aizawl is the capital city of the state of Mizoram in India. Aizawl(Pop:260,000), the capital city of Mizoram which lies at the southern side border, is a beautiful place that offers plenty of tourist attractions to tourists and habitants alike. The city is situated on top of a hill and its surrounding slopes and valleys. Besides its breathtaking beauty, Aizawl is the business centre and storehouse of all important Government offices, State assembly house and civil secretariat. It also enhouses different communities of Mizos wherein t ...

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Adyar or Adayar is a large locality in south Chennai (previously Madras). It is located on the southern banks of the Adyar river. It is bounded by the Buckingham Canal to the west, Tiruvanmiyur to the south, and Besant Nagar to the east. Adyar includes various sub-localities like Indiranagar, Kasturbanagar, Gandhinagar, Valmikinagar etc. Adyar is noted for housing the Theosophical Society, which provides a calm environment along the south bank of the river for quiet contemplation on comparative religion. The Elliot's bea ...

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Telephones - main lines in use: 44 million (September 2004) Source: Business Today, November 21, 2004 issue Telephones - mobile cellular: 45 million (September 2004) Source: Business Today, November 21, 2004 issue Cellphone teledensity up to 2.8% at the end of December 2003 up from 0.33% in 2000. Telephone system: The telecommunications system in India was thrown open to private players in the 1990s. The country is divided into multiple zones, called circles (roughly along state boundar ...

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The two-year programme in Information and Digital Design at NID is designed to help students develop both a breadth and depth of knowledge about fundamentals of Information and Digital Design (IDD). This programme is aimed at providing the students with adequate knowledge and training which will enable them to design effective and accessible products for a wide range of audience and media¡ªfrom print to digital, from education to Artificial Intelligence. Students will have document management skills to understand issues in the storage, acc ...

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National Institute of Design Gandhinagar, National Institute of Design Gandhinagar - New Media Design, National Institute of Design Gandhinagar - Software and User Interface Design, National Institute of Design Gandhinagar - Information and Digital Design, National Institute of Design Gandhinagar - Work at NID - Gandhinagar

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The New Media Design programme is offered as a two year post graduate diploma programme to those who have a bachelors degree in specific disciplines and have basic competence with multimedia software and convergent technologies. Though we dont know what we do! The programme aims at developing dynamic New Media producers who understand and are conversant with the process of creating and distributing media content electronically, be it a CD-ROM, website, kiosk etc. They will have the knowledge of all aspects of production and business, including legal issues such as intellectual proper ...

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The New Media Design programme is offered as a two year post graduate diploma programme to those who have a bachelors degree in specific disciplines and have basic competence with multimedia software and convergent technologies. Though we don't know what we do! The programme aims at developing dynamic New Media producers who understand and are conversant with the process of creating and distributing media content electronically, be it a CD-ROM, website, kiosk etc. They will have the knowledge of all aspects of production and business, including legal issues such as intellectual proper ...

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Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is a broad area of concern in the software engineering discipline. The maturing area of user interface design within the HCI arena touches upon and incorporates concepts from human factors engineering, industrial design, product usability and assessment, cognitive and social psychology and education technology. User Interface Design refers to the methods and devices that are used to accommodate interaction between machines/computers and the human beings who use them. User interfaces can take on many fo ...

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The administrative headquarters of the district is Himmatnagar, about 80 km from Ahmedabad. Sabarkantha District has a population of over 2 million in its 7,390 km² area. Sabarkantha District is bounded by Rajasthan state to the northeast, Banaskantha and Mehsana districts to the west, Gandhinagar and Kheda districts to the south and Panchmahal District to the east. To view Sabarkantha map Click Here ...

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The airport consists of the International Terminal and the Domestic Terminals. These terminals use the same airside facilities but are physically separated on the landside, requiring a 5 minute drive between them. The airport has 1 runway designated 05/23 (2743 mts/8999 ft). ...

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The places of interest in Ahmedabad include the Kankaria Lake, Law Garden, Jama Masjid, Sidi Saiyad's Mosque, Rani ni Vav, Adalaj Stepwell, Sidi Bashirs mosque(Shaking minarets), Bhadra Fort and Teen Darwaja, Sabarmati Ashram, Shahi Bag, Hussain-Doshi's Gufa, and the IMAX theater. Kankaria is an artificial lake, developed by Qutub-Ud-Din in 1451. It also has an aquarium and zoo. In the middle of the lake is an island palace, built during the Mughal period. It is now a local picnic spot. A new lake has also been opened recently in Vastrapur area, and it is expected to get lots of visitors. Gandhiji's Sabarmati Ashra ...

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Bhubaneswar has excellent air and rail linkages with most major cities in the country. Bhubaneswar - Air. Bhubaneswar is connected to the cities of Calcutta, Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, and Raipur through regular flights. Biju Patnaik Airport in Bhubaneswar is the only major airport in the state. Bhubaneswar - Rail. Bhubaneswar is directly connected by rail with Kolkata, Puri, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Tirupati, an ...

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On the day of Ashokashtami in the month of March, the image of Lingaraja (Lord Shiva) and other deities are taken in a procession from Lingaraja Temple to the Rameshwara Temple. Hundreds of devotees participate in pulling the chariot that carries the deities. The deities remain in the Rameshwara Temple for four days. At the end of January comes Adivasi Mela, a fair that displays the art, artifacts, tradition, culture, and music of the tribal folks of Orissa. Other festivals of importance are D ...

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