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  Ahmadabad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmadabad or Ahmedabad is a city in India.
Ahmadabad is a Construction Material mine near the city of Delijan in Iran's Markazi province.
Ahmadabad is a small village associated with Gorikot, Northern Areas of Pakistan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmadabad   (177 words)

  
 The Ahmadabad Diamond
Ahmadabad, the capitol of the Indian state of Gujarat, is located 550 km north of Bombay, on the Sabarmati River.
The Ahmadabad is next reported to have belonged to the Begum, Hazrat Mahal, the wife King Wajid Ali Shah of Oudh, who had been exiled to Calcutta by the British after his refusal to sign a treaty of abdication at the time of the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
The Ahmadabad has been graded by the GIA as D-color, VS1 clarity and was accompanied by a working diagram indicating that the clarity is improvable.
famousdiamonds.tripod.com /ahmadabaddiamond.html   (788 words)

  
 Ahmadabad India, Sidi Sayyid Mosque is perhaps the best known monument in Ahmadabad, famed for its perforated windows ...
Ahmadabad India, Sidi Sayyid Mosque is perhaps the best known monument in Ahmadabad, famed for its perforated windows and stone screen-work.
Ahmadabad, named after its founder, was built beside the mighty Sabarmati river which flows from north to south.
Ahmadabad is well-connected to Bombay, Delhi and Bangalore by air, rail, and road.
www.4to40.com /discoverindia/places/index.asp?article=discoverindia_places_ahmadabad   (3034 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Ahmadabad, India (Indian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Ahmadabad or Ahmedabad[both: A´´mudubAd´] Pronunciation Key, city (1991 pop.
India's largest inland industrial center, Ahmadabad is noted for its cotton mills.
It was the temporary capital of the Gujarat state, from 1960 until 1970, when the capital was moved to Gandhinagar.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Ahmadaba.html   (278 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Almost 500 killed in 5 days of carnage in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) — Muslims in the western state of Gujarat were still too frightened to leave their homes or return to those they fled, fearing more attacks from Hindus after five days of mob violence that claimed another 14 lives Sunday.
In Ahmadabad, the city of 3.5 million that saw most of the bloodshed, a curfew was lifted in some neighborhoods but many Muslims were still too frightened to leave their homes or return to those they had fled.
Elsewhere in Ahmadabad, the staff and students of the Indian Institute of Management, one of India's most prestigious universities, held a peace rally Sunday that was disrupted by slogan-shouting Hindu activists who burned placards.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/03/02/india.htm   (923 words)

  
 AHMADABAD ENG
This mosque is situated at the centre of Ahmadabad, to the south of the main street Manik Chauk.
Compared to the other mosques in Ahmadabad, it is smaller, however, it is a mosque with a remarkable character, having oriels on the upper part and three high arches down below on the facade in the east, and minars at either side.
By a historical inscription held at the upper part of the central mihrab in the mosque, it is understood that these buildings were built by Rani Sipari, the mother of Abu Bakr Khan, who was the child of Sultan Mahmud Begarah, in 920 AH (1514) under the reign of sultan Muzaftar the 2nd.
www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp /~islamarc/WebPage1/htm_eng/ahmadaba-eng.htm   (1675 words)

  
 HeraldNet - India quake toll climbs to 16,000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
AHMADABAD, India - Frantic rescue teams dug through rubble with shovels and bare hands toSday as estimates of the death toll from India's massive earthquake Friday soared to at least 16,000, including several hundred schoolchildren feared killed as they marched in a parade.
In Ahmadabad, Gujarat's largest city, an estimated 7,000 people died in the quake, and local officials said they had recovered more than 3,000 bodies by Saturday night, the central government's crisis management team reported.
Ahmadabad, almost six centuries old, is India's second-largest industrial center and thrives on the textile trade.
www.heraldnet.com /stories/01/1/28/13402945.CFM   (769 words)

  
 Ahmedabad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Located on the Sabarmati River, Ahmadabad was founded in 1411 by the Muslim Sultan Ahmad Shah, ruler of Gujarat.
Ahmadabad became a part of the Mughal Empire in 1572 under Emperor Akbar.
The Jami Masjid and the mausoleum of Ahmad Shah are an adaptation of indigenous Hindu and Jain architecture; the Siddi Saiyad's Mosque is famous for its exquisite yellow stone latticework, the Rani Sipri's mosque is an elegant dedication to Sultan Mahmud Begara's Hindu wife.
www.archnet.org /library/places/one-place.tcl?place_id=1439&order_by=title&showdescription=1   (365 words)

  
 Ahmadabad - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ahmadabad cricket stadium to become security fortress for India-Pakistan match
Police impose curfew in three Ahmadabad suburbs in riot-torn Gujarat as Hindu-Muslims clash
Corbu in Ahmadabad: half a century after Le Corbusier built a villa for an Indian family, the house's architectural and artistic legacy is flourishing.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Ahmadaba.asp   (341 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Ahmadabad
In the western city of Ahmadabad, the destination of the express train, dozens of weeping people were waiting for word at the station...
The second point is that both in Bombay and in Ahmadabad some sort of a moral justification was sought to be given for state sponsored crimes.
AHMADABAD, India A 43-year-old woman in western India gave birth to her own grandchildren after she acted as the surrogate mother for her daughter's twins, doctors said yesterday.
news.surfwax.com /worldcities/files/Ahmadabad_India.html   (2298 words)

  
 Ahmadabad, Gujarat State, Pictures
An important industrial and commercial center, Ahmadabad is especially noted for the manufacture of cotton textiles.
Architecturally, Ahmadabad is one of the most magnificent cities of India.
Ahmadabad was the capital of Gujarat State from 1960 to 1970, when the state capital was transferred to Gandhinagar.
www.greatestcities.com /Asia/India/Gujarat_State/Ahmadabad_city.html   (204 words)

  
 Ahmadabad - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ahmadabad
It has many sacred buildings of the Hindu, Muslim, and Jain faiths, as well as buildings designed by 20th-century architects, such as Le Corbusier, reflecting commercial success.
Ahmadabad was founded in the reign of Ahmed Shah in 1412, and came under the control of the East India Company in 1818.
In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi marched to the sea from here to protest against the government salt monopoly; the city has remained a centre for Indian nationalism.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Ahmadabad   (215 words)

  
 Brigham Young University - Idaho Scroll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) — Two people were killed and 14 injured in renewed religious clashes in western India Monday, sparked by reports that 18 Muslims and Hindus had been killed the day before.
Several neighborhoods in Ahmadabad, the commercial hub of Gujarat, were under siege Monday as Hindu and Muslim mobs clashed and set homes and businesses on fire.
One man, a Muslim, was stabbed to death by a Hindu mob in the Karanj neighborhood of Ahmadabad, police said.
www.byui.edu /scroll/042302/01.html   (506 words)

  
 Ahmadabad Diamond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He purchased the Ahmadabad Diamond, which at the time had no name, and it is presumed that it was cut in Ahmadabad, the capitol of Gujarat; hence the name of the diamond.
However, he later had one of the flaws repaired; he described it as being “as thin as a sheet of thick paper.” There still remains one small flaw at the base of the diamond located on the culet facet.
Although the Ahmadabad Diamond has been missing for a while, it is believed that it may have been discovered in 1995 at a sale in Geneva.
www.woodberrydiamonds.com /ahmadabad_diamond.html   (240 words)

  
 Ahmadabad, India - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
AHMADABAD (India): Thousands of anti-Christian pamphlets have been mailed to or slipped under the doors of Hindu and Christian homes in western India, raising...
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - Thousands of anti-Christian pamphlets have been mailed to or slipped under the doors of Hindu and Christian homes in western India...
She said Edhi centres would be set up in Ahmadabad and other parts of India.
www.4newz.net /world/am/Ahmadabad.html   (698 words)

  
 Ahmadabad
This is one of the most important Muslim sites in Ahmadabad, containing a number of buildings dating from the fifteenth century.
Two columns supporting the SE portion of dome had collapsed due to the earthquake and it was evident that the earthquake had caused considerable movement of the columns supporting the roof around the dome; a few of these columns had cracked (figure 26).
This is situated near the Ellis Bridge and is one of the oldest mosques built in the early fifteenth century by Sultan Ahmadshh, the founder of Ahmadabad as a private mosque within the palace complex.
www.booth-seismic.co.uk /page15.html   (390 words)

  
 Red Cross Red Crescent - News
With a rescue effort coordinated by local communities, Indian authorities and the army, the Red Cross in Ahmadabad is concentrating on collecting much-needed blood supplies for the local hospitals.
Badi Lal municipal hospital in Ahmadabad is a distressing scene, with wards full of badly-injured people, but the hospital has mobilised all resources to cope with the influx of patients.
The Federation/Indian Red Cross has sent an assessment team to Ahmadabad and another is on its way to the isolated town of Bhuj, closest to the epicentre of the quake, to ascertain the humanitarian needs.
www.ifrc.org /docs/news/01/012701   (739 words)

  
 Pallets of relief supplies from the U.S. are unloaded at Ahmadabad, India.
Pallets of relief supplies from the U.S. are unloaded at Ahmadabad, India.
Pallets of humanitarian relief supplies from the U.S. are unloaded at Ahmadabad, India, on Feb. 3, 2001.
Tons of the much needed supply of blankets, tents, sleeping bags, and heavy equipment are being transported to Ahmadabad aboard U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to aid victims of the January 26th earthquake.
www.defenselink.mil /photos/Feb2001/010203-F-5772H-506.html   (71 words)

  
 Ahmadabad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The old city is located on the east bank of the Sabarmati river.
Ahmadabad was founded by Ahmad Shah I in 1411 near to the old Hindu own of Asaval which it replaced.
The Bhadra towers erected by Ahmad Shah to protect the citadel are the oldest surviving part of the city; however, most of the original fortifications have been destroyed.
www.archnet.org /library/dictionary/entry.tcl?entry_id=DIA0007   (108 words)

  
 Ahmadabad hotels, for discount hotels in Ahmadabad
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www.travel-hotels-asia.com /gujarat-hotels/ahmadabad-hotels-2.htm   (382 words)

  
 Gujarat cities changed into Hindu and Muslim localities, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 11
Ahmadabad: As a result of communal riots going on in Gujarat for the past ten weeks or so, many places in some cities, including Ahmadabad, have been changed into Hindu and Muslim ‘mohallas’.
In the same way Hindu cloth merchants and jewellers living and having their trade in Muslim majority areas of old Ahmadabad like Ratan Pol and Manak Chowk etc are trying various ways of keeping their religious identities a secret.
In Muslim majority areas of Ahmadabad, where even Gujarati speaking people avoid speaking in Gujarati and use words like ‘Ustad bhai’ and ‘apan’, Muslims avoid speaking in Hindi and speak in Gujarati in Hindu majority areas.
www.milligazette.com /Archives/01062002/0106200236.htm   (460 words)

  
 Hoppa - Everything in West India
Ahmadabad, Industry Sharp engineers offer upper traction machine unit, below traction machine unit, cauldron-125 machine unit, dumb waiter machine unit, auto door operator, microprocessor controller system, cop and lop doors, car clips, CWT rail and rail clips.
Ahmadabad, Textiles Industry Textile processing machinery like gas singeing machine, batch merceriser, open width bleaching, giant jigger, auto jigger, conveyor washer, stenter, shrinking range, relax air, float air dryer, loop polymeriser, hydro extractor.
Ahmadabad, Metal Manufacture of induction melting furnaces for melting frequency induction furnaces, ferrous, non ferrous foundries with capacity 15kgs to 15 tons, 10KW to 7000KW by Magnalenz, India.
www.hoppa.com /aa/in/westin   (534 words)

  
 Corbu in Ahmadabad - 2/1/2003 - Interior Design - CA278486
The textile merchants of Ahmadabad, an industrial city several hundred miles to the south, took advantage of the architect's relative proximity to commission two public buildings and two private ones.
Among the latter was Villa Sarabhai, where Le Corbusier cultivated nature's elements to produce the mature fruit of a long career.
She also requested a house that could change with time, adapting and adjusting to the needs of guests and her young sons.
www.interiordesign.net /id_article/CA278486/id?stt=001   (891 words)

  
 CBC News: More than 400 dead as violence rages in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
AHMADABAD - India's prime minister went on national television Saturday to appeal for restraint amid growing religious violence that has left more than 400 people dead over the past four days.
The streets of Ahmadabad are littered with bodies flened by fire, burned out vehicles, shredded clothing and other personal belongings.
The train fire in the town of Godhra, south of Ahmadabad, sparked retaliation by right-wing Hindus.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2002/03/02/india_violence020302   (1101 words)

  
 AHMADABAD | | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Ahmedabad of Ahmadabad is een stad met 3,7 miljoen inwoners in de staat Gujarat, Noordwest-India, aan de rivier Sabarmati.
Ahmedabad is het grootste binnenlandse industriële centrum van India.
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www.babylon.com /definition/AHMADABAD/All   (431 words)

  
 TIME Asia Print Page: India's Own Beirut -- MAY 13, 2002/VOL. 159 NO. 18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This is Ahmadabad, the city where Mohandas Gandhi set up his ashram, where dreams of a land in which religions could coexist peacefully were born 83 years ago.
Whatever the Hindu extremists say, there are no Islamic terrorists in Ahmadabad now—but there will be if the assaults on Muslims do not cease.
But in Ahmadabad, no one thinks it will be long before they start appearing.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501020513-235503,00.html   (781 words)

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