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Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad is the biggest city of Gujarat and the sixth largest city of India. It has about 4 million residents.
It is a large industrial city with chemical and textile industries.
The city was founded in the 15th century by Ahmed Shah[?] on the Sabarmati river[?].
The climate is warm and dry.
- Great mosque (Jami Masjid) built in 1424
- Sidi Saiyad Mosque with its fine stone carving windows
- Sarkhej (Muslim mausoleum and mosque)
- Swami Narayan Temple (Hindu temple)
- Stone carving well (Dada Hari), exceptional monument
- Textile museum (Calico Museum), one of the most beautiful of the world
- Ashram of Gandhi, today a museum (Sabarmati Ashram).
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