Capital City

Gandhinagar is the capital city of Gujarat. The capital city is a planned metropolis. Gandhinagar is also the administrative center of Gandhinagar district.

Gandhinagar is the new capital city of Gujarat. The capital city mantle originally belonged to its neighboring city-Ahmedabad.

At the time of independence, the old Indian state of Bombay was split up into two separate and distinct states: Maharashtra and Gujarat. In 1960 a plan for a new new capital city of Gujarat was conceived. According to the plan, the city is to be set up 32 kilometers north east on the west banks of the Sabarmati river. The city was named Gandhinagar in the honor of Mahatma Gandhi-the renowned Indian freedom fighter and father of the nation.

The construction of the capital city was started in 1965 and the secretariat moved to the capital city in 1970.

The capital city of Gandhinagar was constructed in accordance with a predetermined plan. The plan incorporated the fact that the city was to be made the administrative capital of the Indian state of Gujarat. The buildings, roads and gardens were planned with that concept in mind. The functional nature of the capital city was foremost in the city designer's mind.

The capital city of Gandhinagar consists of 30 sectors. The roads are broad and lined with trees. Electricity and other essential services are well established.

Gandhinagar has many interesting tourist attractions. The place of Adalaj near Gandhinagar is famous for its stepwell. The stepwell is multi-storied and is an architectural marvel. The multi-storied stepwell has many underground rooms and each pillar is considered to be a piece of art.

Other tourist attractions around the capital city includes the deer sanctuary and serpent house in Indroda near Gandhinagar.

The capital city is highly accessible by public bus from Ahmedabad. The ticket costs 5 rupees. The buses leave from Lal Darwaja or from the numerous stops of Ashram Road.