Gandhidham, initially known as Sardarganj, located in the eastern part of Kutch district, in the state of Gujarat. It is the largest and most populous city in (Kachchh)

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. It was created in the early 1950s for the resettlement of

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refugees from

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, in the aftermath of the

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. The city was named after

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. An

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of Kutch, Gandhidham is a growing area for families and retirees. According to the 2011 Census, Gandhidham is Gujarat's 8th most populous city. It is a popular destination for conventions, business, and meetings.

History

Soon after the

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, in 1947, a large group of

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refugees from

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of Pakistan migrated to India. The maharaja of Kutch

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that migrated from

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. The Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Ltd was formed with

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as chairman and

Bhai Pratap Dialdas Bhai Pratap () (April 14, 1908 – August 30, 1967), was an Indian businessman, philanthropist and freedom fighter, best remembered as the founder of the city of Gandhidham to resettle refugees from Sindh after the partition of India and the crea ...

as managing director. The corporation's primary goal was to help displaced people find new dwellings by building a new township. The original plan was prepared by a team of planners headed by Otto H. Königsberger, director of the division of housing in the Government of India. Later, the plan was revised by Adams, Howard and Greeley Company in 1952. The foundation stone of the town was laid with the blessings of

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in 1947. Hence, the town was named Gandhidham. To clean the desert where it was built, Pratap gave an incentive of 25 paise to kill

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and 50 paise to kill snakes. The original plan envisaged 400,000 as of the ultimate population of the town, expecting half of it to be reached in the mid-1970s. A revised plan envisaged three stages of town development with the mid-stage lasting longer with a population of around 150,000.

Geography and climate

Gandhidham is located at latitude 23.08° N longitude 70.13° E. The main city is constructed in accordance with the principles of Vastu-Shastra (Hindu belief of construction), i.e., the main city has its face directed to the East. Due to the very high

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, Gandhidham has a

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(

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''BSh'') receiving around of rainfall per year. Almost all rainfall occurs during the monsoon season from June to September — outside this period, Gandhidham averages just of rain in eight months. Gandhidham's amount of rainfall, although not especially low on paper, is amongst the most erratic anywhere in the world with a

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of around sixty percent – among the few comparably variable climates in the world being the

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of Kiribati, the

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coast of Western Australia, the

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of Northeastern Brazil, and the

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islands. During the "cool" season from October to March, temperatures range from very warm to hot during the afternoon and are cool to pleasant in the mornings. Whilst during the hot season, afternoon temperatures become sweltering and extremely unpleasant, especially when, with the approach of the monsoon, humidity increases.

Governance

The city is represented by a

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in the

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. It forms part of the

Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Kutch Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. Kachchh is the third largest constituency in India, with an area of 45,652 km ...

2001 Earthquake Calamity

Lilashah statue at Gandhidham Kutch Gujarat

The Gujarat earthquake of 2001 majorly affected the city of Gandhidham along with many nearby towns like Bhuj, Anjar, Bhachau and more. The shock, which measured 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killed 13,805–20,023, left roughly 166,800 injured, and many were left homeless including Gandhidham. The death toll in the Kutch region was 12,300. Bhuj, which was situated only 50 km away from the Gandhidham, was devastated. Considerable damage also occurred in City Gandhidham and Bhachau and Anjar with hundreds of villages flattened in Taluka of Anjar, Bhuj and

Bhachau Bhachau is a city and a municipality in Kutch district (kachchh) in the state of Gujarat, India. Bhachau was one of many devastated towns in the Kutch region of the Indian state of Gujarat, during the 1956 Anjar earthquake as well as in the 20 ...

Land of Adipur and Gandhidham

Gandhidham was the dream of Pratap Dialdas. He requested great Leaders of India for the procurement of land in the Kachchh region. They requested Maharao Vijayraj Ji of Kachchh for granting of land for re-settlement of Sindhi community people migrated from Sindh. Maharao, without any delay, granted 15000 acres of land for the purpose. Bhai Pratap said this is too big land and cannot be developed by SRC Ltd, therefore, he desired to keep with him only 2,600 acres, and the rest of the land was given to KPT and GDA for management. Today Adipur and Gandhidham townships are the townships of pride in the District of Kachchh only with the grace of Rajput Kshatriya ancestors – Provided by Ram Amarnani. Distance between twin-townships of Adipur & Gandhidham is 5 km developed fully . The airport road dividing wards 5 & 7 divides this city, whereas Municipality is one, known as Gandhidham Municipal Corporation (from 2023). These towns are divided in two parts wherein land is recognized as Wards & Sectors. They have six wards each 1 to 6 in Adipur and 7 to 12 in Gandhidham. These wards consist of commercial, industrial and residential plots of land. The land which is owned and managed by SRC (The Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Ltd) is known as 'Wards' and The land which is owned and managed by KPT (Kandla Port Trust) is known as 'Sectors'. There are 13 such sectors in Gandhidham. Apart from this, there is vast land managed by GDA (Gandhidham Development Authority) which is known as "NU". For the construction of any permanent structure in these townships, the permission of GDA is a must. The Authority was constituted by the

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under their Resolution No. TPS-3858(a) dated 08.08.1958 published in the Bombay Government Gazette part IVB, Extraordinary issue dated 11.08.1958. The GDA was created on 08.08.1958. File:Rotary_Circle.jpg, Rotary Circle File:Tagore_Road.jpg, Tagore Road File:SRI_GURUNANAK_DEV_JI_MARG.jpg, Sri Gurunanak Dev ji Marg

Demographics

In 2011 the population of Gandhidham was 247,992, which consisted of 131,484 males and 116,508 females.

Language

According to the 2011 Census, Gujarati speakers are a majority in Bhuj, followed by Hindi, Kachchhi, Sindhi and others.

Education

Schools in the area include CBSE SCHOOLS *

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* Delhi Public High School (D.P.S) * Poddar International School * Kendriya Vidyalaya at IFFCO colony * Kendriya Vidyalaya at Railway colony * Kakubhai Parikh School (K.P.S) * Amarchand Singhvi School * Savvy International School * The Fusion School * St. Thomas School * Atmiya Vidyapeeth School * Welspun Vidya Mandir(W. V. M) * Mount Litera Zee School * Academic Heights Public School STATE BOARD ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOLS * Mount Carmel High School * Saint Xavier's at Adipur * Modern School, Gandhidham * P.N. Amersey High School * St. Mary's School at Kandla * Guru Nanak Public School, Adipur * Shree Swaminarayan Vidyalaya * Ananda Marga High School in DC-2, Rambaug road (English Medium) * Ananda Marga Primary school in Sector-7 * Guru Nanak School for Excellence * Sadhu Vaswani International School * Excelsior Model School, Adipur * Kairali English School * Cambridge School, Gandhidham *

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. * Aum Vidya Mandir at IFFCO colony GUJARATI MEDIUM SCHOOLS * Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel High School * Saint Xavier's at Adipur * RP Patel High School * Shri Saraswati Vidyalaya * Shri Sahyog Saraswati Vidhya Mandir * Ambe Bhavnath High School * M.P. Patel Kanya Vidyalaya HINDI MEDIUM SCHOOLS * Dr. C. G. High School * Maitri School at Adipur * Maitri Kanya Maha Vidyalaya at Adipur * Adarsh Maha Vidyalaya For professional courses like Chartered Accountancy and Cost & Management Accountancy the national professional accounting body of India like

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and

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have opened an examination centre at Adipur.

College and graduation

Colleges for graduation and higher studies are Tolani College of Science & Arts, Tolani Commerce College, Pharmacy college and Diploma in Engineering, Management Institute situated nearby in

Adipur Adipur is a town in Gandhidham Municipal Corporation of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India. The town is situated approximately from Gandhidham. History Adipur was initially founded as a refugee camp after the partition of India, ...

. DNV International Educational College is situated in Bharat Nagar; the courses provided are BCA and BBA. Gandhidham Institution of Medical Sciences (GIMS) has been started for aspiring Medical/ Pharmacy students/

Transport

Gandhidham is connected by road and rail to the rest of India. Transport Nagar, on the outskirts of Gandhidham, is the hub of all major transport activity. There are trains to,

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and several other cities. Many private companies operate bus services to major cities in Gujarat like Ahmedabad and Rajkot. India's largest port,

Kandla Kandla is a census town in the Kutch district of Gujarat state in Western India, near the city of Gandhidham. It occupies on the coast of Gulf of Cutch along the banks of the Kandla Creek. According to the 2011 Census of India, Kandla is t ...

is around 13.8 km from the city. It also has connectivity to Kandla Airport near village Galpadar. From August 2016 Air connect has started its daily services for Ahmedabad and Surat. They announced one flight from Mumbai to Kandla Airport (Gandhidham)

Trains

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, Friday , Sunday , - , 22973/22974 , Gandhidham–Puri Weekly Express , Gandhidham ,

, Wednesday , Friday , - , 16335/16336 , Nagarcoil Express , Gandhidham ,

, Friday , Thursday , - , 16505/16506 , Gandhidham–Bangalore City Express , Gandhidham ,

, Tuesday , Monday , - , 11091/11092 ,

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, Wednesday , Tuesday , - , 15667/15668 , Kamakhya–Gandhidham Express , Gandhidham ,

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, Saturday , Saturday , - , 14312/14311 via

& 14322/14321 via

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, Ala Hazrat Express (via Ahmedabad) Ala Hazrat Express (via Bhildi) ,

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, Shalimar , Tuesday , Monday , - , 22904/22903 , Bandra Terminus–Bhuj AC Superfast Express ,

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, Monday, Thursday, Saturday , Thursday, Saturday, Monday , - , 12937/12938 , Garbha Express , Gandhidham ,

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Gandhidham–Jodhpur Express The 22483 / 22484 Gandhidham–Jodhpur Express is a superfast train belonging to North Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 22483/22484 train numbers on tri-weekly basis. Coach composition ...

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Gandhidham–Puri Weekly Superfast Express The 12993 / 12994 Gandhidham-Puri Weekly Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Gandhidham Junction and Puri via Sambalpur. It is currently being operated with 12993/12994 train numbers ...

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Airport

The area is served by Kandla airport near Galpadar town. Daily service is available to Mumbai. SpiceJet announced one more flight for Mumbai from 11 July 2017 onward.

References

External links

Kandla Special Economic ZoneDeendayal Port AuthorityArya Samaj, GandhidhamTolani FoundationKutchForever.com – The First Internet Gateway of KutchSindhu Resettlement Corporation Limited (SRC Limited), Adipurwww.sindhology.org
Cities and towns in Kutch district