Ahmedabad City was a former taluk of
Ahmedabad District in the western part of
India
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state
Gujarat
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. Around 19–20 March 2012, this taluk was bifurcated into
Ahmedabad City (East) and
Ahmedabad City (West).
Many villages in the taluk were included under the
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
The Amdavad Municipal Corporation, or the AMC, established in July 1950 under the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act (1949), is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Ahmedabad.
History
On 21 April 1831, the ...
. The headquarters of both the newly formed taluks is Ahmedabad. The
Sabarmati river is taken as the dividing line dividing the talukas. That is, considering the Sabarmati as the boundary between these two talukas, the areas east of it were included in Ahmedabad City (East) taluka and the portion west of the river was included in Ahmedabad City (West) taluka.
References
External links
Talukas of Gujarat
Ahmedabad district
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