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Ahmedabad Is India’s First World Heritage City!
Swarajya Staff
Jul 09, 2017, 04:43 PM | Updated 04:43 PM IST
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The 41st session of UNESCO's world heritage committee being held at Krakow in Poland has declared Ahmedabad as India’s first World Heritage City.
The walled city has 26 ASI-protected structures, hundreds of 'pols' that capture the essence of community living and numerous sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi who lived here from 1915 to 1930. Now, Ahmedabad will join the world heritage cities like Paris, Cairo and Edinburgh.
Out of total 287 world heritage cities across the globe, there were only two cities in the Indian subcontinent- Bhaktpur in Nepal and Galle in Sri Lanka. The UNESCO tag will add immense value to Ahmedabad city which will also boost tourism.
Breaking the news, India’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Ruchira Kamboj tweeted that:
Thrilled to announce!Ahmedabad has just been declared India's first #WorldHeritage city by @UNESCO#AhmedabadWorldHeritageCity #India pic.twitter.com/QZVAvNbkPH
— Ruchira Kamboj (@RuchiraKamboj) July 8, 2017
With inputs from ANI
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