
The British restricted themselves to the cantonment area and didn’t take much interest in the city. During this period the municipality committee was founded and a railway link was established. In 1818 the British annexed Ahmedabad via cunning. In 64 years during the rule of Gaekwad and Peshwa, city became cleaner. In 1753 the combined armies of Raghunath Rao and Damaji Gaekwad took the fort, which resulted into end of Mughal Rule in Ahmedabad. The city of Ahmedabad went on expanding in every direction by the addition of new areas on the sides of the river, with well laid out beautiful buildings, lakes and mosques. The city fort wall was enclosed containing 12 Gates. It was comprised of a little known installation known as Bhadra Fort.

The city was built in open and spacious plains to the East of Sabarmati. The Hindu kingdom of Karnavati ruled for more than 400 years until 1411 when Sultan Ahmed Shah conquered Gujarat and the city was renamed Ahmedabad after him. The city was founded by King Karandev 1 in the 11th century and originally called "Karnavati". Good site seeing places are sabarmati asram, Zulta minara, Sidi Sayid ni JAli, Science CIty.The prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad In ahmedabad,Students don't care about what you think about life, they are not worried about attending colleges, they are 24/7 ready with an answer to any question, they don believe in studying hard and still manage to earn well, they are food lovers, they believe in ‘Maja Ni Life’ they are the ‘Young Amdavadis’. All of these three major changes can be analyzed by knowing the youths of the city. Today Ahmedabad is a Mega City and has developed in every way culture, knowledge and lifestyle. Ahmedabad was a city which was once a small town with not may places to explore other than the national heritage monuments. The historic center of Ahmedabad is presently a thriving business district. The city was founded in the 15th century by Sultan Ahmed Shah on the Sabarmati river, and served as capital of the Sultanate of Gujarat.

Ahmedabad is capital Gujarat State from 1960 to 1970, when Gandhinagar replaced it.

The city is also sometimes called Karnavati and as Amdavad in Gujarati. Ahmedabad is the largest city in Gujarat and the sixth largest city in India with a population of almost 5.5 million.
