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Maninagar

Field	Value
name	Maninagar
settlement_type	Neighbourhood
image_skyline	Smurti mandir.jpg
image_caption	Maninagar Mandir
pushpin_map	India Ahmedabad#India Gujarat#India
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Gujarat
subdivision_type2	Metro
subdivision_name2	Ahmedabad
established_title
governing_body	Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
unit_pref	Metric
elevation_m	53
population_density_km2	258
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Gujarati, Hindi, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	380 008
registration_plate	GJ-01-XX-XXXX (Former), GJ-27-XX-XXXX (Current)
blank1_name_sec1	Civic agency
blank1_info_sec1	Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
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Maninagar is an area of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat, India. It is located in the southern part of the city and an important area of the city. It can be divided into two regions - Maninagar East and Maninagar West, separated by the Maninagar Railway Station.

Narendra Modi who was also the Chief Minister of the Gujarat State Government had represented this constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly till 21 May 2014, when he resigned as Gujarat CM for the position of Prime Minister of India and also resigned as Maninagar MLA.

History

Maninagar is originally a land that belonged to Seth Maneklal Manilal, a powerful banker. He donated a big piece of this land to develop the first organized settlement outside the walled city. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel created the first town planning scheme for Manipur, now called Maninagar.

Cityscape

The Kankaria lake and Nagina Wadi are situated in this area. This area also hosts a train station on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line where most of the major trains stop.

Maninagar is also the entrance to the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway.

Sports

Transtadia Stadium is built near Kankaria, which has become a hub for many sporting events. Arena located there is the home stadium for Gujarat Giants of Pro-Kabaddi League.

Physical Ground is a multi-sports stadium situated in Khokhra. It was inaugurated in the year 2010. The stadium serves place to play sports like cricket, football, badminton, chess, wrestling, judo, and basketball.

In the month of March 2011, Gujarat state level; chess competition, 200 m running, kabaddi, cricket and badminton were held

It was one of the centers for Khel-Maha-kumbh that was held in 2011 by Government of Gujarat.

References

"History of Maninagar".
"Maninagar founder's haveli restored". [[The Times of India]].

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