Usmānpurā is a suburb of Ahmedabad. The village of Usmānpurā was founded by Sufi saint Saiyad Usman, who was a disciple and successor of Qutub-ul Ālam. The suburb is the site of the Gujarat Vidyapith, founded by Mahatma Gandhi.[1][2][3][4]
Usmanpura | |
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Suburb | |
Coordinates: 23°02′42″N 72°34′16″E / 23.045°N 72.571°E | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
Languages | |
• Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | GJ |
Website | gujaratindia |
References
edit- ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. p. 284. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "AHMEDABADS OTHER ROZAS". Times of India Publications. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ Commissariat, M. S. (1938). History of Gujarat. Vol. I. Longman, Greens & Co. pp. 158–159.
- ^ Yagnik, Achyut; Sheth, Suchitra (2011). Ahmedabad: From Royal City to Megacity. Penguin Books.