Ahmedabad from royal city to megacity
Yagnik, Achyut
Ahmedabad from royal city to megacity - New Delhi Penguin Books 2011 - xix,348p.
CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Picture Credits xi Introduction xiii 1 Ahmed Shah's City 1 2 Changing Cityscape : Sufis, Saints and Sects 22 3 The Face of Gurjardesh Lakshmi 42 4 Troubled Times 64 5 Jaali-Jharokha, Pol-Parabdi 83 6 A New Ramrajya 100 7 The Modern Ahmedabadi 119 8 Images of Ahmedabad 140 9 Chimneys and Chaalis 156 10 Swadesh, Swadeshi and Swaraj 177 11 Gandhi's Karmabhumi 194 12 In the Footsteps of Gandhi? 221 13 Resurgence and Upsurge 246 14 A Divided City 268 15 Greater Ahmedabad 289 Notes 307 Bibliography 320 Index 339
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Ahmedabad from royal city to megacity - New Delhi Penguin Books 2011 - xix,348p.
CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Picture Credits xi Introduction xiii 1 Ahmed Shah's City 1 2 Changing Cityscape : Sufis, Saints and Sects 22 3 The Face of Gurjardesh Lakshmi 42 4 Troubled Times 64 5 Jaali-Jharokha, Pol-Parabdi 83 6 A New Ramrajya 100 7 The Modern Ahmedabadi 119 8 Images of Ahmedabad 140 9 Chimneys and Chaalis 156 10 Swadesh, Swadeshi and Swaraj 177 11 Gandhi's Karmabhumi 194 12 In the Footsteps of Gandhi? 221 13 Resurgence and Upsurge 246 14 A Divided City 268 15 Greater Ahmedabad 289 Notes 307 Bibliography 320 Index 339
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