Maninagar

મણિનગર
Neighbourhood
મણિનગર મણિનગર Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 22°59′58″N 72°36′01″E / 22.9995°N 72.6003°ECoordinates: 22°59′58″N 72°36′01″E / 22.9995°N 72.6003°E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Metro	Ahmedabad
Government
• Body	Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
• Density	258/km^2 (670/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi, English,Tamil ,Malayalam
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	380 008
Vehicle registration	GJ-1-XX-XXXX (Former), GJ-27-XX-XXXX (Current)
Civic agency	Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Website	gujaratindia.com

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.

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.^[1][2]

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.

Education

There are many schools in Maninagar including; Jay Somnath Higher Secondary School, J.L. High School, Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School, Reubs High School, Nelson High School, Shri Durga Vidhyalaya High School, Gurunanak & Chandraketu Pandya English Medium School, Diwan-Ballubhai School, Doon International School, Best High School, Shree Sardar Patel & Swami Vivekanand High school, Durga High School, Hebron High School. Colleges include AMC Dental College, AMC Medical College, Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research And Management (IITRAM), B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, K.K Shastri Govt. College, National Institute of Design (NID)

Transportation

Maninagar is probably the only locality in ahmedabad which has a railway station, municipal bus transport station and a state transport station. All at one point. Apart from this you now have a BRTS hub (Bus Rapid Transit System). So all in all, you have every mode of transport available in maninagar. Maninagar is connected to all parts of the city through this stations. Maninagar is also well connected through NH-8 (old) and expressway.

Movie Theaters

Maninagar has 2 old theaters named - "Apsara- Aradhana" near Kankaria Lake and "Meera" near Shah-Alam. It also has a theater named Anupam which was recently renovated. It has also City Pulse.

Sports

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, kabbadi, cricket and badminton were held

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

Member of Legislative Assembly

2002-2012

Year		Member	Political Party
	2002-07	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2007-12	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2012-2014	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party	2014-Present	Suresh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2012

Gujarat assembly elections, 2012: Maninagar^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Narendra Damodardas Modi	1,50,000	100%
	INC	Sweta Sanjiv Bhatt	32,097	15.34
	BSP	Siddhant Yasvantray Kashyap	1,251	0.78
Majority			1,36,373	34.04
Turnout			1,59,807	70.78
	BJP hold		Swing

References

1. "History of Maninagar".
2. "Maninagar founder's haveli restored".
3. "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-03-02.