The World Heritage Committer of UNESCO, in its meeting at Krakow, Poland, has announced on Twitter naming walled city of Ahmedabad as World Heritage City. With this announcement Ahmedabad gets the honour of becoming the first World Heritage City in India.
Following matter has been taken from the website of UNESCO -
The walled city of Ahmadabad, founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in the 15th century, on the eastern bank of the Sabarmati river, presents a rich architectural heritage from the sultanate period, notably the Bhadra citadel, the walls and gates of the Fort city and numerous mosques and tombs as well as important Hindu and Jain temples of later periods. The urban fabric is made up of densely-packed traditional houses (pols) in gated traditional streets (puras) with characteristic features such as bird feeders, public wells and religious institutions. The city continued to flourish as the capital of the State of Gujarat for six centuries, up to the present.
