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- A city of northwest India north of Mumbai. Founded in 1411 as the capital of a Gujarat kingdom, it is a commercial and cultural center with many outstanding mosques, temples, and tombs.
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press An Indian girl, wearing traditional attire, posed for photographers as she performed the Garba, in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday.
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press An Indian girl in traditional costume, performed the Garba, a traditional indian dance, with others as part of preparation for Navratri festival in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press Children hung out of a back window of a three-wheeled motor rickshaw in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday.
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press A worker removed the petiole from red chilies at Shertha village, near Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday.
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Ajit Solank/Associated Press An Indian worker prepared to tie bamboo poles to erect a temporary shelter at Lord Jagannath temple ahead of the Rath Yatra festival in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday.
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press A man kissed the word 'Mohammad,' painted on a wall in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday.
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The exterior of the Millowners' Association headquarters in Ahmadabad, India above, is framed as a sharp zigzag, but the raking light reveals the pleasingly organic texture imprinted on the concrete by its wooden molds.
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press The drinking-water transport system on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, in India's Gujarat state, several areas of which are facing drinking-water shortages
Asia in Pictures 2011
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press Artists performed during the concluding ceremony of the 50th year celebrations of Gujarat state in Ahmadabad, India on May 1, 2011.
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Ajit Solanki/Associated Press An Indian Muslim bride, center, waved to her relatives during a mass marriage for 41 couples on Sunday in Ahmadabad, India.
Asia in Pictures 2011
hernesheir commented on the word Ahmadabad
Ahmedabad. File this under "Cities with populations over 4,000,000 that few westerners have heard of".
April 19, 2011