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.

Maninagar
Neighbourhood
Maninagar Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Show map of Ahmedabad Maninagar Maninagar (Gujarat) Show map of Gujarat Maninagar Maninagar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22.9995°N 72.6003°E / 22.9995; 72.6003
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Metro	Ahmedabad
Government
• Body	Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
• Density	258/km2 (670/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	380 008
Vehicle registration	GJ-01-XX-XXXX (Former), GJ-27-XX-XXXX (Current)
Civic agency	Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Website	gujaratindia.com

Narendra Modi who was also the Chief Minister of the Gujarat State Government had represented this constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly till 21 May 2014, when he resigned as Gujarat CM for the position of Prime Minister of India and also resigned as Maninagar MLA.

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.

Sports

Transtadia Stadium is built near Kankaria, which has become a hub for many sporting events. Arena located there is the home stadium for Gujarat Giants of Pro-Kabbadi League.

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.

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