Naroda

Naroda
Naroda
—  town  —
Naroda
Location of Naroda
in Gujarat and India
Coordinates 23°05′N 72°40′E / 23.083°N 72.667°E / 23.083; 72.667Coordinates: 23°05′N 72°40′E / 23.083°N 72.667°E / 23.083; 72.667
Country India
State Gujarat
Nearest city Ahmedabad
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Naroda is a suburban town in Bapunagar, northeast of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. With the establishment of the Naroda Industrial Area in the 1980s, the town flourished; it was incorporated into Ahmedabad in 1996. Being eight km from Ahmedabad International Airport and located on the SP Ring Road, Naroda is situated on the emerging Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Vadodara (GAV) corridor.[1]

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Geography

Naroda is located at 23°05′N 72°40′E / 23.083°N 72.667°E / 23.083; 72.667.[2]

Location

Naroda is three miles from Ahmedabad(8 km), near the intersection of National Highway No. 8 and National Highway 59. It is near Bapunagar, which has a diamond market. Kalupur, the geographic center of Ahmedabad, is at a distance of 5 km.

Naroda has two parts: Juna Naroda (Old Naroda) and Nava Naroda (New Naroda). At the center of Naroda (called Naroda Gam or Naroda Bazaar) are an old fountain and a newly developed park.

History

During the 2002 Gujarat riots Naroda Patiya witnessed some of the worst communal violence. [3]

Demographics

Naroda has over the last two years transformed from a neglected industrial area to desirable location for homes.[4] The population of the town is a mix of people from throughout India, but it is predominantly a Hindu population, with a minority of Malayalis who have been residing here for the last two decades.

Industry

The Naroda GIDC industrial park hosts national and multinational corporations such as Reliance Industries Ltd, Pepsi Co, Ingersoll-Rand, Dresser Industries, Harshtaiana, Laxmi Engineers and various chemical and textile industries, including Arvind Mills, Umiya Textile and Nirman Textile. Pharmaceutical companies include Dishman[5], Tuton, Westcoast and Maccure. India's snack food manufacturer Samrat Namkin is located in Naroda.

Several major township projects are being developed along the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway with Naroda being at the center of the development. In the recent Vibrant Gujarat summit, 24 projects worth more than Rs 1,000 crore were slated to be developed in this part of city and along the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway. Projects include hospitals, clubs, educational institutions, NRI residential colonies, a business park and a 120-room hotel.[6]

Places of interest

Naroda features some beautiful temples such as the Ayyappa Temple, Ranchodrai, Satyanarayan and Padmavati Mataji's Jain Temple and Hanumanji Mandir. It also has the great Mahaprabhuji's Bethak, a famous pilgrim place for Vaishnavites. It is believed that Mahaprabhu stayed here for some time.one new added place is SMVS (swaminarayan mandir vasana sanstha) Temple of Swaminarayan.

There is a recently developed lake, and the world's largest collection of antique cars in KathWada at IB farm (Dastan Farm).

Recently, Khari-canal side Garden/Park is inaugurated by chief minister of Gujarat, Mr. Narendra Modi.

People

Dr. Jaydeepbhai Patel, leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), is from Naroda. The late business tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani started his first textile mill in Naroda in 1977.

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