- Anand district
Anand District is an administrative district of
Gujarat state in westernIndia . It was carved out of theKheda district in1997 . Anand is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is bounded byKheda District to the north,Vadodara District to the east,Ahmedabad District to the west, and theGulf of Cambay to the south. The district had a population of 1,856,872 of which 27.36% were urban as of 2001. [http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm]Points of interest
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Amul - Origin ofOperation Flood , the "White Revolution of India"
*Karamsad - birthplace ofSardar Patel . Pramukh Swami Medical College.
* "'Karamsad(Map) [http://wikimapia.org/108109/]*
Dakor -Hindu temple of Lord Ranchodrai a form ofKrishna .
*Pavagadh Fort - Ruins of the fort, now a world heritage site byUNESCO .
* Bhadran - was given nickname "Paris ofGaekwad state" due to its prosperity and civil works carried by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III about one century ago.
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