Gandhidham has several schools providing high school education. Gandhidham’s first English Medium school is Modern School in Gandhidham, Oslo and Adipur. Schools in the area include D.A.V. Public School,Bachpan Pre-School, P.N. Amersey High School, Small Wonder School, Delhi Public School, Ananda Marga Primary school in Sector-7 and Ananda Marga High School in DC-2, Rambaug road (English Medium),the other schools are Mount Carmel High School,Kakubhai Parikh School(K.P.S), Saint Xaviers at Adipur, Kendriya Vidyalaya at IFFCO colony, Kendriya Vidyalaya at Railway colony, Aum Vidiya Mandir at IFFCO colony, Sadhu Vaswani International School,Amarchand Singhvi School and Hindi Medium Schools are Dr. C.G. High School and Adarsh Mahavidhyalaya situated in the heart of the city.
Gandhidham is connected by road and rail to the rest of India. Transport Nagar, on the outskirts of Gandhidham is the hub of all major transport activity. There are trains to Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Jaipur, Kota, Delhi, Durg, Guwahati, Puri, Chengannur and several other cities. Many private companies operate bus services to major cities in Gujarat like Ahmedabad and Rajkot. India’s largest port, Kandla is around 11 km from the city. Gandhidham also has its own airport called Kandla Airport or Galphadar Airport which is located six kilometers north of Gandhidham. Kingfisher Airlines used to operate the sole daily flight to Mumbai from Kandla airport before it ceased operations in 2012.
Sindhi Resettlement Corporation was formed with Acharaya Kriplani as chairman and Bhai Pratap Dialdas as managing director. The main objective of the corporation was to assist in the rehousing of displaced persons by the construction of new township. The first plan was prepared by a team of planners headed by Dr. O. H. Koenigsberger, director of the division of housing in Government of India. Subsequently plan was revised by Adams Howard and Greeley Company in 1952. The foundation stone of town was laid with blessings of Mahatama Gandhi earlier in 1947 and hence town was named Gandhidham.
It is said that it was barren land with snakes and scorpions so numerous, Bhai Pratap had to offer compensation 25 paise to kill a scorpion and 50 paise to kill a snake in this area. The first plan envisaged 400,000 as ultimate population of town, expecting half of it would reach in mid seventies. Revised plan envisaged three stages of town development with mid stage lasting longer with population around 150000.
Soon after the separation of Pakistan from India in 1947, a large group of refugees from Sindh of came to India. Maharaja of Kutch His Highness Maharao Shri Vijayrajji Khengarji Jadeja on advice of Gandhiji, gave 15,000 acres (61 km2) of land to Bhai Pratab, who founded Sindhu Resettlement Corporation to rehabilitate Sindhi Hindus uprooted from their motherland, Sindh in Pakistan
Gandhidham is located at latitude 23.08° N longitude 70.13° E. The main city is constructed in accordance to the principles of Vastu-shastra(Indian belief of construction)i.e. the main city is having its face directed to East.Summers are hot and dry and frequently the temperature touches 45°C and in winters it falls to 3°C accompanied by cold waves.
Gandhidham is a city and a municipality in the Kachchh District of Gujarat state of India. The town was created in the early 1950s for the resettlement of the refugees from Sindh (Now in Pakistan) in the aftermath of the partition of India. Gandhidham is a fast developing city in Gujarat state.
Colleges for graduation and higher studies are Tolani college of Science & Arts, Tolani Commerce College, Pharmacy college and Diploma in Engineering, Management Institute situated nearby in Adipur .DNV International Educational College is situated in Bharatnagar,courses provided are BCA and BBA.
Gandhidham is a well structured city, on one hand the road goes Kandla and on the other hand the road goes to the National Highways. Gandhidham main market comprises Modern shopping malls as well as famous Kutchi Handicrafts.
Gandhidham has several schools providing high school education. Gandhidham’s first English Medium school is Modern School in Gandhidham, Oslo and Adipur. Schools in the area include D.A.V. Public School,Bachpan Pre-School, P.N. Amersey High School, Small Wonder School, Delhi Public School, Ananda Marga Primary school in Sector-7 and Ananda Marga High School in DC-2, Rambaug road (English Medium),the other schools are Mount Carmel High School,Kakubhai Parikh School(K.P.S), Saint Xaviers at Adipur, Kendriya Vidyalaya at IFFCO colony, Kendriya Vidyalaya at Railway colony, Aum Vidiya Mandir at IFFCO colony, Sadhu Vaswani International School,Amarchand Singhvi School and Hindi Medium Schools are Dr. C.G. High School and Adarsh Mahavidhyalaya situated in the heart of the city.
Gandhidham is connected by road and rail to the rest of India. Transport Nagar, on the outskirts of Gandhidham is the hub of all major transport activity. There are trains to Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Jaipur, Kota, Delhi, Durg, Guwahati, Puri, Chengannur and several other cities. Many private companies operate bus services to major cities in Gujarat like Ahmedabad and Rajkot. India’s largest port, Kandla is around 11 km from the city. Gandhidham also has its own airport called Kandla Airport or Galphadar Airport which is located six kilometers north of Gandhidham. Kingfisher Airlines used to operate the sole daily flight to Mumbai from Kandla airport before it ceased operations in 2012.
Sindhi Resettlement Corporation was formed with Acharaya Kriplani as chairman and Bhai Pratap Dialdas as managing director. The main objective of the corporation was to assist in the rehousing of displaced persons by the construction of new township. The first plan was prepared by a team of planners headed by Dr. O. H. Koenigsberger, director of the division of housing in Government of India. Subsequently plan was revised by Adams Howard and Greeley Company in 1952. The foundation stone of town was laid with blessings of Mahatama Gandhi earlier in 1947 and hence town was named Gandhidham.
It is said that it was barren land with snakes and scorpions so numerous, Bhai Pratap had to offer compensation 25 paise to kill a scorpion and 50 paise to kill a snake in this area. The first plan envisaged 400,000 as ultimate population of town, expecting half of it would reach in mid seventies. Revised plan envisaged three stages of town development with mid stage lasting longer with population around 150000.
Soon after the separation of Pakistan from India in 1947, a large group of refugees from Sindh of came to India. Maharaja of Kutch His Highness Maharao Shri Vijayrajji Khengarji Jadeja on advice of Gandhiji, gave 15,000 acres (61 km2) of land to Bhai Pratab, who founded Sindhu Resettlement Corporation to rehabilitate Sindhi Hindus uprooted from their motherland, Sindh in Pakistan
Gandhidham is located at latitude 23.08° N longitude 70.13° E. The main city is constructed in accordance to the principles of Vastu-shastra(Indian belief of construction)i.e. the main city is having its face directed to East.Summers are hot and dry and frequently the temperature touches 45°C and in winters it falls to 3°C accompanied by cold waves.
Gandhidham is a city and a municipality in the Kachchh District of Gujarat state of India. The town was created in the early 1950s for the resettlement of the refugees from Sindh (Now in Pakistan) in the aftermath of the partition of India. Gandhidham is a fast developing city in Gujarat state.
Colleges for graduation and higher studies are Tolani college of Science & Arts, Tolani Commerce College, Pharmacy college and Diploma in Engineering, Management Institute situated nearby in Adipur .DNV International Educational College is situated in Bharatnagar,courses provided are BCA and BBA.
Gandhidham is a well structured city, on one hand the road goes Kandla and on the other hand the road goes to the National Highways. Gandhidham main market comprises Modern shopping malls as well as famous Kutchi Handicrafts.
Gandhidham has several schools providing high school education. Gandhidham’s first English Medium school is Modern School in Gandhidham, Oslo and Adipur. Schools in the area include D.A.V. Public School,Bachpan Pre-School, P.N. Amersey High School, Small Wonder School, Delhi Public School, Ananda Marga Primary school in Sector-7 and Ananda Marga High School in DC-2, Rambaug road (English Medium),the other schools are Mount Carmel High School,Kakubhai Parikh School(K.P.S), Saint Xaviers at Adipur, Kendriya Vidyalaya at IFFCO colony, Kendriya Vidyalaya at Railway colony, Aum Vidiya Mandir at IFFCO colony, Sadhu Vaswani International School,Amarchand Singhvi School and Hindi Medium Schools are Dr. C.G. High School and Adarsh Mahavidhyalaya situated in the heart of the city.
Gandhidham is connected by road and rail to the rest of India. Transport Nagar, on the outskirts of Gandhidham is the hub of all major transport activity. There are trains to Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Jaipur, Kota, Delhi, Durg, Guwahati, Puri, Chengannur and several other cities. Many private companies operate bus services to major cities in Gujarat like Ahmedabad and Rajkot. India’s largest port, Kandla is around 11 km from the city. Gandhidham also has its own airport called Kandla Airport or Galphadar Airport which is located six kilometers north of Gandhidham. Kingfisher Airlines used to operate the sole daily flight to Mumbai from Kandla airport before it ceased operations in 2012.