Karnavati: The weekly national magazine 'Panchjanya' is once again organizing 'Sabarmati Samvad' in Karnavati, Gujarat. Eminent ministers, scholars, and subject experts will engage in discussions covering significant aspects during the 'Sabarmati Samvad,' scheduled to be held from 10 am to 8 pm at the 'Indian Entrepreneurship Development Institute' (EDII) in Karnavati. Some of the main speakers for this event are: Malini Awasthi (renowned folk singer), Nidhin Walson (IPS), Dilip Deshmukh (O...Read More

Sabarmati: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has once again voiced a demand to restore the original name of the city of Ahmedabad which was Karnavati. VHP's national join general secretary Surendra Jain while speaking at a Shaurya Yatra event in the city today said, 'Invaders can't be the identity of Gujarat. Ahmedshah was an attacker, a looter and therefore it is not proper to have the name of Gujarat's main city after him. It is not good and neither does it give a good message.' He further ad...Read More

Amadavad: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have in latest stated that renaming Ahmedabad would result in the loss of its status as a World Heritage City. On the occasion of 9 years of Modi's rule at the Center in Ahmedabad, BJP City President and Ellisbridge MLA Amit Shah, along with Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha MP Hasmukh Patel, addressed the media. The media persons asked the question in reference to a recent move by BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and the Maharashtra govern...Read More

Gandhinagar: A huge twitter storm containing over 77,000 tweets (as on 9 pm on 3rd March) was witnessed today with hashtag #WeWantKarnavati, demanding the name of the city Ahmedabad to be changed to Karnavati, the erstwhile name of the city. Ahmedabad residents joined by thousands of people nationwide, through this trend urged to restore the city's name to Karnavati. The twitter trend was started on Wednesday on 3rd March, 2021 and many people have started the petitions regarding the sam...Read More

By Japan K Pathak Today is February 26. It is the death anniversary of one of greatest patriots, Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Many people in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat also are also marking Ahmedabad's "birth anniversary" today, as Sultan Ahmedshah had established the city of Ahmedabad on this date some 610 years ago. Though the fact is, the city was here even before Ahmedshah. There was Ashaval here and there was Karnavati. There are sufficient evidences of existence of both in addi...Read More

Sabarmati: Renown doctor Vasant Patel has in a letter to ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief CR Patil demanded Ahmedabad to be renamed as Karnavati. Patel in his letter reminded BJP that it had decided to rename Ahmedabad as Karnavati many years ago and now with a grand victory in Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the BJP should rename the city as Karnavati. Patel in a letter made request to BJP office bearers and elected councilors for renaming the city and said his letter was ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Thousands of those supporting the idea of renaming the city of Ahmedabad as Karnavati created number one trend on twitter nationally using #ISupportKarnavati tag through Monday, November 20. #ISupportKarnavati was number one trend with addition of more than one thousand tweets per hour. Total number of tweets had crossed 20,000 figure on Sunday itself. Tweets were raining in support of Karnavati naming of city even on Tuesday. Karnavati supporters seek renaming of Ahmedabad c...Read More

By Japan K Pathak Ahmedabad: I was surprised to see some historians and journos questioning actuality of existence of Karnavati. This article points out some facts that are neglected/omitted by such gentlemen while claiming that Karnavati is fringe of imagination. In text Early reference of Karnavati is found in Merutang's Prabandh Chintamani, a semi-historical book written in AD 1305-1306. Prabandh Chintamani mentions Karnavati for number of times. For this article, I have referred Guj...Read More

By Japan K Pathak Sentiments prevailing in the section of people in Gujarat against the name of the city of Ahmedabad are not completely unfounded. The city of Ahmedabad was named after Sultan Ahmedshah by Sultan Ahmedshah himself, and if you go by history, the picture of Sultan Ahmedshah is not something that the majority of people in Gujarat would admire. If using Ahmedabad and thereby recalling Ahmed Shah in daily life is a problem for some people, the roots of that dislike are found in so...Read More