E-BOOK AZADI KA AMRUT MAHOTSAV KV1 SHAHIBAUG

Shahibaug or Shahibagh, or the Royal Garden pal- ace, was built in 1622 by Shah Jahan then (1616- 1622) Viceroy of Ahmedabad, to give work to the poor during a season of scarcity. The palace is now known as Moti Shahi Mahal. The Shahibaug gardens were in the seventeenth century famous, the resort of the whole city, and one of its chief ornaments.





The late 19th century saw a resurrection of Shahibaug. The trigger was the attempt by a clutch of Gujarati businessmen to establish factories and mills in the city. As these Sheths started making fortunes, they started looking for housing alternatives to move out of the crowded pols of Ahmedabad. The Shahibaug, outside the main city walls, offered the perfect ambience for their changing and fast expanding lifestyles. One after the other, they started building lavish bungalows in the architectural style of the old royals of Gujarat and Saurashtra











AHMED SHAH

THERE IS AN INTERESTING LEGEND ASSOCIATED WITH THE AHMEDABAD CITY. TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE STATE OF GUJARAT WAS RULED BY THE MUSLIM MUZAFFARID DYNASTY. ONCE SULTAN AHMED SHAH WAS STANDING ON THE BANKS OF RIVER SABARMATI AND HE NOTICED A TINY HARE CHASING A STRONG FEROCIOUS DOG. HE KEPT PONDERING OVER IT. HE APPROACHED A SPIRITUAL LEADER AND ASKED FOR EXPLANATION. THIS LEARNED MAN SAID THAT, IT IS THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS LAND THAT CULTIVATES SUCH RARE QUALITIES IN ITS PEOPLE. AFTER HAVING HEARD THIS, THE SULTAN GOT SO IMPRESSED THAT HE DECIDED TO SET UP THE CAPITAL OF GUJARAT OVER HERE AND HE CALLED THIS LAND AHMEDABAD.

TOWARDS THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY, GUJARAT WAS CAPTURED BY THE SULTANATE OF DELHI. IN THE YEAR 1487, THE GRANDSON OF AHMED SHAH NAMED MAHMUD BEGADA ESTABLISHED THE OUTER CITY WALL, SO AS TO PROTECT AHMEDABAD FROM OUTSIDE INVASION. MUZAFFAR II WAS THE LAST SULTAN OF AHMEDABAD.

IN THE YEAR 1753, THE RULE OF MUGHALS CAME TO AN END AND THE CITY CAME UNDER THE RULE OF MARATHA GENERALS RAGHUNATH RAO AND DAMAJI GAEKWAD. THE POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN THEM EVENTUALLY LED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY.

THE CITY WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY IN THE YEAR 1818. THE YEAR 1824 LED TO THE SETTING UP OF A MILITARY CANTONMENT. A MAJOR DEVELOP- MENT TOOK PLACE IN THE YEAR 1864, WHEN RAILWAY LINE WAS LAID THAT CONNECTED AHMEDABAD WITH BOMBAY. THESE DEVELOPMENTS BROUGHT AHMEDABAD IN THE MAP OF LEADING CENTERS OF TRADE AND MANUFACTURING. IN THE YEAR 1915, PEOPLE OF AHMEDABAD RAISED THEIR VOICE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA.



FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF GUJARAT Name Preiod 1- Abbas Tyabji 1854 - 1936 2- Asoka Mehta 1911-1984 3- Balwantrai Mehta 1900 - 1965 4- Bhulabhai Desai 1887 - 1946 5- Gopaldas Ambaidas Desai 1887 - 1951 6- Mahatama Gandhi 1869 - 1948 7- Vallabhbhai Patel 1875 - 1950







The city further suffered followed joint Maratha rule. The city further renewed growth when it gain political freedom by establishment of municipality and opening of railway under British crown rule (1857–1947). Following arrival of Mahatma Gandhi in 1915, the city became center stage of Indian independence movement.









The revolt of 1857 was the conscious beginning of the Independence struggle against the colonial tyranny of the British. There are various names for the revolt of 1857 - India’s First War of Independence, Sepoy Mutiny, etc.

LIST OF IMPORTANT LEADERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REVOLT OF 1857 Place Revolt of 1857 -Important Leaders Delhi Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan Lucknow Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ah- Kanpur madullah Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib, Tantia Tope, Az- Jhansi imullah Khan Bihar Rani Laxmibai Rajasthan Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh Farrukhabad Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh Tufzal Hasan Khan



Historical Events From 1857 - 1947 The 1st initiative was taken by sepoy Mangal Pandey. Under the leadership of Mangal Pandey on 29 March 1857 the Indian sepoys marched to Delhi and made the nawab of delhi the emperor of india. After that many revolts broke out in india. But the British had been successful in suppressing all of them. The bengali middle class people were however apathet- ic to the revolt of 1857. Even they did not want the revolt to be successful. This was because they feared that if the brit- ish would go back then india would return to its age of dark- ness again .the little money and status that they had ac- quired during the British rule would be lost. Although the Re- volt of 1857 was unsuccessful it is in some cases identified as the First War of Independence