Gandhinagar Travel and Tourism Guide

History of Gandhinagar states that the city was established around 1960. The city got an identity of its own when the state of Mumbai was divided into two separate states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Mumbai since then became a part of Maharashtra and Gandhinagar became a part of Gujarat as a state. Gandhinagar emerged as the new capital for the state of Gujarat as the situation demanded for a new capital city. Gandhinagar's history boasts of its status as city which held a great importance during the struggle for the nation's independence. Mahatma Gandhi belonged to this place and the historical background of Gandhinagar proves the point that many national movements which were planned to gain the nation's freedom started from Gandhinagar.