Gandhidham
E360774
Gandhidham is a planned town in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, developed primarily to resettle refugees after the Partition and serving as a key commercial hub in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gandhidham canonical | 8 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
planned town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | municipality ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kandla Port
ⓘ
surface form:
Kandla Port Trust
|
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivisionType | state ⓘ |
| demographicFeature | large refugee-descendant population ⓘ |
| developedFor | resettlement of refugees from Sindh ⓘ |
| developmentPeriod | post-1947 ⓘ |
| district |
Kutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Kutch district
|
| economicActivity |
industrial services
ⓘ
trade ⓘ transport and logistics ⓘ |
| economicImportance | gateway town for Kandla Port ⓘ |
| economicZone | influence area of Kandla Special Economic Zone ⓘ |
| foundedFor | resettlement of refugees after the Partition of India ⓘ |
| governingBody | Gandhidham Municipality ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Gandhidham Junction ⓘ |
| historicalEventContext | Partition of India ⓘ |
| language |
Gujarati
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gujarat
ⓘ
Kutch ⓘ
surface form:
Kutch district
Western India ⓘ
surface form:
western India
|
| namedAfter | Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| nearbyAirport | Kandla Airport ⓘ |
| nearbyPort | Kandla Port ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Kutch region
|
| planningAuthority | Gandhidham Development Authority ⓘ |
| planningObjective | rehabilitation of displaced persons from Sindh ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | PIN ⓘ |
| region | Kutch ⓘ |
| regionType | commercial and industrial hub ⓘ |
| religionDiversity | Hindu majority with significant Sindhi community ⓘ |
| role |
key commercial hub in Kutch region
ⓘ
trading center for Kandla Port ⓘ |
| state | Gujarat ⓘ |
| timezone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| transport |
railway connectivity to major Indian cities
ⓘ
road connectivity via national and state highways ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningType | grid-planned town ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | GJ-12 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gujarat