Just inscribed as @UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site: Historic City of Ahmadabad #India https://t.co/ztbb8RIMiZ #41whc https://t.co/iRIMoQfAtK — UNESCO (@UNESCO) 1499529954000AHMEDABAD: The historic city Ahmedabad has been declared as a World Heritage City at the 41st session of Unesco's world heritage committee meet in Karkow in Poland on Saturday. Of the 287 world heritage cities across the globe, there were only two cities in the Indian subcontinent-- Bhaktpur in Nepal and Galle in Sri Lanka. The Unesco tag will add immense value to the city and boost tourism.Ahmedabad's journey towards attaining a world heritage tag began in 1984 when the first study for conserving heritage structures was instituted by Ford Foundation. A heritage cell was also set up by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The third milestone was Ahmedabad's entry into Unesco's tentative list of world heritage cities on March 31, 2011 and preparation of the Ahmedabad dossier by Cept professor Rabindra Vasavada.Municipal Commissioner Mukesh Kumar said, "We are officially India's first world heritage city and this is an achievement for the people of the city and the team that worked towards it.

Source: Times of India July 08, 2017 17:37 UTC