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{{for|the legislative assembly constituency with identical name|Maninagar Assembly constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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| image_caption = Maninagar Mandir
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'''Maninagar''' is an area of [[Ahmedabad]] city, [[Gujarat]], India. It is located in the southern part of the city and an important area of the city. It can be divided into two regions - Maninagar East and Maninagar West, separated by the [[Maninagar Railway Station]].

[[Narendra Modi]] who was also the Chief Minister of the Gujarat State Government had represented this constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly till 21 May 2014, when he resigned as Gujarat CM for the position of Prime Minister of India and also resigned as Maninagar MLA.

==History==
Maninagar is originally a land that belonged to Seth Maneklal Manilal, a powerful banker. He donated a big piece of this land to develop the first organized settlement outside the walled city. [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] created the first town planning scheme for Manipur, now called Maninagar.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Maninagar|url=http://www.maninagar.com/about_maninagar.htm|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903223352/http://www.maninagar.com/about_maninagar.htm|archive-date=3 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Maninagar founder's haveli restored|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-08/ahmedabad/29863896_1_haveli-walled-city-maninagar|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710044324/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-08/ahmedabad/29863896_1_haveli-walled-city-maninagar|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=2012-07-10}}</ref>

==Cityscape==
The [[Kankaria]] lake and [[Nagina Wadi]] are situated in this area. This area also hosts a train station on the [[Ahmedabad]]-[[Mumbai]] line where most of the major trains stop.

Maninagar is also the entrance to the [[National Highway 8 (India) (old numbering)|Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway.]]

==Sports==
[[EKA Arena|Transtadia Stadium]] is built near Kankaria, which has become a hub for many sporting events. Arena located there is the home stadium for Gujarat Giants of Pro-Kabaddi League.

Physical Ground is a multi-sports stadium situated in [[Khokhra]]. It was inaugurated in the year 2010. The stadium serves place to play sports like [[cricket]], [[association football|football]], [[badminton]], [[chess]], [[wrestling]], [[judo]], and [[basketball]].

In the month of March 2011, Gujarat state level; chess competition, 200 m running, kabaddi, cricket and badminton were held

It was one of the centers for Khel-Maha-kumbh that was held in 2011 by [[Government of Gujarat]].

==References==
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{{Ahmedabad topics}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad]]

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