New Delhi: On July 8, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee announced that Ahmedabad is India’s first ‘heritage city’. The ruling BJP in Gujarat celebrated this decision, with chief minister Vijay Rupani tweeting that he was “thrilled”.
Thrilled to learn that Ahmedabad has been recognised as a UNESCO #WorldHeritage city, first of its kind in India. https://t.co/cU5dkmumnK
— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) July 8, 2017
According to a report in The Hindu, one of the reasons Ahmedabad received wide support was the “peaceful co-existence of dominant Hindu, Islamic and Jain communities in the Walled City area”.