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Encyclopedia > Anand (town)

Anand is a City and a HeadQuarter of ANAND District Gujarat, India. Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ...

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City

Anand is known as the Milk Capital of India. It became famous for Amul dairy and its Milk revolution. This City hosts the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) of India and Anand Agricultural University. Anand Agricultural University has got Information Technology Centre, headed by Dr. JG Sarvaiya, Director Information Technology Amul, acronym for Anand Milk Producers India Limited, is a popular name of Kheda District Cooperative Milk Producers? Union Limited. ... The National Dairy Development Board is an institution of national importance setup by an Act of Parliament of India. ... Anand Agricultural University is a university located in India. ...


Anand lies between Ahmedabad and Vadodara and is a major railway stop on this line. Ahmedabad (Amdavad in Gujarati) or Ahmadābād is the largest city in Gujarat and the sixth largest city in India with a population of almost 5 million. ... Vadodara, also known as Baroda, is the third-most populated town in Gujarat after Ahmedabad and Surat (the three towns with a population of over 1 million in Gujarat). ...


District

Anand district was carved out of the Kheda district in 1997. Anand City is the administrative headquarters of this district. It is surrounded by Kheda (North), Vadodara (East), and Ahmedabad (West) districts. To the south is the Gulf of Cambay. Kheda is a town in the Gujarat state of India. ... The Gulf of Cambay (also the Gulf of Khambat) is an inlet of the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India, in the state of Gujarat. ...


Point of Interests

  • Karamsad - birthplace of Sardar Patel.
  • Dakor - Hindu temple of Lord Ranchodrai a form of Krishna.
  • Pavagadh Fort - Ruins of the fort, now a world heritage site by UNESCO.
  • Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple of Lord Swaminarayanof BAPS.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (October 31, 1875–December 15, 1950), popularly referred to as Sardar Patel, was an Indian statesman, an important leader of the Indian National Congress and the deputy Prime Minister in the first cabinet of Independent India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Lord Krishna Krishna (कृष्ण, Sanskrit for black. Also said to mean All Attractive), is, according to common Hindu tradition, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... BAPS mandir in Houston, TX, United States Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha or BAPS is a branch of the Hindu Swaminarayan sect with more than 1,000,000 followers worldwide and a greater presence outside South Asia than any other Hindu group. ...

Educational Institutes

Anand Agricultural University is a university located in India. ... Anand may also refer to: Anand Bhatt - The Indian America rock/pop musician and record executive. ...

See also

  • Amul Site
  • http://www.nddb.org NDDB website
  • http://www.irma.ac.in IRMA website
  • http://www.aau.in Anand Agricultural University website


Gujarat Districts
Ahmedabad | Amreli | Anand | Banaskantha | Bharuch | Bhavnagar | Dahod | Dang | Gandhinagar | Jamnagar | Junagadh | Kheda | Kutch | Mehsana | Narmada | Navsari | Panchmahal | Patan | Porbandar | Rajkot | Sabarkantha | Surat | Surendranagar | Vadodara | Valsad

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Anand is the town where Asia's largest Dairy products manufacturing co-operative society known as "AMUL" is located it produced different types of Baby Milk powders, to Cheese Butters and Milk and related products including Chocolates & Ice Creams.
Town have all amenities apart from very poor qualities of Inner city Roads, and very verse and poor thinking to Drainage and water Systems including poor planning for specially there is No Larger Drainages Systems for Heavy Rain access Water Removal.
Anand is great city i like to live in anand city its is also call a green city its very nice city.and i love it i stay 7km far from anand a village call khandli it is also a nice village ok bye then jay swaminarayan
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