Ahmedabad - the largest city of Gujarat and seventh largest
metropolitan area of India, has a city population of more than 4.05
million and metropolitan population of 6.2 million.
In 2010, Forbes magazine rated Ahmedabad as the fastest
growing city in India, and third in the world after two
Chinese cities — Chengdu and Chongqing.
Its booming textile industry makes this commercial centre of Gujarat, Manchester of the East
It is a home to the Indian Institute of Management, a management college that is ranked number 1 in Asia.