Ahmedabad 1st city to get UNESCO heritage tag

Ahmedabad, July 9

The declaration of 600-year-old Ahmedabad as a world heritage city by the UNESCO was hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

After Ahmedabad became the first city of India to get the World Heritage City tag last night, the UNESCO tweeted "Just inscribed as UNESCO world heritage site: Historic city of Ahmedabad #India".

The Prime Minister, in a tweet today said, "A matter of immense joy for India!".

Shah termed it a "proud moment" for every Indian, while Rupani said he was "thrilled" to learn about Ahmedabad being recognised as the UNESCO World Heritage City. The decision was taken at UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meeting at Krakow in Poland. The city has now joined the ranks of Paris, Vienna, Cairo, Brussels, Rome and Edinburgh and put India on the world heritage city map. — PTI