Vadnagar

Town in Gujarat, India

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Vadnagar is a town and municipality in the Mehsana district of the state of Gujarat in India. It is located 35 km (22 mi) from Mehsana. Its ancient names include Anartapura and Anandapura. It was a location visited by Xuanzang in 640 C.E. The founder and the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Alexander Cunningham, had identified Anandapura with the town of Vadnagar. Vadnagar is also the birthplace of Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister of India.

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2,500-year-old history on display at new museum in PM Modi’s hometown Union home minister Amit Shah inaugurated a museum in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hometown, Vadnagar. The museum traces the 2,500-year history of the town and highlights its cultural and historical.. IndiaTimes - Published 18 hours ago
Remains of 2800-year-old settlement found in PM Modi's village Vadnagar Professor of Geology and Geophysics at IIT Kharagpur, Dr Anindya Sarkar said the study of deep archaeological excavation at Vadnagar also indicates that the rise and fall of different kingdoms during.. DNA - Published on January 17, 2024
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Govt’s holistic development of Vadnagar to include state-of-the-art museum, ‘Prerana vernacular school’ at PM Modi’s restored school IndiaTimes - Published on June 7, 2023
Gujarat: PM Modi meets his former school teacher in Navsari town Nayak (88), who now lives at Vyara in Tapi district and shuns publicity, taught Modi when the latter lived with his family in Vadnagar town. DNA - Published on June 10, 2022