Ahmedabad is shining with big, small and minute lightings at each corner since a week and that is because it’s Gujarat’s birthday. 1st May 2017 is celebrated every year as the Gujarat Gaurav Divas and today is the 57th Gujarat Gaurav Divas. As part of the celebration, this year government has organised grand festivities on the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. All through the day various festivities are planned to let Amdavadis participate in the fervour of Gaurav Divas.
08:30 AM– Unveiling of sculpture of Indu Chacha, Lal Darwaja
08:45 AM– Inaugurating the new Home Guard Building, Lal Darwaja
08:52 AM– Flower dedication ceremony to Sardar Patel Sculpture, Lal Darwaja
09:55 AM– Shravan Teerth Yatra commencement, Jagganath Mandir
11:15 AM– Inaugurating the OPD Block at Civil Hospital
11:50 AM– Inaugurating the new C-type tower at Kacheri Bhavan, Vastrapur
12:15 PM– Inaugurating Ahmedabad Book Fair, University Convention Hall
03:35 PM– Inaugurating Civil Hospital Building and a talk with nursing student, Asarva
04:40 PM– Chief Minister Gruh Scheme: Inaugurating 1000 government residential quarters, Chandkheda
05:35 PM– Cultural display and parade procession, Riverfront
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