At that point, to diminish populace thickness of Ahmedabad city, Gandhinagar, the new capital of the territory of Gujarat, was set up.

The new capital was named Gandhinagar to keep an enduring memory of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.

Many big IT companies like TCS, Cybage has presence in infocity whereas PCS is located at GIDC area.

Etech, Inc., one of the major BPO players in Gujarat is also based here along with operations in Vadodara and Texas.

[citation needed] According to the 2011 census Gandhinagar district has a population of 1,391,753,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini[5] or the US state of Hawaii.

A home to the Akshardham Temple that is adorned with pink stone and beautiful carving, Gandhinagar also houses:[8]