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Ankleshwar
Aṁkalēśvara Ankaleshwar | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Ankleshwar Location within Gujarat  Ankleshwar Location within India | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Gujarat |
| District | Bharuch |
| Founded by | Gurjar king Dadda II[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Ankleshwar Municipal Corporation, Notified Area Authority |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Ankleshwar (sometimes written Ankaleshwar; ISO: Aṁkalēśvara) is a city in the Bharuch district in the state of Gujarat, India. The city is located 14 kilometres from Bharuch. The village of Adadara is in Ankleshwar division.
History
[edit]Ankleshaar was once known as Akrureshwar-Ankuleshwar. It is mentioned in the land grant inscriptions, or Dana shasans, issued by Gurjar king Dadda II in between 629 and 643 A.D. at that time, the area was referred to as a "vishaya", meaning an administrative district.[1]
Industry
[edit]Ankleshwar Industrial Association (AIA) is the largest organisation of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, where over 2000 industries are registered.[citation needed]
Ankleshwar is a hub of the chemical industry in India. One aggregation of plants, the Ankleshwar Industrial Estate, produces more than 5 percent of India's output of chemical products, including pharmaceuticals and dyes. Pollution is regulated by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, which charges the AIA with self-enforcement of its constituent organisations.[2]
Transport
[edit]Ankleshwar is connected by Indian National Highway 8 (Mumbai to New Delhi) and by the Western Railway Division of Indian Railways. The railway division runs the broad gauge train services to Rajpipla. The 140-year-old (2021) Golden Bridge built in (1881) connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch across the Narmada on the station front while a new bridge connects the highway, the other bridge made by L&T on the highway is now ready to use.
Ankleshwar railway station is centrally located at the intersection of NH8 & Station Road.
Ankleshwar City Bus stand is located on Station Road (i.e. located in the city, the western section).
Development project of Ankleshwar Airport & City Bus are in pipe line in the last stage.
Notable people
[edit]Anklesaria, a toponymic surname for Ankleshwar, is found among Parsis from India:
- Saniya Anklesaria, an Indian actress
- Shahnaz Aiyar (d. 2015), Indian writer, wife of Swaminathan Aiyar
References
[edit]- 1 2 Chopra, Pran Nath (1992). Encyclopaedia of India: Gujarat. Rima Publishing House. p. 226. ISBN 978-81-7415-012-7.
Ankleshwar was known as Akruresh-war-Ankuleshwar and is referred to in Dana Shasans' of Gurjar King Dadda II of 629 and 634 A.D. It was called 'Vishaya'.
- ↑ Sarkar, Runa (2017). Business, institutions, environment. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-0-19-807544-8. Retrieved 5 February 2024.