{{Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
| native_name = Gandhinagar
| type = capital
| latd = 23.22
| longd = 72.68
| locator_position = right
| skyline = SACHIVALAY_PANORAMA.jpg
| skyline_caption = Panorama of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
| state_name = Gujarat
| district = Gandhinagar
| altitude = 81
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_total = 195891
| area_total = 57
| area_telephone = 079
| postal_code = 382010
| vehicle_code_range = GJ-18
}}
'''Gandhinagar'''  (Gujarati: ગાંધીનગર, planned cities of India. Located on the banks of the River Sabarmati, the city is the administrative centre of Gandhinagar District.

== History ==
In Bombay was split into two states — Maharashtra and Gujarat. Ahmedabad was selected to be the first capital of Gujarat. It was proposed that a new capital city be constructed for the state on the lines of the other two planned cities of India — Chandigarh and Bhubaneshwar. Initial plans were to commission the renowned American architect Louis Kahn to build the city to rival Le Corbusier's Chandigarh. But the plans were canceled due to pressure to make the new city an Indian enterprise. 

So the charge of making the new city was given to Indian architects H. K. Mewada and Prakash M. Apte. Both had worked as  apprentices  during the construction of Chandigarh. The new city was constructed as per their plan and was named Gandhinagar after Mahatma Gandhi, a Gujarati himself. The capital was shifted from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar

The new city is spread on the banks of the Sabarmati river. The main city is designed on the west bank of the river on 42.9 km² of land.  The site is gently sloping, from north-east to south-west. Gandhinagar comprises thirty sectors. It is a highly structured city and has a highly ordered street grid - comprising blocks that are divided by two types of streets, similar to U.S. avenues and streets. Gandhinagar has "letter roads" (K, KH, G, GH, CH, CHH & JA) and "number roads" (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7). The letter roads run parallel across the city perpendicular to the number roads.  The number and letter roads intersect each other forming a grid; each block or square in the grid is given a sector number.  Each intersection is marked by signal names such as CH1, CH2, CH3 or JA1,JA2.

== Geography and Climate ==
Gandhinagar is located at .<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/9/Gandhinagar.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gandhinagar]</ref> It has an average elevation of 81&nbsp;feet). The city sits on the banks of the River Sabarmati, in north-central Gujarat. It spans an area of 205&nbsp;km² (79.15 square miles). The Sabarmati frequently dries up in the summer, leaving only a small stream of water.<br />

There are three main seasons: summer, monsoon and winter. Aside from the monsoon season, the climate is dry. The weather is hot through the months of March to June when the maximum temperature stays in the range of 36&nbsp;°C (97&nbsp;°F) and 42&nbsp;°C (108&nbsp;°F), and the minimum in the range of 19&nbsp;°C (66&nbsp;°F) and 27&nbsp;°C (81&nbsp;°F). From November to February, the average maximum temperature is around 29&nbsp;°C (85&nbsp;°F), the average minimum is 14&nbsp;°C (57&nbsp;°F), and the climate is extremely dry. The southwest monsoon brings a humid climate from mid-June to mid-September.<ref>{{
 cite web
 |publisher = Yahoo! Inc.
 |title = Gandhinagar Weather - Records and Averages
 |url=http://weather.yahoo.com/climo/INXX0048_f.html
 |accessdate=2006-09-04
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<gallery>
Image:GANDHINAGAR_VIDHANSABHA1.jpg|Gandhinagar Vidhan Sabha - Half View.
Image:GEB_Gandhinagar.jpg|The photograph of Thermal Power Station of GSECL (Subsidiary Company of GUVNL(Erstwhile GEB))  in gandhinagar in beautiful evening.
Image:Nature's_Roads.jpg|Nature's Roads of Gandhinagar,always Two-Way.
</gallery>

== Demographics ==
As of 2001 India census,<ref></ref> Gandhinagar had a population of 195,891. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gandhinagar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 73%. In Gandhinagar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

== Famous Places ==
*Akshardham Gandhinagar
*Deer Park
*[http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in Gujarat Legislative Assembly]
*[http://www.theinfocity.net Infocity]
*Multiplexes - [http://www.citypulse.co.in/gandhinagar.htm City Pulse], R - World
*Garden & Children Amusement Park, Sector 28
*District Shopping Center, Sector - 21

'''Gandhinagar''' (indischen Bundesstaates Distrikts Gandhinagar. Sie ist nach Mahatma Gandhi, der in Gujarat geboren wurde, benannt.

Gandhinagar liegt am Fluss Sabarmati, etwa 30 Kilometer nördlich von Gujarats größter Stadt Ahmedabad. Es besteht aus 30 Sektoren. Ähnlich dem Vorbild US-amerikanischer Städte (''avenues'' und ''streets'') gibt es zwei Kategorien von sich kreuzenden Straßen - solche mit Buchstaben (K, KH, G, GH, CH, CHH und JA) und solche mit Zahlen (1 bis 7). Die sich zwischen den Straßen ergebenden Blöcke sind mit Sektorennummern bezeichnet, die Kreuzungen tragen als Bezeichnung eine Kombination aus den Bezeichnungen der sich kreuzenden Straßen (KH1, KH2, G1, G2, G3 usw.).

Als 1960 der Bundesstaat Bombay in die Bundesstaaten Gujarat und Maharashtra geteilt wurde, wurde zunächst Ahmedabad als Interimshauptstadt bestimmt. Sodann wurde Gandhinagar nach Chandigarh als zweite Planstadt seit der Unabhängigkeit Indiens gebaut und 1970 wurde die Hauptstadt Gujarats hierher verlegt.

Gandhinagar hat mehrere Bildungs- und Forschungsinstitute. Zu den wenigen Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt gehört der Tempelkomplex Akshardham.

Bei einem Massaker im Akshardham-Tempel kamen am 26. September 2002 30 Menschen durch zwei bewaffnete Männer ums Leben und fast 100 wurden verletzt. Die National Security Guard konnte die Terroristen erst nach 13stündiger Belagerung überwältigen.