On 26 January 2001 , a devastating earthquake centred near Bhuj , measuring 6.9 on the richter scale , struck the city . As many as 50 multistoried buildings collapsed killing 752 people . The following year , a three-day period of violence between Hindus and Muslims in the western Indian state of Gujarat , known as the 2002 Gujarat violence , spread to Ahmedabad ; refugee camps were set up around the city and economy was affected . Sabarmati Riverfront project started in 2004 . The 2008 Ahmedabad bombings , a series of seventeen bomb blasts , killed and injured several people . Militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad claimed responsibility for the attacks . Ahmedabad BRTS was inaugurated in 2009 . The construction of Ahmedabad Metro began in 2015 and the operation began in March 2019
2008 Ahmedabad bombings
2008 Ahmedabad bombings
History of Ahmedabad