About Ahmedabad Ahmedabad may longer be the seat of Gujarat’s government but it certainly is its business heart. Business has also Ahmedabad’s identity for generations having gone through many avatars where one industry dominated only to be replaced with ather over time. Ahmedabad was kwn as the ‘Manchester of the East’ from the early to mid-20th century. It still is one of the largest suppliers of denim in India and among the top producer of cotton garments, cotton products with many manufacturing units based in and around the city.