Historians and the Sunni Muslim Waqf Committee which manages the Sidi Sayyed mosque, have raised concerns about the erosion of the unique stone works due to pollution.
In May 1915, Mahatma Gandhi revived the centuries-old ashram system in India by establishing the 'Satyagraha Ashram' in Kocharab after he founded similar establishments in South Africa’s Phoenix and Transvaal.
Ahmedabad municipality was established in 1858 and most of the streets under the civic body had anglicised names. However, most of the names and their associated history are now lost due to the renaming of the roads.