Former Mayor of Ahmedabad Vadilal Kamdar(91) passes away

Former Mayor of Ahmedabad Vadilal Kamdar(91) passes away


Ahmedabad, 9 April, 2012

Former Mayor of Ahmedabad Shri Vadilal Kamdar(91) passed away today morning. Shri Kamdar was Mayor of Ahmedabad between 10 April 1976 and 18 April 1977.

Shri Kamdar was elected MLA of Shahpur assembly area in Ahmedabad in 1980. He had served as Vice President of Gujarat Congress and state relief committee’s Chairman. He was trustee of Gujarat Rahat Samiti. He played leading role in setting up Dr. Jivraj Mehta hospital and Sachana old-age home. He served as Chairman of Gujarat government’s Water distribution board and Government of India’s Animal welfare board.

Ahmedabad Mayor Asit Vora, Municipal Commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra, Gujarat Congress President Shri Arjun Modhwadia and others have paid tribute to late Mayor.