Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad Listed on World Monuments Watch

The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad's Navrangpura district, India, has been included in the 2020 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund (WMF). The stadium, one of India's earliest modernist public architecture projects, was built in the decades following the country's independence in 1947. It has suffered significant physical degradation due to poor maintenance and lack of funding, despite its architectural and historical significance and its role as a major public space. The WMF's list highlights cultural heritage sites facing urgent preservation challenges. The stadium's inclusion underscores its importance as an engineering landmark and a community hub. The project is part of a broader effort to preserve modernist heritage in India, which under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru sought to modernize rapidly by inviting internationally renowned architects like Le Corbusier to build new cities and institutions, most famously Chandigarh.