A solar eclipse occurred over Ahmedabad, India (23 ¿N, 72 ¿E) on 24 October 1995. We measured the vertical column abundance of ozone during this event using a Dobson spectrophotometer. We found that a sharp fall in the ozone column began from its normal value ~15 minutes before the maximum obscuration (MO) of the sun, followed by a sharp rise ~10 minutes after the MO. About 15 minutes after the MO, ozone column returned to normal values, but a wavelike fluctuation was still seen. ¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union