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| Surat : An Introduction |
| Surat, the capital of South Gujarat, was one of western India's major ports and trading towns in the 17th and 18th centuries and the first European settlement in India. Situated on the banks of Tapti river, Surat is renowned for its silk weaves like the Tanchoi and Gajee sarees and Kinkhab brocades sometimes woven with gold and silver threads. It is famous for its jewellery market and diamond cutting as well as ivory and wood inlay work. |
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| Surat is situated on the banks of river Tapti. For centuries, it has been known as a center of trade and textiles.It was also the main port for the pilgrims sailing to Mecca.It is also an important diamond-cutting centre too.Now the city is one of the major industrial cities of India specializing in textiles, chemicals, diamond processing and finishing, etc. Places of interest are Old Fort, Dumas, Hajira, Ubharat, Tithal, Ukai, etc.Despite its industrial importance Surat is of little interest to travelers, except those with a fascination for urban decay, mayhem, noise and pollution. |
| Mahabharat i.e. about year 3,000 B.C. It is said that Lord Krishna stopped with his cows on his transition from Mathura to Dwarka city and the images of the cow's foot prints are still visible to the devotees at a place popularly called "Gai Pagli" (Foot steps of cows).. |
| Places of Interest in Surat |
| Dandi Situated on the coastline and well known as a salt centre, Dandi has acquired a name in history after the famous Dandi March Salt Satyagraha launched by Gandhiji in March, 1930 A.D. While overtly the Dandi march purported to protest against the hateful Salt Tax levied by the British, the underlying purpose was to kindle the spark of Civil Disobedience and thereby attain independence. On a warm April morning in 1930 Gandhi and his 78 Satyagrahis marched 241 miles to Dandi and formally breached the Salt Law an act that would go down in the annals of history as the first salvo to be fired against the British Empire. |
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Distance Chart |
Agra - 1083 Km
Ahmedabad - 255 Km
Akola - 497 Km
Allahabad - 1202 Km
Amritsar - 1478 Km
Bangalore - 1276 Km
Bellary - 1090 Km
Bhopal - 651 Km
Bhubaneswar - 1467 Km
Calcutta - 2035 Km
Cuttack - 1562 Km
Chennai - 1605 Km
New Delhi - 1170 Km
Hubli - 792 Km
Hyderabad - 910 Km
Indore - 465 Km
Salem - 1400 Km
Shimla - 1513 Km
Srinagar - 2046 Km
Thane - 220 Km
Tiruchchirappalli - 1534 km
Tirupati- 1427 Km
Vadodara - 142 Km
Vijayawada - 1184 Km
Vishakhapatnam - 1476 Km
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| Surat / Gujarat related resources |
| Gujarat Government |
| Directorate of Employment and Training (DET), Gujarat |
| Education Department, Gujarat |
| Energy and Petro Chemicals Department, Gujarat |
| Forest Department, Gujarat |
| General Administration Department, Gujarat |
| Health and Family Welfare Department, Gujarat |
| Industries and Mines Department, Gujarat |
| Labour and Employment Department, Gujarat |
| Ports and Fisheries Department, Gujarat |
| Sales Tax Department, Gujarat |
| Science and Technology Department, Gujarat |
| Tourism Department, Gujarat |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat |
| Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) |
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Physical and Human Geography
Population: 5.06 crores
Language Spoken: Hindi, English and Gujarathi. |
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