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Amazing Unknown Facts About Surat

Surat is well known as Synthetic Textile City and Diamond City. It is the Commercial capital of Gujarat. Surat also offers many mouthwatering popular street food which available in Surat only. Here some unknown facts about Surat that you probably not known.

Amazing facts about Surat Gujarat

Unknown facts about Surat Gujarat

Diamond City

Surat is the center for Diamond cutting and polishing. 90% of the world and 99% of the nation's rough diamonds cutting & polishing work is proceed in Surat.
Diamond Cutting and Polishing in Surat

Moreover, 90% of the diamond export is from Surat.

Silk City

Surat is the textile capital of India. Around 40% of the total man made fabrics is produced in Surat. The City has whole chain for manufacturing of fabrics from POY, Yarn to finished fabrics.

Sarees in Surat

amazing facts about Textile Capital Surat

There are more then 150 Wholesale Textile Market are situated on Ring Road of India. Further 60+ Giant Textile Market are coming up on Surat Kadodra Road.

Hazira Industrial Area

Hazira Industrial area of the Surat is hub of more then 20 large Companies such as Reliance, Essar, ONGC, KRIBHCO, NTPC, L&T are having their Plant in Hazira, Surat.
Unknown facts about Surat

Fasted Growing & Cleanest City

Surat is also a fastest growing city of the world. The GDP of the Surat has average growth rate of 9.20% as per report prepared by Oxford Economics(source: TOI).
Surat GDP and cleanest city Surat
Surat is also among list of top cleanest city of India.

Surat Railway Station

Surat Railway Station is one and only Railway Station in Asia where train arrives on first floor since platforms are on first floor.
Surat unknown fact about railway station surat

History of Surat

Earlier Surat was named Suryapur. Name of the Surat city is also mentioned in the Mahabharata as Lord Krishna halt in Surat when traveling to Mathura to Dwarka.
Surat history

Moreover it is the city where the British first land in India. Surat has maximum number of bridges in the country due to which also known as City of Flyover. 










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