Surat, India Information And Events

List of Surat's nicknames:

• The Diamond City

Sample list of newspapers published in Surat:

• Gujarat Samachar
• Divya Bhaskar
• Chetana
• Rajasthan Patrika

Surat's geo-coordinates are 21.17° N, 72.83° E.

Surat is located in Gujarat, India.

The surat is now used for municipal offices.

Sample list of famous people who were born in Surat:

• Freddy Daruwala ( Actor )
• Bhavesh Balchandani ( Actor )
• Ratan Tata ( Businessperson and Entrepreneur )
• Sultana ( Actor )
• Manoj Kumar Das ( Politician )
• Rajendra Desai ( Politician )
• Chahhyaben Bhuva ( Politician )
• Prachi Desai ( Actor and Model )
• Sanjeev Kumar ( Actor )
• Homi Wadia ( Actor, Film Director and Film Producer )
• Zubeida ( Actor )
• Babubhai Mistri ( Film Director, Screenwriter and Writer )
• Gunvant Shah ( Writer, Essayist and Professor )
• Ismail Darbar ( Composer, Musician, Film Score Composer, Music Director and Violinist )
• Kashiram Rana ( Politician and Lawyer )
• Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary ( Politician )
• Ahmed Deedat ( Missionary, Public speaker, Orator and Writer )
• Ranjitram Mehta ( Writer )
• Namitha Kapoor ( Actor and Model )
• Narmadashankar Dave
• Mohammed Burhanuddin
• Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla
• Abbas Vasi
• Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara
• Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi ( Judge )
• Kalpesh Patel
• Nari Gandhi
• Ami Ghia ( Athlete )
• Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai
• Vihang Naik
• Y. P. Trivedi
• Priyanshi Somani
• Mahomed Cassimjee
• Amod Cassimjee
• Manhar Raskapur ( Film Director )
• J. B. H. Wadia ( Screenwriter, Film Director and Film Producer )
• Jayant Desai ( Film Director )
• Usha Mehta
• Taher Saifuddin
• Fenil Umrigar
• Rusi Surti
• Mustan Burmawalla ( Film Producer, Film Director and Screenwriter )
• Abbas Burmawalla ( Film Director, Film Producer and Screenwriter )
• Hussain A. Burmawala ( Film Editor )
• Tapas Relia ( Film Score Composer )
• Fardunjee Marzban ( Journalist )
• Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia ( Geologist )
• Padma Desai
• H. J. Kania ( Judge )
• Darshana Jardosh

There are over 800 cloth wholesalers in Surat.

Sample list of famous events happened in Surat:

• Battle of Swally

Population of Surat was 4,462,002 in the year 2011.

The major highways passing through Surat are the Udhana-Mumbai Highway also known as Udhana-Navsari Highway, Surat-Ahmedabad Highway also known as Varachha Main Road.

The prosperity of Surat received a blow when Surat was ceded to the English as part of the dowry for Catherine of Braganza's wedding to Charles II in 1662.

According to the 2011 India census, the population of Surat is 4,462,002.

The surat was founded in 1814 by the 43rd Dai Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin [R.A].

Surat's official website is http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/

List of airports near Surat:

• Surat Airport

Surat is the 34th largest city by area in a study conducted by The City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank on urban affairs The city registered an annualized GDP growth rate of 11.5 per cent over the seven fiscal years between 2001 and 2008.

Surat is about 326.52 square kilometers with a population of 4,462,002 in the year 2011.

The surat is the most coveted institute in the field of diamonds, gems and jewellery in India and is a state-of-art school of learning.