Īs control from the Delhi Sultanate waned at the end of the 14th century, pressure grew for an independent Gujarat, culminating in the then Governor Zafar Khan declaring independence in 1407. The Delhi Sultanate appointed Governors to control Gujarat, but this had to be forcefully imposed, notably in 1347, when Muhammad bin Tughluq sacked Surat, among other cities. Historyĭutch-Armenian Cemetery of Surat Surat before the Mughal Empireįrom 1297, Gujarat was gradually conquered by Allauddin Khilji, the ruler of the principal state in north India at the time, the Delhi Sultanate. Surat's mayor will receive the award at the UNESCO House in Paris, France in March next year. Surat won the Netexplo Smart Cities Award 2019 with UNESCO in the resilience category. The city has various engineering plants like Essar, Larsen and Toubro and RIL. Surat, famous for its diamond cutting and polishing, is known as the Diamond City of India. It suffered a major pipeline fire which caused some damage. Surat is listed as the second cleanest city of India as of 21 August 2020 according to the Swachh Survekshan 2020 on 20 August. Surat has been selected as one of twenty Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission. Surat was selected in 2015 for an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant. The city has 2.97 million internet users, about 65% of total population. Surat is selected as the first smart IT city in India which is being constituted by the Microsoft CityNext Initiative tied up with IT services majors Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro. Surat was awarded "best city" by the Annual Survey of India's City-Systems (ASICS) in 2013. The city registered an annualised GDP growth rate of 11.5% over the seven fiscal years between 20.
Surat will be the world's fastest growing city from 2019 to 2035, according to a study conducted by Economic Times. The city centre is located on the Tapti River, close to Arabian Sea.
The city is located 284 kilometres (176 mi) south of the state capital, Gandhinagar 265 kilometres (165 mi) south of Ahmedabad and 289 kilometres (180 mi) north of Mumbai. It is the administrative capital of the Surat district. It is the second largest city in Gujarat after Ahmedabad and the eighth largest city by population and ninth largest urban agglomeration in India. About 90% of the world's diamonds supply are cut and polished in the city. It has well-established diamond and textile industry, and is a major supply centre for apparels and accessories. It is now the commercial and economic center in South Gujarat, and one of the largest urban areas of western India. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. The word Surat literally means face in Gujarati and Hindi. Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
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