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The word Surat directly translates to face in Urdu, Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now the commercial and economic centre of South Gujarat, and one of the largest urban areas of western India.
The Bharatiya Janata Party secured its first victory in the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, as its candidate from Gujarat's Surat constituency won uncontested, state chief minister Bhupendra...
Roughly, Western India is bounded by the Thar Desert in the north, the Vindhya Range in the east and north and the Arabian Sea in the west. A major portion of Western India shares the Thar Desert with North India and Pakistan and the Deccan Plateau with South and Central India .
4 days ago · Surat, city, southeastern Gujarat state, west-central India. It lies near the mouth of the Tapti River at the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay). The city is believed to have been founded by a Brahman named Gopi, who built the Gopi Tank (water reservoir) in 1516 and named the area Surajpur or Suryapur.
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3 days ago · Gujarat BJP’s ‘Brihad Karobari’ (extended executive) meeting, scheduled to be held on July 4 and 5 in Botad district, may announce the name of next state party chief or the president in-charge. Even as speculation is on who will be the next chief Surat West MLA Purnesh Modi, the complainant in the defamation case against Congress MP Rahul ...
