The Major Cities with their significance / specializations
Name | Known for | Located in |
Agra | Taj Mahal | Uttar Pradesh |
Ambala | Air Force Training Center | Haryana |
Ahmedabad | Cotton Textile | Gujarat |
Aligarh | Aligarh University & lock industry | Uttar Pradesh |
Allahabad | Kumbh Mela (Hindu Pilgrimage Center) | Uttar Pradesh |
Alleppy | Known as 'Venice of the East' because of the canal network | Kerala |
Alwaye | Rare Earth Factory | Kerala |
Amarnath | Ice Cave, Lord Shiva temple | Jammu & Kashmir |
Amritsar | Golden Temple | Punjab |
Anand | Amul Dairy | Gujarat |
Asansol | Coal Mining | West Bengal |
Auroville | An experimental township (founded by Mirra Alfassa in 1968 and designed by architect Roger Anger) | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
Avadi | Tank Industry | Tamil Nadu |
Badrinath | Hindu Pilgrimage Center | Uttarakhand |
Bengaluru | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. | Karnataka |
Barauni | Oil Refinery | Bihar |
Bareilly | Furniture | Uttar Pradesh |
Bhilai | Steel Plant | Chhattisgarh |
Bhopal | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. | Madhya Pradesh |
Bhubaneshwar | Lingaraja Temple | Odisha |
Bikaner | Camel Hair Products | Rajasthan |
Bokaro | Steel Plant | Jharkhand |
Burnpur | Steel Plant | West Bengal |
Cambay | Petroleum | Gujarat |
Cherrapunji | Heavy Rainfall | Meghalaya |
Chittaranjan | Locomotive Industry | West Bengal |
Kochi | Ship Building | Kerala |
Dehradun | Indian Military Academy & Forest Research Institute | Uttarakhand |
Delhi | Red Fort, Lotus Temple, Jama Masjid, etc. | Delhi |
Dhanbad | Mines Institute, Coal Mining | Jharkhand |
Dhariwal | Woolen Industries | Punjab |
Digboi | Oil Fields | Assam |
Durgapur | Steel Plant | West Bengal |
Fatehpur Sikri | Buland Darwaza | Uttar Pradesh |
Firozabad | Glass Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
Gwalior | Artificial silk, rayon, fort, etc. | Madhya Pradesh |
Haldia | Oil Refinery | West Bengal |
Hyderabad | Charminar, Cigarette factory, etc. | Telangana |
Haridwar | Hindu Pilgrimage Center (Kumbh Mela) | Uttarakhand |
Indore | Artificial silk | Madhya Pradesh |
Jabalpur | Marbles, handlooms, lens, pottery | Madhya Pradesh |
Jaipur | Hawa Mahal (known as 'Pink City') | Rajasthan |
Jamshedpur | Steel Plant | Jharkhand |
Jharia | Coal Mining | Jharkhand |
Kanpur | Leather industry, Aircraft, etc. | Uttar Pradesh |
Karnal | National Dairy Research Institute | Haryana |
Katni | Pottery, Handloom, Kattha (catechu), etc. | Madhya Pradesh |
Khetri | Copper Mines | Rajasthan |
Kolkata | Grand Colonial Architecture, Art Galleries, and Cultural Festivals | West Bengal |
Kolar | Gold Mines | Karnataka |
Ludhiana | Hosieries, cycle, etc. | Punjab |
Madurai | Meenakshi Temple, Handloom silk sarees | Tamil Nadu |
Meerut | Sport Goods, Scissors, etc. | Uttar Pradesh |
Moradabad | Brassware | Uttar Pradesh |
Mumbai | Film City | Maharashtra |
Mysore | Sandal Wood | Karnataka |
Nagpur | National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Orange | Maharashtra |
Nashik | Kumbh Mela (Hindu Pilgrimage Center) | Maharashtra |
Nepanagar | Newsprint factory | Madhya Pradesh |
Neyveli | Lignite Mining (Coal) | Tamil Nadu |
Panna | Diamond Mining | Madhya Pradesh |
Perambur | Integral Coach Factory | Tamil Nadu |
Pimpri | Penicillin Factory | Maharashtra |
Pinjore | HMT Factory | Haryana |
Pune | Film & TV Institute | Maharashtra |
Renukoot | Aluminum Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
Rishikesh | Antibiotics Plant | Uttarakhand |
Roorkee | Engineering University | Uttarakhand |
Rourkela | Cable Factory | Odisha |
Saharanpur | Institute of Paper Technology | Uttar Pradesh |
Salem | Bauxite | Tamil Nadu |
Sambalpur | Coal Mining | Odisha |
Sarnath | Buddhist Stupa | Uttar Pradesh |
Sholapur | Cotton Textile | Maharashtra |
Shriharikota | Satellite launching station | Andhra Pradesh |
Singhbhum | Copper and Iron Mines | Jharkhand |
Surat | Cotton Textile | Gujarat |
Tarapur | First Atomic Power Station of India | Maharashtra |
Thumba | First Rocket Launching Station of India | Kerala |
Titagarh | Paper Industry | West Bengal |
Trombay | Atomic Energy | Maharashtra |
Tuticorin | Port City | Tamil Nadu |
Ujjain | Kumbh Mela (Hindu Pilgrimage Center) | Madhya Pradesh |
Varanasi | Hindu Pilgrimage Center, Banarsi Sarees | Uttar Pradesh |
Visakhapatnam | Ship Building | Andhra Pradesh |
Warangal | Carpets | Telangana |
Zawar | Zinc Mines | Rajasthan |
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