There is much more to Surat than diamond polishing industry and textile looms. Surat Municipal Corporation, having identified nearly 2,800 heritage structures in the city, now intends to make the city a tourist destination.
The civic body will also come out with a limited edition of a book containing photographs of the city’s heritage structures. SMC [...]
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About SMC Building
January 27th, 2010 by admin
Surat Fort
January 27th, 2010 by admin
The city of Surat is located on the bank of river Tapi in the West Indian state of Gujarat. Surat was a grand port city during the Mughal period. Since the ancient times, the early port of Surat has been well-known for its elite quality fine silks and beautiful brocades and its trade in various [...]
Market of Textile
January 27th, 2010 by admin
South of the Sahara Gate which opens on to Bardoli Road, the textile markets are packed with saris, salwar kameez, dress pieces, and a range of other polyester, silk, printed, and embroidered materials that Surat, once renowned for silk weaving and brocade, and is still famous for even after a history of setbacks in the [...]

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