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1=> DIAMOND CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
-- 80 % OF THE WORLDS DIAMOND IS CUT & POLISHED IN SURAT!!
-- IN 2005 92% OF THE WORLDS DIAMOND WAS CUT N POLISHED IN SURAT !!

2=> TEXTILE CAPITAL OF INDIA
-- 2 OUT OF EVERY 10 SAREE IN INDIA IS MANUFACTURED IN SURAT !!

3=> SILK CAPITAL OF INDIA .

4=> 2nd CLEANEST CITY OF INDIA .

5=> MOST No. OF FLYOVERS IN GUJARAT.

6=> FIRST AND ONLY MULTILAYER FLYOVER OF GUJARAT IS IN SURAT .

7=> WORLDS FASTEST GROWING CITY -- U.N.SURVEY

8=> SURAT STANDS AS THE BEST CITY IN INDIA TO EARN FAST MONEY AND INVEST MONEY. - THE TIMES OF INDIA .

9=> INDIA'S ONLY ZERO UNEMPLOYMENT CITY.

10=> Surat is one of the most industrially active cities that connect to it- BIG CORPORATE HOUSES IN SURAT LIKE...ESSAR, ONGC, RELIANCE,

SHELL, L&T, HP, I.O.C, G.A.I.L AND MANY MORE...

11=> ATLEAST ONE PERSON FROM EACH VILLAGE OF GUJARAT HAVE A LINK WITH SURAT.

12=> EVERY INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT TO/FROM INDIA HAS ATLEAST ONE
PASSENGER FROM SURAT.

13=> ONLY CITY IN GUJARAT TO HAVE "FAME" & "ADLABS" THEATRE'S BOTH.

14=> HIGHEST CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR IN GUJARAT IS IN SURAT .

15=> MOST NO. OF "WOMEN LIQUOR LICENSE HOLDERS" IN GUJARAT ARE FROM SURAT .

16=> HIGHEST INCOME TAX PAYING CITY IN ASIA .

17=> SMC - SURAT MUNCIPAL CORPORATION EARNS Rs. 1 CRORE DAILY FROM OCTROI THIS IS HIGHEST IN INDIA .

18=> DOMINO'S FIRST PIZZA OUTLET IN GUJARAT WAS IN SURAT .

19=> IN DASSHERA 2006...SURAT MADE A RECORD IN WESTERN INDIA ...OF MOST NO. OF 4 WHEELERS AND 2 WHEELERS SALE .

20=> ONE OF THE LONGEST FLYOVER OF INDIA IS LOCATED IN SURAT.

21=> INDIA'S ONLY READYMADE GARMENT PARK IS SITUATED IN SURAT .

22=> WORLD'S ONLY PUBLIC SECTOR JEWELLERY PARK IS SITUATED IN SURAT.

23=> IN PAST SURAT WAS A GLORIOUS PORT WITH SHIPS OF MORE THAN 84 COUNTRIES ANCHORED IN ITS HARBOUR.

24=> 40% OF INDIA 'S TOTAL MAN-MADE FABRIC PRODUCTION IS IN SURAT .

25=> 28% OF INDIA 'S TOTAL SYNTHETIC OUTPUT IS FROM SURAT.

26=> RICHEST CITY OF GUJARAT .

27=> FASTEST No. OF GROWING CROREPATI'S IN INDIA ARE IN SURAT .

28=> FAMOUS CITY FOR MAKING "manja" --THREAD USED FOR KITE FLYING.

29=> FAMOUS CITY FOR ITS UNIQUE FOOD...SURTI CUISINE ESPECIALY "UNDHYU"

30=> SURAT IS THE CITY, WHERE THE BRITISHERS FIRST LANDED IN INDIA .

31=> SURAT HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA INCOME IN ASIA .

32=> PONK IS A ROASTED MILLET VARIETY THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN SURAT IN WHOLE WORLD.

33=> SURAT HAS BEEN ALLOTED A "S.E.Z. - SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE" BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.