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Metropolitan cities in India
- JodhpurJodhpur sits near the geographic centre of Rajasthan, surrounded by the stark landscape of the Thar Desert, and its old town is painted almost entirely blue.
- JaipurJaipur is painted pink, and the reason is a guest. In 1876, during the rule of Sawai Ram Singh II, the city was coated in pink to welcome Albert Edward…
- MaduraiMadurai is often called "Thoongaa Nagaram", which means "the city that never sleeps". It sits on the banks of the Vaigai River in the Indian state of Tamil…
- RajkotRajkot sits at the geographic heart of the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, and its name carries a quiet ambition: "Raj" for royalty, "Kot" for fort.
- AgraAgra sits on the banks of the Yamuna river, about 230 km south-east of Delhi, and it holds within its borders a monument that has become a symbol of an…
- KozhikodeKozhikode sits on the Malabar Coast of Kerala, and for centuries it was the place where the world came to trade. On the 20th of May 1498, Portuguese explorer…
- AhmedabadAhmedabad stands on the banks of the Sabarmati River in western India, and on the 26th of February 1411, a sultan put a stake in the ground at a spot called…
- PunePune sits at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers, on the western margin of the Deccan Plateau, 560 metres above sea level.
- DelhiDelhi loses control of nothing more often than its own name. One legend traces it to Dhillu, a king who built a city here in 50 BCE and called it after…
- MumbaiMumbai has more billionaires than any other city in Asia. Seven islands once sat here, home to Marathi-speaking Koli fishermen who prayed to a goddess named…
- AurangabadAurangabad sits in the Deccan Traps, a landscape of ancient lava flows, and carries more names than almost any city in India.