सूरत

soorat / Surat

sthapana

soorat shahar soorat zile ka prashasanik mukhyalay hai. yah dakshin-poorvi gujarat rajy, pashchim bharat mean sthit hai. yah khanbhat ki kha di par tapti nadi ke muhane par sthit hai. kaha jata hai ki 1516 mean ek hiandoo brahman gopi ne ise basaya tha. 12vian se 15vian shatabdi tak yah shahar muslim shasakoan, purtagaliyoan, mugaloan aur marathoan ke akramanoan ka shikar hua. 1514 mean purtagali yatri duarate barabosa ne soorat ka varnan ek mahattvapoorn bandaragah ke roop mean kiya tha.

yatayat aur parivahan

yah s dak, rel aur havaee margoan se ju da hua hai.

krishi aur khanij

asapas ke ilake mean kheti hoti hai. kapas, bajara, dalahan aur chaval yahaan ki mukhy paidavar haian. vastrodyog sooraj shahar mean hi keandrit hai.

udyog aur vyapar

purtagaliyoan dvara (1512 evan 1530) soorat ko jala die jane ke bad yah ek b da vikray keandr bana, jahaan se kap de aur sone ka niryat hota tha. vastrodyog aur jahaj nirman yahaan ke mukhy udyog the. aangrejoan ne 1612 mean pahali bar apani vyaparik chauki yahian par sthapit ki thi. yahaan ke sooti, reshami, kimakhvab (jaridar kap da) ke vastr tatha sone v chaandi ki vastuean prasiddh haian.

patan

18vian shatabdi mean dhire-dhire soorat ka patan hone laga tha. us samay aangrez aur dach, donoan ne soorat par niyantran ka dava kiya, lekin 1800 mean aangrejoan ka is par adhikar ho gaya.

janasankhya

19vian shatabdi ke madhy mean soorat ek gatihin nagar tha, jisaki abadi 80,000 thi, lekin bharatiy relave ki shuruat ke sath soorat phir se samriddh hone laga. isaki janasankhya (2001) 24,33,787 hai.