Surat

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city port city

Surat is a historic port city in the Indian state of Gujarat that became an important center of trade and commerce during the Mughal and early colonial periods.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Surat canonical	50
City of Surat	1
Surat (factory)	1
Surat city	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ port city ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Surat district ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
colonialPowerPresence	British ⓘ Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
economicSector	manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ trade ⓘ
economicStatus	one of the fastest growing cities in India ⓘ
governingBody	Surat Municipal Corporation ⓘ
historicalEra	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal period early colonial period ⓘ
historicalRole	important center of trade and commerce in early modern India ⓘ major port of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early base of the British East India Company in India ⓘ major Mughal imperial port for pilgrims to Mecca ⓘ
historicalTrade	Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ trade with Arabia ⓘ trade with East Africa ⓘ trade with Europe ⓘ trade with Persia ⓘ
knownFor	commercial hub ⓘ diamond cutting and polishing industry ⓘ embroidery work ⓘ historic port ⓘ silk weaving ⓘ textile industry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
locatedIn	Western India ⓘ surface form: western India
locatedNear	Arabian Sea ⓘ
locatedOn	Tapti River ⓘ
portType	riverine port ⓘ
region	South Gujarat ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Jainism ⓘ
river	Tapti River ⓘ
state	Gujarat ⓘ
timeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
transport	Surat Airport ⓘ Surat railway station ⓘ
UTCOffset	+5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British East India Company → establishedTradingPost → Surat ⓘ

Gujarat → hasMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

Western India → hasMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

French East India Company → controlledPort → Surat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surat (factory)

Gujarati people → majorCity → Surat ⓘ

Dandi → locatedNear → Surat ⓘ

Surat Airport → servesCity → Surat ⓘ

Surat Airport → city → Surat ⓘ

Surat Airport → locatedInCity → Surat ⓘ

Castlereagh Highway → passesThrough → Surat ⓘ

Wadia family → foundingLocation → Surat ⓘ

Wadia family → cityAssociation → Surat ⓘ

French India → firstFactoryEstablishedAt → Surat ⓘ

Western Railway zone → majorTerminus → Surat ⓘ

Uttarayan → celebratedIn → Surat ⓘ

Mughal rupee → mintedIn → Surat ⓘ

Hansa Mehta → placeOfBirth → Surat ⓘ

Vadodara → nearestMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

Rajkot Junction railway station → connectsTo → Surat ⓘ

Parsi community in Gujarat → concentratedInCity → Surat ⓘ

Jamnagar railway station → connectsTo → Surat ⓘ

H. J. Kania → birthPlace → Surat ⓘ

Tapti River → passesNear → Surat ⓘ

Tapti River → hasMajorCityOnBank → Surat ⓘ

Gujarat Sultanate → notablePort → Surat ⓘ

IST → usedInMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

Jodhpur Junction railway station → connectsTo → Surat ⓘ

Tapi River → majorCityOnRiver → Surat ⓘ

Nashik Road railway station → connectsTo → Surat ⓘ

Silvassa → nearestMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

Bharuch → nearestMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

Surat district → hasCity → Surat ⓘ

Surat district → headquarters → Surat ⓘ

Surat district → hasUrbanCenter → Surat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surat city

Surat Municipal Corporation → cityServed → Surat ⓘ

Surat Municipal Corporation → jurisdiction → Surat ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Surat

Surat Municipal Corporation → locatedIn → Surat ⓘ

British → colonialPowerIn → Surat ⓘ

Surat railway station → locatedIn → Surat ⓘ

South Gujarat → majorCity → Surat ⓘ

Gerald Aungier → workLocation → Surat ⓘ

VASU → locatedIn → Surat ⓘ

VASU → servesCity → Surat ⓘ

VASU → associatedWithCity → Surat ⓘ

Gujarat is considered a valuable and prominent state in Western India → hasMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

subject surface form: Gujarat

Surat Split → tookPlaceIn → Surat ⓘ

Navsari → nearestMajorCity → Surat ⓘ

Surat metropolitan region → coreCity → Surat ⓘ

Kadva Patidar → urbanPresence → Surat ⓘ

Mumbai–Ahmedabad–Delhi main line → connectsCity → Surat ⓘ