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Aamby Valley City
Aamby Valley City, also written Amby Valley, is Sahara India Pariwar's planned gated hill city near Lonavala, Maharashtra, launched 2006 on about 10,000 acres, later attached by the Supreme Court in 2017 and auctioned unsuccessfully.
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, also known as Amdavad, is the largest city of Gujarat, India, on the Sabarmati River. Founded in 1411, it became India's first World Heritage City in 2017.
Ahmednagar (अहमदनगर)
Ahmednagar (अहमदनगर), also Ahilyanagar, is a city in central Maharashtra, India, founded in 1494 by Ahmad Nizam Shah I as capital of the Nizam Shahi sultanate.
Ajmer (अजमेर)
Ajmer (अजमेर), also Ajayameru, is a city in central Rajasthan, India, founded by the Chauhan dynasty and famed for the Ajmer Sharif Dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti and nearby Pushkar.
Akola (अकोला)
Akola (अकोला) is a city and district headquarters in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, on the Morna River. Known as the Cotton City, it has 7 tehsils, a 1898 cotton market, and 1,813,906 people (2011).
Alibag (अलिबाग)
Alibag (अलिबाग), also Alibaug, is a coastal town and Raigad district headquarters in Maharashtra, across the harbour from Mumbai. Known for Kolaba Fort built by Shivaji in 1680, Kanhoji Angre's Maratha naval base, beaches, and ferry access from the Gateway of India.
Alwar (अलवर)
Alwar (अलवर) is a city and district headquarters in northeastern Rajasthan, India, on the Delhi–Jaipur corridor; former princely state founded 1775 by Rao Pratap Singh, 2011 district population 3,674,179, home to Sariska Tiger Reserve and Bala Qila fort.
Ambaji (અંબાજી)
Ambaji (અંબાજી), also Arasuri Ambaji, is a pilgrimage town in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, on the Rajasthan border, home to a major Shakti Peetha temple where the Visa Yantra, not an idol, is worshipped.
Ambarnath
Ambarnath (Ambernath), a town and municipal council in Thane district, Maharashtra, India, in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region; known for the 11th-century Ambreshwar Shiva Temple, MIDC chemical industries, an ordnance factory, and a 2011 population of 253,475.
Amravati (अमरावती)
Amravati (अमरावती), Maharashtra city and district headquarters in west Vidarbha; 647,057 city and 2,888,445 district population (2011); ancient name Udumbravati; distinct from Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.
Anand
Anand (આણંદ), Gujarat, India: city and headquarters of Anand District, the Milk Capital of India, home of Amul, NDDB, GCMMF, and IRMA, and birthplace of the Anand Pattern dairy cooperative model.
Aurangabad (औरंगाबाद)
Aurangabad (औरंगाबाद), officially Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar since 2023, is a major city in Marathwada, Maharashtra, founded by Malik Ambar around 1610, a Mughal capital under Aurangzeb, and base for the Ajanta and Ellora UNESCO caves.
Badlapur
Badlapur (बदलापूर), a commuter city in Thane district, Maharashtra, in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, governed by Kulgaon-Badlapur Municipal Council; 174,226 people in 2011, town since 1971, divided East and West by its railway line.
Beāwar
Beawar (ब्यावर), Rajasthan city and district headquarters since August 2023, founded as a British cantonment by Colonel Charles George Dixon in the 1830s; wool market, textile hub, and mineral-grinding cluster near Ajmer.
Beed (बीड)
Beed (बीड), also historically Bhir, is a drought-prone Marathwada district in central Maharashtra with 2,585,049 people, 11 talukas, an agrarian soybean and cotton economy, and the Parli Vaijnath Jyotirlinga temple.
Bharuch (ભરૂચ)
Bharuch (ભરૂચ), formerly Broach and classical Barygaza, is an ancient port city on the Narmada in Gujarat, India, a Roman-era trade hub and now a chemicals and textiles industrial center.
Bhavnagar (ભાવનગર)
Bhavnagar (ભાવનગર) is a port city in Saurashtra, Gujarat, founded by Bhavsinhji Gohil in the 1720s; first princely state to join India (1948), population 643,365 (2011), known for diamond polishing, salt, and nearby Alang ship-breaking yard.
Bhilwara
Bhilwara (भीलवाड़ा), the Textile City of Rajasthan in the Mewar region; district formed 1949; city population 359,483 (2011); major polyester-viscose suiting producer with 18 spinning mills and about 44% of state yarn capacity.
Bhiwandi (भिवंडी)
Bhiwandi (भिवंडी), also called Bhiwandi Nizampur, is a city in Thane district, Maharashtra, about 58 km from Mumbai, known as a major powerloom textile center.
Bhuj (ભુજ)
Bhuj (ભુજ), historic capital of the Kutch region in Gujarat, India; center of bandhani, Ajrakh, and embroidery crafts and gateway to the Great Rann of Kutch; rebuilt after the Mw 7.7 earthquake of 26 January 2001.
Bhusawal
Bhusawal, a city and municipal council in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, on the Tapi river; major Central Railway junction (BSL) and home of Bhusawal Thermal Power Station; 2011 population 187,421.
Bikaner (बीकानेर)
Bikaner (बीकानेर), historically also spelled Bikanir, is a city in north-western Rajasthan, India, founded in 1488 by the Rathore prince Rao Bika and known for Junagarh Fort, red sandstone carving, and its camel research center.
Boisar (बोईसर)
Boisar (बोईसर) is a census town in Palghar taluka, Maharashtra, population 36,151 (2011), and the nearest railway station to MIDC Tarapur, one of Maharashtra's largest chemical industrial estates, established 1972, with a CEPI score of 93.69.
Chandrapur (चंद्रपूर)
Chandrapur (चंद्रपूर), the Black Gold City, is a city in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, headquarters of Chandrapur district. Founded by Gond king Khandakya Ballal Shah, known for coal mines, the super thermal power station, and the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve.
Chittorgarh (चित्तौड़गढ़)
Chittorgarh (चित्तौड़गढ़) is a city in southeastern Rajasthan, India, former Sisodia capital of Mewar on the Gambhiri and Berach rivers, dominated by the UNESCO-listed Chittorgarh Fort, a 700-acre hill fort sacked in 1303, 1533, and 1568.
Dahod (દાહોદ)
Dahod (દાહોદ), also Dohad, is a city on the Dudhimati River in eastern Gujarat, India, birthplace of Aurangzeb (1618), headquarters of Dahod district formed in 1997, a Smart City, and site of a 9,000 HP electric locomotive plant.
Daman, India
Daman, India: coastal city and capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; a Portuguese possession from 1559 until its capture in Operation Vijay, December 1961.
Deeg
Deeg (डीग) is a town in Rajasthan, India, 35 km north of Bharatpur, first capital of the Jat rulers of Bharatpur. Its 18th-century fortified Water Palace, built by Badan Singh and Suraj Mal, is famed for fountains, bhawans, and Mughal war trophies.
Dhule (धुळे)
Dhule, also written धुळे, is a district in northwestern Maharashtra, India, headquartered at the city of Dhule, which was formed from the old West Khandesh district.
Dombivali
Dombivali (डोंबिवली), also Dombivli, a city in Kalyan tehsil, Thane district, Maharashtra, about 50 km from Mumbai; part of Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation with a large MIDC industrial area and a busy 1887 suburban railway station.