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Cities of western India

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Tonk (city)

Tonk, Rajasthan: district-headquarters city on NH-12, former princely state founded by Nawab Amir Khan (1806), merged into Rajasthan in 1948; known for Sunehri Kothi, Jama Masjid, and Persian-Arabic manuscript collections.

Udaipur (उदयपुर)

Udaipur (उदयपुर), the City of Lakes, is a Rajasthan city founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II as capital of Mewar; known for Lake Pichola, Fateh Sagar, the City Palace, and Rajput heritage tourism.

Ulhasnagar

Ulhasnagar (उल्हासनगर) is a city and municipal corporation in Thane district, Maharashtra, India, founded in 1949 as a township for Sindhi refugees displaced by the Partition.

Uran

Uran (उरण) is a coastal town on Karanja island in Raigad district, Maharashtra, part of Navi Mumbai; former Portuguese fort site, old salt pans, Deulwadi temple quarter, and home of Jawaharlal Nehru Port; 2011 town population 30,439.

Vadodara (વડોદરા)

Vadodara (વડોદરા), formerly Baroda, is Gujarat's third-largest city on the Vishwamitri river; former Gaekwad capital (1734–1949), home of MSU Baroda and Bank of Baroda, and a power-equipment and petrochemical industrial hub.

Vapi

Vapi (Gujarati: વાપી), industrial city in Valsad district, Gujarat, India, on the Damanganga River between Daman and Dadra and Nagar Haveli; GIDC estate founded 1967, municipal corporation since 1 January 2025, a critically polluted chemical-manufacturing cluster.

Vasco da Gama, Goa

Vasco da Gama (Vasco) is a port city in Mormugao taluka, South Goa, on the Zuari river, named by decree of 1917. It serves Mormugao Port, hosts the railway terminus, Kadamba bus stand, and lies near Dabolim airport.

Verāval

Verāval is a port city and municipality on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat, India, the headquarters of Gir Somnath district and a major fisheries center.

Virār

Virar (विरार), city in Vasai taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, part of Vasai-Virar under VVCMC; Western Railway suburban terminus, Jivdani Temple, Arnala Fort, MMRDA water scheme, 95 stalled FSI redevelopment projects.