surat
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1. surat - Noun
2. Surat - Proper noun
Meaning
surat (plural surats)
Alternative form of sura (“A chapter of the Qur'an”)
Surat
A large city in Gujarat, India.
Surat (countable and uncountable, plural Surats)
(historical) A coarse uncoloured cotton made at Surat in India.
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Acting on the state government’s instructions, SMC last year proposed the merger of 20 villages in Olpad, Choryasi and Kamrej talukas and two Nagar Palikas — Kansad and Sachin — within Surat City limits.
Acting on specific information, the Surat RPF officials carried out raids in a house in Kosamba village on Monday and arrested Amit Prajapati who developed the illegal software and sold it to others.
Age of opportunity Following the commercial treaty in the early 17th century between Mughal emperor Jahangir and James I of England, the East India Company obtained the exclusive rights to reside and build factories in Surat and other areas.
A migrant Odia worker from Ganjam district of Odisha reached his hometown from Surat in Gujarat after cycling for 14 days.
Around 55 people died and close to a half of the city of 1.2 million people fled Surat for fear of the plague and of being quarantined.
As James Forbes, the Collector of Broach (now Bharuch ), would note in his Oriental Memoirs (1770): "many of the principal merchants and owners of ships at Bombay and Surat are Parsees."