Navsari
Sign in to saveNavsari is the ninth biggest city in the state of Gujarat in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Navsari District. Navsari is between Surat and Mumbai. It is a twin city of Surat, 37 km to the south. At the 2011 Census of India, Navsari was the 16th biggest city of Gujarat state. It ranked 10th most populous city of Gujarat in the 1991 Census of India and 2001 Census of India. Dandi village near Navsari was the focal point of the great Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi during civil disobedience movement of India.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Navsari
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Busy Road in Navsari, Railway Platform Navsari
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Gujarat
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Gujarat, India
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gujarat
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Navsari
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.governing_body
- Navsari Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 43.71
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 9
- Settlement.population_total
- 171,109
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- India
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Navsari district
- Image
- Eru Circle Navsari.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2637
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- postal code
- 396445
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Landmarks
- Transportation
- Education
- Universities and colleges
- Agriculture Universities and colleges
- Engineering Universities and colleges
- Arts & Commerce Universities and colleges
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Navsari is the ninth biggest city in the state of Gujarat in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Navsari District. Navsari is between Surat and Mumbai. It is a twin city of Surat, 37 km to the south. At the 2011 Census of India, Navsari was the 16th biggest city of Gujarat state. It ranked 10th most populous city of Gujarat in the 1991 Census of India and 2001 Census of India. Dandi village near Navsari was the focal point of the great Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi during civil disobedience movement of India.
== History == thumb|Jamsetji Tata, the person behind [[Tata Group and a major Parsi businessman from Navsari.]] Navsari was originally known as "Navasarika", and was the capital of a vishya (an administrative unit) in the Lata region. It is identified with "Nusaripa", a city mentioned in Ptolemy's 2nd century Greek-language work Geography.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Navsari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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