| Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Ahmedabad is Gujarat's commercial capital, with a long textile history, pharmaceutical and chemical companies, a large wholesale trading community and a growing corporate and start-up sector. |
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| Surat | Gujarat | Surat is one of India's largest centres for synthetic textiles, sarees and dress materials, and a global hub for diamond cutting and polishing. |
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| Mumbai | Maharashtra | Mumbai is India's financial and commercial capital, with corporate headquarters, media and fashion businesses, large wholesale markets and one of the country's busiest ports. |
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| Nagpur | Maharashtra | Nagpur sits at the geographic centre of India, making it an important logistics and distribution hub with a growing education and services economy. |
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| Bhiwandi | Maharashtra | Bhiwandi is known for powerloom textiles and is one of the largest warehousing and distribution clusters serving Mumbai and western India. |
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| Delhi | Delhi NCT | Delhi is north India's largest trading centre, with major wholesale markets for textiles, stationery, gifts and consumer goods, plus government, corporate, education and event demand. |
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| Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow is Uttar Pradesh's capital, known for chikankari embroidery, with a large government, education and retail economy. |
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| Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur is one of India's major leather and tanning centres, with textile, chemical and defence-related industries. |
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| Hubli-Dharwad | Karnataka | Hubballi-Dharwad is a commercial and education centre for north Karnataka. |
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| Madurai | Tamil Nadu | Madurai is a temple city and commercial centre for southern Tamil Nadu, with textiles, rubber products and tourism. |
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| Erode | Tamil Nadu | Erode is a major handloom, powerloom and textile trading centre, and a large turmeric market. |
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| Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada is a key trading and transport hub for Andhra Pradesh. |
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| Kolkata | West Bengal | Kolkata is eastern India's largest commercial centre and the heart of the country's jute industry, with major wholesale markets and export traders. |
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| Howrah | West Bengal | Howrah has jute mills, engineering workshops and large wholesale markets across the river from Kolkata. |
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| Siliguri | West Bengal | Siliguri is a trading gateway to north-east India, Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan, with tea and tourism. |
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| Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Indore is central India's commercial capital, with wholesale trading, pharmaceuticals, education institutions and a fast-growing IT sector. |
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| Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Raipur is Chhattisgarh's capital and a trading centre for steel, rice and consumer goods. |
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| Ludhiana | Punjab | Ludhiana is India's leading hosiery and woollen knitwear centre and a major producer of bicycles and auto parts. |
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| Kozhikode | Kerala | Kozhikode is a historic trading city in north Kerala with a strong retail and gold jewellery market. |
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| Patna | Bihar | Patna is Bihar's capital and its main trading and education centre, with a large student population. |
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| Guwahati | Assam | Guwahati is the largest city in north-east India and the region's main trading and distribution centre. |
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| Solapur | Maharashtra | Solapur is known for its terry towels and chaddars and a long-established textile and powerloom industry. |
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| Thrissur | Kerala | Thrissur is a major gold jewellery manufacturing and retail centre, with a large textile retail market and cultural tourism. |
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| Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur is the main trading and education centre for eastern Uttar Pradesh. |
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| Bhilwara | Rajasthan | Bhilwara is India's 'textile city', one of the largest producers of suiting fabrics and synthetic yarn. |
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| Asansol | West Bengal | Asansol is a coal, steel and railway town and a trading centre for western West Bengal. |
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| Cuttack | Odisha | Cuttack is Odisha's commercial capital, known for silver filigree (tarakasi) jewellery and a busy textile trade. |
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| Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | Guntur is a major chilli, tobacco and cotton trading centre with a large education sector. |
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| Muzaffarpur | Bihar | Muzaffarpur is north Bihar's trading centre, known for litchi and lac bangles. |
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| Sangli | Maharashtra | Sangli is a major turmeric and raisin trading market with sugar and agro-processing industries. |
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| Nizamabad | Telangana | Nizamabad is one of India's largest turmeric markets and an agricultural trading centre. |
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| Bhagalpur | Bihar | Bhagalpur is famous for Bhagalpuri tussar silk weaving. |
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