Metros - Cities that never sleep

India is country full of a mixture of cultures, religions, languages and people from different strata of society. The climates vary from north to south and so does the food and the style of dressings. There is also a huge divide of rural and urban areas in the country. Still there are villages which do not have the basic amenities of electricity and on the other hand cities like Mumbai can blind you with huge, brightly lit billboards and streets. So in this land of contradictions, life continues to throb and people still pursue to make ends meet. Lets take a look at the famous cities in India. The four main metropolitan cities of India are Delhi, Kolkatta, Mumbai and Chennai. But with the advent of the huge IT industrial success, Bangalore and Hyderabad has also joined the list. More...

Delhi - The political capital of India

* The Capital of India is its third largest city, with a population of about 10 million.

* Its strategic location along the north-south, east-west route has give it a focal position in Indian history, and many great empire have been ruled from here.

* Delhi is the largest metropolis in India, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. It is also the world's most populous city within the municipal city limits. More...

Kolkata - The cultural capital of India

* One of the world's great cities, this vibrant city with its distinct imperial flavor, is the capital of West Bengal, the only Indian State with a Communist-led government.

* Over the years, the city has flourished into a commercial center with imposing Victorian Gothic buildings, churches, and boulevards.

* An intellectual and cultural live has bloomed along side, with a renaissance of Bengali art and literature, and the growth of a strong nationalist reform movement that led to the founding of the 'Brahma Samaj', an enlightened off-shoot of Hinduism, and the establishment of Presidency College, then the foremost centre of English education.

* In 2001, Calcutta became Kolkata, the Bengali pronunciation of its name. The city is crowded and dirty in places, but is nevertheless full of character. More...

Mumbai - The business capital of India

* The capital of Maharashtra, is India's most dynamic, cosmopolitan and crowded city.

* Some 15 million people, from billionaire tycoons to homeless pavement dwellers, live in this teeming megalopolis.

* Mumbai, which was previously known as Bombay , is known as the business capital of India, it being the country's principal financial and communications center. The city has the largest and the busiest port handling India's foreign trade and a major International airport.

* India's largest Stock Exchange which ranks as the third largest in the world, is situated in Mumbai. Here, trading of stocks is carried out in billions of rupees everyday. More...


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