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Place nameSurat
Other namesSurajpur, Suryapur
CountryBharat
Latitude21.167
Longitude72.833
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Pillaged by Muslims 12th & 15th cen.; conflagrated by Portuguese 1512 & 1530; city conquered by Mughals 1573; twice plundered by Maratha king Sivaji 1600s; site of first Indian factory established by Great Britain 1612; declined 18th cen.
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