Nicknames can be funny, sweet and very endearing. Often, they also tell a story. Can you name India’s City of Destiny or the City of Red Gold? Read on for some unusual names that India’s cities and towns have acquired and what they reveal about them.
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Visakhapatnam – City of Destiny (Andhra Pradesh): Coined by Founder-Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University, Sir C R Reddy. He shifted the university from Bejawada to the fishing village that Visakhapatnam was back in the 1930s, so that the city could ‘meet a great destiny’.
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Muzaffarpur – Land of Litchi (Bihar): The city is the single-largest producer of litchis grown in India. Its Shahi Litchi is the fourth product in Bihar to get a Geographical Indication tag, after Jardalu mango, Katarni rice and Magahi paan.
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Ahmedabad – Manchester of India (Gujarat): Situated in the heart of a cotton-growing region, the city became an important textile hub. The first cotton textile mill was set up here by an entrepreneur, Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, in 1861. It was called Ahmedabad Cotton Mill.
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Panipat – Cast-off Capital (Haryana): It is a global centre for recycling textiles. Its mills take discarded clothes from Western countries and convert them into recycled cloth.
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Solan – City of Red Gold and Mushroom City: The first nickname comes from Solan’s bulk production of tomatoes and the second from its thriving mushroom farming industry. Also, the Directorate of Mushroom Research is located here, in Chambaghat.
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Coorg (Kodagu in Karnataka) – Coffee Cup of India: It’s one of the leading producers of coffee in the country.
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