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The Battle of Surat, also known as the Sack of Surat, was a land battle that took place on 5 January 1664, near the city of Surat, in present-day Gujarat, India, between Shivaji, leader of the fledgling Maratha State and Inayat Khan, a Mughal commander. The Marathas defeated the Mughal military unit posted at Surat.
Surat circa 1830. In April 1837, a fire broke out in the Indian city of Surat, then under British East India Company rule. It resulted in more than 500 deaths and the destruction of 9,737 houses in a 9 + 3 ⁄ 4-mile (16 km) radius. It was the most destructive fire in the history of the city. [1] [2]
Surat was founded in the late medieval period, and gradually became an important port in the Mughal Empire, though the earliest human presence may go as early as 300 BCE. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Maratha rulers defeated the Mughals during the Battle of Surat .
2010 — Surat Diamond Bourse established. 2013 — Surat Bus Rapid Transit System begin operation November 2013 (Phase I). 2015 — Project for restoration of the Surat Fort is inaugurated by government, with an investment of 55 crores. [3] 2019 — Fire in a commercial complex in Sarthana Jagatnaka kills 22 students. 2020 — COVID-19 in Surat:
Narmad was born in Surat, Gujarat on 24 August 1833 to Lalshankar and Navdurga in a Nagar Brahmin family. [6] [7] His family home in Amliran, Surat was destroyed in the great fire of 1837 but was later rebuilt. He commenced schooling with Nana Mehta in Bhuleshwar, Bombay at age five.
Al-Fatiha, the first surah in the Quran. The Quran is divided into 114 surahs (chapters), and 6236 (excluding "Bismillah") or 6348 (including Bismillah") ayahs (verses). ). Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order o
INS Surat is the fourth ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. The ship is the last of the line of destroyers built under Project 15 which includes the Delhi -class (P-15), the Kolkata -class (P-15A) and the Visakhapatnam -class destroyer (P-15B). [ 5 ]
According to Jinaprabha, Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan destroyed hundreds of towns, including Asapalli (modern Ahmedabad), Vanmanthali and Surat. The invaders also looted several monasteries, palaces and temples. [14] This account is also confirmed by the Delhi Sultanate chronicler Ziauddin Barani. Isami states that the invading soldiers even dug ...