Indian Cities and Places

Delhi is located inland on the Gangetic plains, far from the coastline. Mumbai is on the Arabian Sea coast, Chennai is on the Bay of Bengal coast, and Kolkata is near the Hooghly River which connects to the Bay of Bengal. Only Delhi has no coastal proximity.

(1) India's first case of cyberstalking was registered in Delhi.

The National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD) was established in 1963 by the name of Malarial Institute of India.

National Botanical Research Institute is situated in Lucknow. National Botanical Research Institute is not situated in Howrah.

The Delhi-Kolkata rail route passes through major cities including Kanpur and Allahabad (Prayagraj), and connects to Gaya via the Grand Chord route. However, Varanasi is located on a different rail line (the Howrah-Delhi main line via Mughalsarai-Patna) and is not directly on the main Delhi-Kolkata route. Passengers to Varanasi typically need to change at Mughalsarai or take a different train.

The East-West Economic Corridor (part of the Golden Quadrilateral project) connects Porbandar in Gujarat (west coast) to Silchar in Assam (east extremity). The other options are different corridors: North-South is Srinagar-Kanyakumari, while the others are misstated.

Gorakhpur railway station has the longest platform in India at 1,366 meters (opened in 2013). Previously, Kharagpur held this record. Pune and Mumbai (CSMT) have long platforms but not the longest.

Mysore, Bangalore, Salem, and Amritsar are all major silk weaving and production centers in India. These cities have historical importance in silk industry - Mysore and Bangalore for Mysore silk, Salem for Tamil Nadu silk, and Amritsar for its famous handloom silk. They are not primarily railway junctions, cotton trade hubs, or silk cultivation (which happens in rural areas with mulberry cultivation).

Sonipat (Haryana) is a major center for bicycle and cycle parts manufacturing in India. Firozabad is famous for glass bangles, Allahabad for publishing and religious significance, while Nagpur is known for oranges and as a trade center.

Varanasi is world-famous for Banarasi sarees which feature intricate gold and silver wire embroidery (zari work) on silk. This craft has GI tag status and is exported globally. Agra is known for the Taj Mahal and leather goods, Srinagar for Pashmina shawls, and Tatanagar is Jamshedpur (steel city).

Forest Research Institute is located in Dehradun.

The first FM broadcasting in India was in the year 1977 in Chennai. In the mid-nineties, when India first experimented with private FM broadcasts, the small tourist destination of Goa was the fifth place in this country of one billion, where private players got FM slots. The first four centres were the big metro cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. 

The comprehensive Fleet Taxi Scheme was introduced in Mumbai to modernize and regulate taxi services. This initiative aimed to improve urban transportation in India's financial capital.

Delhi is located inland in northern India, far from any coastline. Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata are all major coastal cities situated along the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and near the Bay of Bengal respectively. Being landlocked, Delhi has no coastal proximity.