Indian Cities and Places

The 18th World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) was held in Kochi, Kerala, in 2010.

The Pune Municipal Corporation opened India's first RTI library in 2010 to help citizens access information under the Right to Information Act.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintains its India Resident Mission in New Delhi.

The Aga Khan Palace is a historic landmark located in Pune, Maharashtra, where Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi were interned during the Quit India movement.

The first open university in India was the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, established in Hyderabad in 1982.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) established its first branch office outside of its Delhi headquarters in Hyderabad to handle cases in the southern region.

Hindustan Shipyard Limited is a major shipbuilding yard located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

The South Asian University, a project of the SAARC nations, was established and inaugurated in New Delhi, India, in 2010.

The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has its headquarters in Mumbai.

Tata Motors initially planned to manufacture the Nano at a plant in Singur, West Bengal, before moving operations to Sanand, Gujarat.

Kandla port, located in Gujarat, is an artificial tidal port. Chennai and Kolkata are major ports, but Kandla is specifically noted for being developed as a major artificial harbour to reduce pressure on other ports.

First share market in India was established in Mumbai. It was in 1875 that the Indian Share Market first started functioning. The first share trading association in India was known as the Native Share and Stock Broker's Association, only to become the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) later on. This trading association started off its operations with around 318 members. 

The first 'Garib Rath' train was flagged off between Amritsar and Saharsa.

The headquarters of SIDBI are in Lucknow. There are many branches of SIDBI bank all over India, i.e. in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Guwahati, Chandigarh, New Delhi, etc, but the main headquarters of it are located in Lucknow.  

The Samjhauta Express is a train service that connects Delhi and Attari in India with Lahore in Pakistan.