INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

DRAINAGE OF INDIA

THE GANGA GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Industrial City is also called “the Manchester of the East”?
A
West Bengal
B
Bihar
C
Kanpur
D
Guwahati
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The city which once was termed as Manchester of India for its matured cotton industry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Manchester of the East is a nickname of: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kanpur is the biggest city of the state and is the main centre of commercial and industrial activities. Formerly it was known as Manchester of India. Now it is the commercial capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -The city of Ahmedabad in the Gujarat state is famously known as the “Manchester City of India”. This name was given to this city by a popular textile center in the Manchester of Great Britain, adhering to the striking similarities of Ahmedabad’s prospering cotton textile industries with the ones in Manchester.

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