Why has Surat has been called gate to Mecca (short answer)
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Surat was gateway for trade with west Asia via the Gulf of Ormuz. Surat has also been called the gate to Mecca because many pilgrim ships set sail from here. there. The Portuguese, Dutch and English had their factories and warehouses at Surat in the seventeenth century.
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Many piligrimage ships set sail from here.
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