write short note on surat as trading centre
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Surat is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It used to be a large seaport and is now a centre for ... Despite being a rich city, Surat looked like a typical "grubby" trader's town with mud-and-bamboo tenements .... the early 1970s to the mid-1980s (with only a brief recession in 1979), Surat's diamond industry grew tremendously.
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In 1612, England established its first Indian trading factory in Surat. The city was looted twice by the Maratha king Shivaji, with the first sacking occurring in 1664. Shivaji's raids scared trade away and caused ruin to the city. Later, Surat became the emporium of India, exporting gold and cloth.
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