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==Historical books online==
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=71UOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA317 "Origin of the English Establishment, and of the Company's Trade, at Broach and at Surat"] page 317 ''Historical fragments of the Mogul empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English concerns in Indostan from the year MDCLIX; origin of the company's trade at Broach and Surat, and a general idea of the government and people of Indostan; to which is prefixed an account of the life and writings of the author'' by Robert Orme 1805 Google Books. First published 1782
*[http://archive.org/stream/britishbeginning00rawlrich#page/n9/mode/2up British Beginnings in Western India 1579-1657 : An account of the early days of the British factory at Surat] by H G Rawlinson MA (1920) archive.org
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{{Places of Interest|title=Surat|name=Surat |link=xxxxx}}
'''Surat''' is a port city on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Khambhat Gulf of Cambay]. It was first used by the British [[East India Company]] in 1608. In 1615 it was the location of the second [[East India Company Factories|British factory]] and settlement in India and the seat of the Western Presidency until the Company's headquarters was transferred to [[Bombay]] in 1687. It was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_156.gif Surat District] in [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period.
== Railways ==
Surat was originally the southern terminus of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] until that line was extended to [[Bombay]]. A broad gauge branch ran eastwards along the Tapti valley to connect with the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] at [[Amalner]] in [[Khandesh]].
== External links ==
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/surat/surat.html Surat] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/malabar.html From the Gulf of Cambay on down the Malabar Coast, c.1700s-1850s: ports (with forts)] from Prof Fran Pritchett’s [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routes/index.html#dates Indian Routes] (Columbia University)
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20038986 Images from a 16th century book] by Italian adventure traveller Ludovico De Varthema. De Varthema toured India extensively from 1502 to 1508. The book was first published in Rome in 1510 www.bbc.co.uk. Includes images of the Kingdom of Cambay
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-English-factory-in-India-in-ruins/articleshow/20622537.cms First English factory in India in Ruins]timesofindia.com ===Historical books online===*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=71UOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA317 "Origin of the English Establishment, and of the Company's Trade, at Broach and at Surat"] page 317 ''Historical fragments of the Mogul empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English concerns in Indostan from the year MDCLIX; origin of the company's trade at Broach and Surat, and a general idea of the government and people of Indostan; to which is prefixed an account of the life and writings of the author'' by Robert Orme 1805 Google Books. First published 1782*[http://archive.org/stream/britishbeginning00rawlrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''British Beginnings in Western India 1579-1657 : An account of the early days of the British factory at Surat''] by H G Rawlinson MA (1920) archive.org*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/458/mode/2up "Surat"] page 458 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
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