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== Cemeteries==
* Dutch Cemetery
* English Cemetery dates from 1600s - for detail and some tomb images see [http://dro.dur.ac.uk/3774/ The English cemetery at Surat : pre-colonial cultural encounters in western India]Refer External links, below. Durham University
== 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]].
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=23&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_170.gif Surat City] Imperial Gazetteer
*[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://dro.dur.ac.uk/3774/ "The English cemetery at Surat : pre-colonial cultural encounters in western India"] by C Scarre and J Roberts, ''Antiquaries journal 85'', 2005 . pp. 250-291. [http://dro.dur.ac.uk/3774/1/3774.pdf Direct Pdf link] Durham University website,
*[https://thewire.in/history/surats-forgotten-cemeteries "Of Surat's Neglected Colonial Cemeteries and the Grandiose Dreams of the Nabobs"] by Sidharth Bhatia 28 April 2018. thewire.in
*[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
