Surat is the second largest city in Gujarat and ninth largest in India. Surat is at the heart of India's thriving diamond-polishing industry, which cut 92% of the world's diamond pieces and earned India $80,00,000 in exports. Gujarati diamond cutters emigrating from East Africa established the industry Surat-based diamond cutters began exporting stones to the US for the first time. Surat is a major production centre for synthetic textiles in India. (read more...)