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Ahmedabad–Udaipur Line
The Ahmedabad–Udaipur Line is a railway route of both the Western and North Western Railway zones of the Indian Railways. It plays an important role in short-connectivity transport, reaching to North India and Eastern India from Gujarat and the coastal areas of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala. With a stretch of , this corridor passes through the Aravalli Ranges of North Gujarat and the Udaipur division of Rajasthan, where there are zinc and phosphate mines in Zawar and Umra, making it a direct and important mineral transportation route to the rest of India. Routes and divisions This mainline route is divided into two sections: # The first section is of Ahmedabad–Himmatnagar Junction, with the length of , comes under the jurisdiction of Western Railways. # The second section is Himmatnagar Junction–Udaipur City, with a length of , comes under the jurisdiction of North Western Railways. It also contains two branch lines of this corridor; both come in the Western Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarat
Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories of India by area, fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the List of states and union territories of India by population, ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million in 2011. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujarati people, Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state List of Indus Valley civilisation sites#List of Indus Valley sites discovered, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udaipur
Udaipur (Hindi: , ) (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura'') is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. It was founded in 1559 by Udai Singh II of the Sisodia Dynasty, Sisodia clan of List of Rajput dynasties and states, Rajputs, when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur after Chittorgarh was besieged by Akbar. It remained as the capital city till 1818 when Mewar became a British Raj, British princely state, and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained Indian Independence Act 1947, independence in 1947. It is also known as the ''City of Lakes,'' as it is surrounded by Udaipur City's Five lakes, five major artificial lakes. The city is located in the southernmost part of Rajasthan, near the Gujarat border. To its west is the Aravali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
