Twin cities of India
Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time.
• Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar
• Hyderabad and Secunderabad
• Vijaywada and Guntur
• Ernakulam and Kochi
• Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack
• Hubli and Dharwad
• Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane
• Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad
• Kolkata and Howrah
• Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai
Some Facts
• Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and the states of India lying completely in the Himalayas.
• Uttarakhand lies party in the Himalayas and partly in the northern plains.
• Coasal States of India: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal.
• States having international boundary and coastline: Gujarat, West Bengal.
• States having neither coastline or international boundary 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Haryana 3. Chhatisgarh 4. Jharkand.
• Assam and Up share boundary with 8 other states.
• Assam shares 2 international boundaries and 8 shates.
• UP has 8 state boundaries and 1 international boundary.
• Boundary line between India and Pakistan in Known as RadCliffe line.
• Boundary between India and China is divided into 3 parts–
J&K sector-Western sector
H.P and Uttarakhand-Middle sector
Arunachal Pradesh-Eastern sector
• Eastern sector- Mc Mohan line- demarcated in 1914 – according to Shimla Agreement between British India and Tibet.
• Boundary line between British India and Afghanistan-Durand line.
• Central Asian Republic very close to India¬ – Tajiskistan.
• Water Body separate India and Sri Lanka- Palk strait.
• Water body separate Lakshadweep from Maldives – 8 degree Channel.
• Andaman and Nicobar islands are separated by 10 degree Channel.
• Duncan passage is between South Andaman and Nicobar islands – Great Channel.
• Water body between Indonesia and Andaman and Nicobar islands – Great Channel.
• Water body between Andaman and Nicobar islands and Thailand is Andaman Sea.
• 2 Provinces of China that borders with India – Tibet and Sikiang.
Riverside Cities - India
• Agra- Yamuna-Uttar Pradesh
• Ahmedabad- Sabarmati -Gujarat
• Ayodhya- Sarayu- Uttar Pradesh
• Badrinath- Ganga- Uttrakhand
• Cuttack- Mahanadi- Orissa
• Delhi- Yamuna- Delhi
• Dibrugarh -Brahmaputra -Assam
• Haridwar-Ganga--Uttaranchal
• Hyderabad-- Musi-- AP
• Jabalpur-- Narmada-- MP
• Kanpur-- Ganga-- Uttar Pradesh
• Kolkata-- Hoogly-- West Bengal
• Kota-- Chambal-- Rajasthan
• Lucknow--Gomti--Uttar Pradesh
• Ludhiana--Sutlej--Punjab
• Nasik--Godavari--Maharashtra
• Pandharpur--Bhima--Maharashtra
• Patna--Ganga--Bihar
• Rajahmundry-Godavari-Andhra P
• Sambalpur--Mahanadi-- Orissa
• Srinagar--Jhelum-- J&K
• Surat--Tapti--Gujarat
• Tirucharapallil--Kaveri--Tamil Nadu
• Varanasi-Ganga--Uttar Pradesh
• Vijayawada--Krishna-Andhra Pradesh
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