Surat is known for its spice, silk and diamond trade. It is the leading diamond polishing industry of India. Diamond cutting has a history of over 100 years now and after a 100 years, it was confirmed that a whopping 92% of world’s diamonds were cut in Surat and that gave India a lot of revenue. Now the Surat diamond cutters are eyeing the bigger diamonds and are expanding from small pieces. Though Surat had to go through a lot of natural disasters in past few years, like floods each year, earthquakes and even Plague, but there is a go-get-it attitude in Surat people to keep on moving ahead in life- that’s what is probably keeping it as an economic powerhouse of India. Even the international bodies like UN are aware of the growth rate of Surat, at an alarming 400% and UN has termed it as the “Fastest Growing City of the World”.
