Month: October 2026

Silghat Town, Assam, is home to a jute mill unlike any other in India. The Assam Co-operative Jute Mills Ltd., registered in 1959 and opened in 1970, is described as…

Pathanamthitta Town, Kerala, is the headquarters of the first district in India to be declared polio-free. It’s also known as the “Pilgrim Capital of Kerala,” because it’s the main transport…

Parrys George Town, Chennai, has an art deco office building on land where a French general once aimed his cannons at the British. During his 1758–59 siege of Fort St.…

Nayagarh Town, Odisha, has only had a railway station since June 2017. Nayagarh Town (NYGT) opened on 20 June 2017 on the Khurda Road–Bolangir line, one of Odisha’s longest-running rail…

Ernakulam Town, Kochi, is a place most locals never call by its official name. Say “Ernakulam Town” to an autorickshaw driver and you may get a puzzled look. Say “North”…

Malda Town, Malda, isn’t the official name of any town. It’s the name of the railway station. The city around it is officially called English Bazar, and most of the…

Model Town, Delhi, almost became the capital of India. In 1912, the Delhi Town Planning Committee’s first choice for New Delhi was this land north of Shahjahanabad, because it connected…

Silicon Town, Bengaluru, has had metro access for more than a year, even though some property listings still describe it as “upcoming.” The Yellow Line opened on 10 August 2025,…

Siliguri Town, Siliguri, has three major railway stations, and each one tells a different chapter of its history. Siliguri Town station came first under the British, Siliguri Junction took over…

Steel Town, Karachi, is a company town whose company stopped making steel more than a decade ago. On 10 June 2015, Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) shut down, bringing the township…