Ten Indian Cities from Jammu to Mysore

Jammu stands on the banks of the Tawi River and is the winter capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Its page records about 502,000 people at the 2011 census and an area of 240 square kilometers. It is called the City of Temples and is a staging point for pilgrims bound for the Vaishno Devi shrine.

Chandigarh was designed under a master plan by the architect Le Corbusier and is one of India's earliest planned cities, with a founding year of 1953 on its page. It serves as the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. Its Capitol Complex was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, and the 2011 census counted about 1.06 million people.

Ghaziabad was founded in 1740 by the Mughal official Ghazi-ud-Din II as Ghaziuddinnagar. The Hindon River splits the city, which is the largest in western Uttar Pradesh with 1,729,000 people. Its place on the main route in from Delhi and its rail junction earned it the name Gateway of Uttar Pradesh.

Meerut is the administrative headquarters of its district in western Uttar Pradesh, within the National Capital Region. It is the site where the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule began. Its page records about 1.57 million people in 2016, and today the city is a major center for making and trading sports goods.

Kota sits on the Chambal River, about 230 kilometers south of Jaipur, and became the capital of the princely state of Kota in 1625. It is the third-largest city in Rajasthan, with 1,001,694 people at the 2011 census. Today it is known as India's coaching capital, drawing more than 200,000 students a year to prepare for national entrance exams.

Rajkot is the fourth-largest city in Gujarat, at the center of the Saurashtra region. It was a princely state capital, and Mahatma Gandhi spent part of his childhood there. Its page gives an area of 170 square kilometers, and the city is now a hub for small-scale engineering, automobile parts and jewelry manufacturing.

Guwahati lies on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River and is the largest city in Assam and in northeastern India. Its page records 962,334 people at the 2011 census. It is the gateway to Northeast India, is known as a City of Temples for sites such as the Kamakhya Temple, and stands at an elevation of 51 meters.

Bhubaneswar became the capital of Odisha in 1948, replacing Cuttack, and was designed by the German architect Otto Konigsberger. The city counted 837,737 people at the 2011 census over 186 square kilometers. Its many Hindu, Buddhist and Jain temples earn it the name Temple City, and it forms a Golden Triangle of tourism with Puri and Konark.

Vijayawada, also called Bezawada, stands on the Krishna River and is the second-largest city in Andhra Pradesh. The Prakasam Barrage across the river is a major local landmark. Its page gives an urban population of 1,230,000 and an area of 61.88 square kilometers, and the city is a gateway to the coastal delta districts.

Mysore, officially Mysuru, was the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore under the Wadiyar dynasty until 1947. Its page records 920,550 people in the city proper and an altitude of 770 meters. It is called the City of Palaces for the Mysore Palace, and its annual Dasara festival makes it Karnataka's cultural capital.