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Jagdish Khunt, president of the Surat Diamond Association in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said there would be a drop in orders in the short term.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 27, 2025
The Surat Thani Provincial Public Relations Office said 26-year-old Alexandra Clarke from Lambeth, south London, was the only tourist missing after the incident.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025
Most of the rough diamonds mined in Botswana are shipped to manufacturing hubs like Surat, India, where they are cut and polished into the shiny crystals that greatly increase their value.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
"Gandhi will challenge the conviction order on multiple grounds," his lawyer, Kirit Panwala, told Reuters in Surat city in the western state of Gujarat where the appeal will be heard.
From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2023
Rolander embarked for Surinam in 1755; Toren, in 1750, for the coast of Malabar and Surat; and Osbeck for China in 1751.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
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