Cities of India

Chennai

100 years old, Madras = old name, got to be a city after 1860 (civil war), became cotton capital of India, super city, largest city in southern India, beach resort, rocket-launching facilities, high technology

Delhi

Ancient city that existed long before the English arrived. It was later combined with New Delhi and currently has a population of 12-14 million people.

Calcutta

Major industrial city, cheap labor, largest democracy in the world, "black hole" - extreme poverty

Mumbai

Very rich, modern city, over 15 million people, largest city in India, primate city, business and banking center of India, movie capital of the world, make almost 3x more movies in India than the U.S. every year, famous for gold market, Baliwood (Indian movie center)

Bangalore

economic metropole of India, much like San Francisco, Microsoft, Intel, Apple, Cisco