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Vizag is the only Indian east-coast city that runs pharma, steel, petrochem, seafood and a major naval base from one port-side footprint. Jawaharlal Nehru.

Bengaluru is India's only city that runs an aerospace SEZ, a four-thousand-acre engineering MSME cluster, and a rising iPhone-assembly belt at the same time.

Hyderabad ships about $5.9 billion in pharma exports a year — roughly 18% of India's total — from 214 USFDA-approved facilities. Telangana supplies about 65%.

Coimbatore makes about 40% of India's pumps. LMW at Arasur is one of three global makers of full-range spinning machinery. The city holds the GI-tagged.

Chennai is South Asia's auto capital — around 30% of India's auto output. The Sriperumbudur-Oragadam corridor is the densest OEM cluster in South India.