Major Cities with their Significance/Specializations
| Name | Known for | Located in |
| Agra | Taj Mahal | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ambala | Air Force Training Center | Haryana |
| Ahmedabad | Cotton Textile | Gujarat |
| Aligarh | Aligarh University & lock industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| Allahabad | Kumbh Mela (Hindu Pilgrimage Center) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Alleppy | Known as ‘Venice of the East because of the canal network | Kerala |
| Alwaye | Rare Earth Factory | Kerala |
| Amarnath | Ice Cave, Lord Shiva temple | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Amritsar | Golden Temple | Punjab |
| Anand | Amul Dairy | Gujarat |
| Asansol | Coal Mining | West Bengal |
| Auroville | An experimental township (founded by Mirra Alfassa in 1968 and designed by architect Roger Anger) | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
| Avadi | Tank Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| Badrinath | Hindu Pilgrimage Center | Uttarakhand |
| Bengaluru | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. | Karnataka |
| Barauni | Oil Refinery | Bihar |
| Bareilly | Furniture | Uttar Pradesh |
| Bhilai | Steel Plant | Chhattisgarh |
| Bhopal | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Bhubaneshwar | Lingaraja Temple | Odisha |
| Bikaner | Camel Hair Products | Rajasthan |
| Bokaro | Steel Plant | Jharkhand |
| Burnpur | Steel Plant | West Bengal |
| Cambay | Petroleum | Gujarat |
| Cherrapunji | Heavy Rainfall | Meghalaya |
| Chittaranjan | Locomotive Industry | West Bengal |
| Kochi | Ship Building | Kerala |
| Dehradun | Indian Military Academy & Forest Research Institute | Uttarakhand |
| Delhi | Red Fort, Lotus Temple, Jama Masjid, etc. | Delhi |
| Dhanbad | Mines Institute, Coal Mining | Jharkhand |
| Dhariwal | Woolen Industries | Punjab |
| Digboi | Oil Fields | Assam |
| Durgapur | Steel Plant | West Bengal |
| Fatehpur Sikri | Buland Darwaza | Uttar Pradesh |
| Firozabad | Glass Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| Gwalior | Artificial silk, rayon, fort, etc. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Haldia | Oil Refinery | West Bengal |
| Hyderabad | Charminar, Cigarette factory, etc. | Telangana |
| Haridwar | Hindu Pilgrimage Center (Kumbh Mela) | Uttarakhand |
| Indore | Artificial silk | Madhya Pradesh |
| Jabalpur | Marbles, handlooms, lenses, pottery | Madhya Pradesh |
| Jaipur | Hawa Mahal (known as ‘Pink City’) | Rajasthan |
| Jamshedpur | Steel Plant | Jharkhand |
| Jharia | Coal Mining | Jharkhand |
| Kanpur | Leather industry, Aircraft, etc. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Karnal | National Dairy Research Institute | Haryana |
| Katni | Pottery, Handloom, Kattha (catechu), etc. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Khetri | Copper Mines | Rajasthan |
| Kolkata | Grand Colonial Architecture, Art Galleries, and Cultural Festivals | West Bengal |
| Kolar | Gold Mines | Karnataka |
| Ludhiana | Hosieries, cycle, etc. | Punjab |
| Madurai | Meenakshi Temple, Handloom silk sarees | Tamil Nadu |
| Meerut | Sports Goods, Scissors, etc. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Moradabad | Brassware | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mumbai | Film City | Maharashtra |
| Mysore | Sandal Wood | Karnataka |
| Nagpur | National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Orange | Maharashtra |
| Nashik | Kumbh Mela (Hindu Pilgrimage Center) | Maharashtra |
| Nepanagar | Newsprint factory | Madhya Pradesh |
| Neyveli | Lignite Mining (Coal) | Tamil Nadu |
| Panna | Diamond Mining | Madhya Pradesh |
| Perambur | Integral Coach Factory | Tamil Nadu |
| Pimpri | Penicillin Factory | Maharashtra |
| Pinjore | HMT Factory | Haryana |
| Pune | Film & TV Institute | Maharashtra |
| Renukoot | Aluminum Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| Rishikesh | Antibiotics Plant | Uttarakhand |
| Roorkee | Engineering University | Uttarakhand |
| Rourkela | Cable Factory | Odisha |
| Saharanpur | Institute of Paper Technology | Uttar Pradesh |
| Salem | Bauxite | Tamil Nadu |
| Sambalpur | Coal Mining | Odisha |
| Sarnath | Buddhist Stupa | Uttar Pradesh |
| Sholapur | Cotton Textile | Maharashtra |
| Shriharikota | Satellite launching station | Andhra Pradesh |
| Singhbhum | Copper and Iron Mines | Jharkhand |
| Surat | Cotton Textile | Gujarat |
| Tarapur | First Atomic Power Station of India | Maharashtra |
| Thumba | First Rocket Launching Station of India | Kerala |
| Titagarh | Paper Industry | West Bengal |
| Trombay | Atomic Energy | Maharashtra |
| Tuticorin | Port City | Tamil Nadu |
| Ujjain | Kumbh Mela (Hindu Pilgrimage Center) | Madhya Pradesh |
| Varanasi | Hindu Pilgrimage Center, Banarsi Sarees | Uttar Pradesh |
| Visakhapatnam | Ship Building | Andhra Pradesh |
| Warangal | Carpets | Telangana |
| Zawar | Zinc Mines | Rajasthan |