JUNIOR · AGES 6+
India's Cities: From Village to Megacity
How India’s great cities grew from small beginnings.
★ AN OMAHAINDIA ORIGINAL ★
Mumbai was once seven little islands. Shreya explores one Indian city in every book and finds out how a small place became a huge, busy city — and what its people learned to make and sell.
HOW DID THIS VILLAGE BECOME A MEGACITY?
🏡 A village → ⚓ a port or a road → 🧵 a trade → 👨👩👧 more people → 🏙️ a megacity
The Library
25 Indian cities. One story each. · Books 1 and 2 are free.
Book 1
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Mumbai
The City That Made Its Own Land
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Book 2
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Bengaluru
Rich With Nothing to Ship
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Book 3
Chennai
The Beach That Builds Cars
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Book 4
Hyderabad
From Dry Plateau to Medicine Maker
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Book 5
Ahmedabad
Merchants Who Built the Mills
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Book 6
Pune
Colleges First, Factories Next
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Book 7
Surat
Lost a Port, Found Diamonds
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Book 8
Kolkata
Asia's Richest City, Undone
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Book 9
Delhi
Where the Big Decisions Are Made
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Book 10
Visakhapatnam
Deep Water, Heavy Industry
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Book 11
Jaipur
Planned Streets, Lasting Trades
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Book 12
Kochi
The Spice That Brought the World
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Book 13
Coimbatore
From Cotton to Machine Makers
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Book 14
Indore
Clean Streets, Busy Factories
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Book 15
Mysuru
Power and Schools Before Their Time
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Book 16
Kanpur
How an Industrial Giant Faded
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Book 17
Ludhiana
Ten Thousand Small Workshops
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Book 18
Guwahati
The Only Gateway to Eight States
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Book 19
Lucknow
Fine Craft That Lost Its Buyer
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Book 20
Nagpur
Rich Because Nowhere Is Far
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Book 21
Vadodara
Schools and Water Mains First
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Book 22
Bhubaneswar
Temple Town Meets Planned Capital
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Book 23
Thiruvananthapuram
Spending on People Pays Off
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Book 24
Patna
The Capital the River Left
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Book 25
Chandigarh
A City Designed on Paper
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