VISAKHAPATNAM – SOME INTERESTING FACTS

• India’s oldest Shipyard.
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• The only city with two major ports in the world.
•  The only natural harbour on the east coast.
• Headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.
• India’s first Naval Base.
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• The city has a submarine museum, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, at Rama Krishna Beach.
• India’s first nuclear submarine INS Arihant (Destroyer of Enemies) was built in Vizag.
• 260 BCE: Ashoka conquered the Kalinga empire (of which Vizag was a part of).
• 11th century: Simhachalam Temple built by Kulottunga I.
• 13th century: Simhachalam Temple renovated and made southern imperial centre by the Ganga king Narasimha I of Orissa.
•  Mid-17th century: A factory was founded in “Vizagapatam” by the British East India Company.
• 1971: INS Rajput of the Indian Navy destroys the Pakistani submarine Ghazi in the Indo-Pak War off the coast of Visakhapatnam.
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• Third-largest city on the east coast (after Chennai and Kolkata).
• Most beautiful beaches of India
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