Silvassa to Navsari

No of Kms: 95.7Kms

Routes:

via NH48: 1h 46min
via GJ SH 5 and GJ SH 181: 2h 11min
via GJ SH 5: 2h 31min

Route Map:

About Navsari:

• According to the Parsi tradition, in 1142 A.D., when they first came to Navsari, the city was named Nag Mandal. The Parsis found the city’s atmosphere similar to that of Sari region of Iran. In the Persian language, “now” means new and “Sari” refers to the region in Iran. Hence, the name Nao Sari came into being.
• Navsari is the Twin City of Surat, and just 37 km south of Surat.
• Navsari is also the birthplace of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of what would later become the Tata Group of companies; he is regarded as the “father of Indian industry”. His house has been preserved and turned into a museum.

Places nearby Navsari:

• Dandi: In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started the “Dandi March” from Sabarmati Ashram up to the Dandi seashore to protest the tax laid on salt by British Imperialism.