The city of Ahmedabad is known as the Boston of the East because it has similar economic and industrial growth pattern as Boston in U.S.A. The city of Mumbai, in Maharashtra is also known as the cotton textile capital of the world as it was a prime centre of cotton textile industries since the British period. It is also known as the Lancashire of India. The city of Ahmedabad is known as the Manchester of India as it is also a major cotton textile industrial centre. Bangalore or Bengaluru, in Karnataka is also known as the electronic city of India because of the presence of Electronics and IT industries.