Name the first port developed soon after Independence to ease the volume of trade on the Mumbai port.

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Mumbai port

Kandla Port

Mangalore port

Kochi port

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Kandla port developed soon after Independence to ease the volume of trade on the Mumbai port. It alleviates the volume of trade on the Mumbai port following the loss of Karachi port to Pakistan following the Partition. It facilitates the export and import of highly productive granary and industrial belts covering Jammu and Kashmir and the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. Kandla is India's largest port due to the volume of goods handled. Kandla Port Trust is currently India's busiest major port.

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