Surat, India (pop. ~4 million) experienced a 3 min 14 sec total eclipse.  Indore's 1.8 million inhabitants plunged into totality for 3 min 5 sec.  Bhopal (pop. 1.5 million) received  3 min 9 s of the total phase.  Other cities experienced similarly if they were in proximity of the eclipse'spath, otherwise