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 Nagpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nagpur was founded by Bhakt Buland, a prince of the Gond kingdom of Deogarh in the Chhindwara District.
Nagpur is the Winter Capital of the state of Maharashtra and is also headquarters of Nagpur District and Nagpur Division administration.
Nagpur province, which consisted of the present Nagpur region, Chhindwara and Chhatisgarh, was administered by a commissioner under the central government from 1853 to 1861, when it became part of the Central Provinces, ruled by a British governor, with Nagpur as its capital.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nagpur   (1661 words)

  
 About Nagpur
Nagpur district is located between 21*45 N to 20*30 N and 78*15 E to 79*45 E, which essentially indicates that Nagpur district is located in the Deccan Plateau.
Nagpur is a city in the central part of India.
Left side is the map of Maharashtra state shows the position of Nagpur city.
www.maharashtraweb.com /Cities/Nagpur/aboutnagpur.asp   (155 words)

  
 CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR - Online Information article about CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR
In the Satpura districts the inferior soil was and is principally devoted to hill millets.
Until the formation of the Central Provinces in 1861, Nagpur province, which consists of the present Nagpur division, Chhindwara and Chhatisgarh, was administered by a commissioner under the central government.
To the north the districts of Saugor and Damoh form the southern boundary of the Vindhyan escarpment.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAU_CHA/CENTRAL_PROVINCES_AND_BERAR.html   (4672 words)

  
 PROFILES OF SOME CONSTITUENCIES
Lying in the North Chhota Nagpur region of the newly created state of Jharkhand, Koderma parliamentary constituency has six assembly segments: Bagodar, Rajdhanwar, Jamua and Gandey falling in Giridih district and Koderma and Barkattha falling in the newly constituted Koderma district.
Following the creation of Jharkhand, RJD is losing its relevance in North Chhota Nagpur region, particularly in Giridih and their mass base has been shifting towards us.
It is the rock like unity of rural poor that can defeat this nexus, and those who favour change have cast their lot with CPI(ML).
www.cpiml.org /liberation/year_2004/april/profile.htm   (4672 words)

  
 Articles - Jharkhand
away from Ranchi on Tata Road falls a village named Taimara near which flows the Kanchi river, Phalgu river,Sankari,Panchane-origin-North chhota nagpur The Sankh river is located near Rajendra village in District Gumla in Bihar
Most of the state lies on the Chota Nagpur Plateau, which is the source of the Koel, Damodar, Brahmani, Kharkai, and Subarnarekha rivers, whose upper watersheds lie within Jharkhand.
Really, Jharkhand located on Chhota Nagpur Plateau and Santhal Parganas unfolds before mind's eye a haven where one can savour the elegance of nature to the hilt.
www.beadscenter.com /articles/Jharkhand   (4672 words)

  
 NAGPUR - Online Information article about NAGPUR
The district is traversed by the two lines of railway which meet at Nagpur city, and several branches are under construction.
Nagpur is the headquarters of two See also:
CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOS_NAN/NAGPUR.html   (692 words)

  
 AllRefer - Hazaribagh, India (Indian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Located on the Chota Nagpur plateau, 2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level, the town is a district administrative center and a market for rice, corn, and mustard.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hazariba.html   (692 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Narsimhapur
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Narsinghpur District in the domain of the Maratha Bhonsle Maharajas of Nagpur, but was ceded to the British Raj in 1818.
It is bounded on the north by Sagar and Damoh districts, on the east by Jabalpur district, on the southeast by Seoni district, on the south by Chhindwara district, on the west by Hoshangabad district, and on the northwest by Raisen district.
Narsinghpur District was part of the Nerbudda (Narmada) Division of the Central Provinces and Berar, which became the state of Madhya Pradesh after India's independence in 1947.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Narsimhapur   (692 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: India
At present the largest mission centres for natives are in Chota Nagpur, (Diocese of Calcutta) the Godaveri districts (Hyderabad), the Telugu districts (Madras), the districts of Trichinopoly, Madura, Pondicherry, Kumbakonam, Mysore, etc., in the south.
The coast districts east and west (the scene of the ancient Portuguese and French missions), and especially the south of the peninsula, come next in order of numbers: and here the dioceses are larger.
The methods adopted by the State consisted, first, in a ruthless destruction of pagan temples, and fouling of sacred tanks in districts where the civil power was fully dominant and the Gospel had been preached; and also in forbidding the public exercise of any alien religion within the Portuguese confines.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07722a.htm   (12511 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Restored Jesuits (1814-1912)
In the bush country of Chota Nagpur, there began, in 1887, a wonderful movement of aborigines (Kôles and Ouraons) toward the Church, and the Catholics in 1907 numbered 137,120 (i.e.
Over 35,000 conversions had been made in 1906, owing to the penetration of Christianity into the district of Jashpur.
Belgium supplies the foreign missions of Eastern Bengal and the diocese of Galle in Ceylon.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14100a.htm   (12511 words)

  
 Nagpur - Current News & Information
Nagpur: Former Congress Rajya Sabha member Dr Shrikant Jichkar, who died in a road accident near Kondhali in the district today, was one of the most qualified...
NAGPUR, AUGUST 13: A gangster facing 24 criminal offences, including murder and molestation, was stabbed and stoned to death allegedly by a mob including women...
Nagpur: In a significant development, Varun Gandhi, son of former BJP Minister Maneka Gandh, who joined the saffron party on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections...
news.daylightonline.com /Nagpur.html   (12511 words)

  
 Academic Section : Nagpuronline
As it was established in Nagpur, therefore it was named as Nagpur University.
May 1983, Nagpur University was divided and new Amravati University was found.
Of all, three colleges are run by Nagpur University though Home Science stream was opened in 1973.
www.nagpuronline.com /academic/university.htm   (239 words)

  
 Palamu - Enpsychlopedia
The town is named after Colonel Dalton, Commissioner of Chhota Nagpur in 1861.
Daltonganj, situated on Koel river in the district headquarters.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Palamu   (239 words)

  
 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
The Survey and Settlement Report of 1901-1910 of the Chhota Nagpur district contains reference to such activities of the foreign missionaries.
Napier, that the Anglican Bishop of Nagpur, who had worked by the side of the Jesuit Mission, had told him that they had no real hope of Christianising adult men and women but that they did hope to be able to instil the doctrine into the minds of children.
The part the foreign Missionaries played in Chhota Nagpur and the Jashpur State during the British regime has been enough dealt with in our reply to the question No. 8.
www.bharatvani.org /books/ncr/41viirep.htm   (239 words)

  
 Raipur on Encyclopedia.com
It is a district administrative center and an agricultural-processing and sawmilling town, situated on the Nagpur-Bilaspur Railway.
HIV and HbsAg seroprevalence in commercial sex workers in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) area.
462,694), capital of Chhattisgarh state, E central India, on the Kharun River.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/Raipur.asp   (228 words)

  
 BILASPUR - Online Information article about BILASPUR
From 1818 to 1830 Bilaspur came under the management of the Britishgovernment, the Mahratta chief of Nagpur being then a minor.
from Bilaspur; the population on this reduced area of Bilaspur in 1901 was 917, 240.
Within Bilaspur the river is everywhere navigable for six months in the year.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BER_BLA/BILASPUR.html   (1385 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
Justice Desai, who began his career as an advocate in Nagpur High Court in 1970, was named the acting Chief Justice of High Court at Nainital on November 9 last, in the newly formed state of Uttaranchal.
KANNUR: In continuing political violence in the district, two CPM workers were injured seriously when some assailants hurled country-made bombs at them at Thalassery on Tuesday night, the police said.
According to fire brigade sources, three fire engines were pressed into service and firemen fought for more than an hour to extinguish the flames that engulfed the cabins of information officers and a store, destroying computers, teleprinters, furniture and files.
www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20001207/nation.htm   (1385 words)

  
 [IRFCA] Indian Railways in Postal Stamps
The Bengal-Nagpur Railway was brought under direct State management on October 1, 1944 on the expiry of all contracts between the companies and the Government.
In the later half of nineteenth century, despite laying of railway line up to Hardwar and Saharanpur, access to the valley and the nearby Mussoorie hill station was extremely difficult on account of the steep Shivaliks skirting the valley from south east to north west.
These celebrations had a special significance for India because on this occasion the UIC held a Colloquium on 'sharing of Railway Knowledge' which was presided over by the Chairman of the Indian Railway Board, and was attended by a number of representatives from railways of both developed and developing countries all over the world.
www.irfca.org /articles/vikas/stamps.html   (7025 words)

  
 Preliminary investigation for the reported occurrences of gold in Bhiwapur-Pauni areas, Nagpur-Bhandara districts, Maharashtra
A report on the investigation for platinum in the hill mass between Chiklabori and Mohdura villages in parts of Nagpur and Bhandara districts, Maharashtra.
Kolari Gold investigation in Bhiwapur area, Nagpur district, Maharashtra.
Kolari gold investigation in Bhiwapur area, Nagpur district, Maharashtra State.
www.gsi.gov.in /1510.htm   (7025 words)

  
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Report on exploration for manganese ores in Hiwra mines area, Bhandara district, Satak mine area (Private lease holds) and Goguldoh mines area, Nagpur district, Maharashtra.
Report on investigation of manganese ore by detailed mapping in Parseoni East and North-East areas and by drilling in Nandapuri-Chaki and Lohdongri areas, Nagpur district, Maharashtra.
Report on the geophysical investigation for manganese, Mansar-Ramlick-Nagandhan, Satak area, Ramtek tehsil, Nagpur district, Maharashtra State.
www.gsi.gov.in /1210.htm   (7025 words)

  
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A note on the investigation for basaemetals in Dongarmouda area, Umrer tehsil of Nagpur district, Maharashtra.
Geophysical investigation for basemetal in Tamba Kharsi-Gayapani andextension of Pular Parsori area, Umrer tehsil, Nagpur district, Maharashtra.
Preliminary geological studies for an appraisal of basemetal mineralisation in Kaman-Dhaniv belt, Bhiwandi taluk, Thane district, Maharashtra.
www.gsi.gov.in /1111.htm   (7025 words)

  
 Link Page - 9
After Independence 'Nagpur' was made the capital of Chhindwara District, and on 1 st November 1956 this district was re-constituted with Chhindwara as the capital.
This district is bound by the plains of Nagpur District (in Maharashtra State) on the South, Hoshangabad and Narsinghpur Districts on the North, Betul District on the West and Seoni Districts on the East.
'Chhindwara' is the Parliamentary Constituency in the district and there are 8 Assembly Segments (Jamai, Chhindwara, Parasia, Damua, Amarwara, Chourai, Sausar and Pandhurna).
www.expressnewsindia.com /express-links-9.asp   (7025 words)

  
 Department of Relief and Rehabilitation
Wardha district is a part of the Nagpur Revenue division along with Bhandara, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Nagpur.
In Nagpur, Bhandara and Wardha districts, there are more than 124 accident-prone sites on the National and State Highways.
Wardha is the smallest district in the state occupying an area of 6289 sq.
mdmu.maharashtra.gov.in /pages/dmp/wardhaShow.php   (5267 words)

  
 HOMEDEPT
Yervada, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Thane, Kolhapur,Open District Prison Paithan  Open Prison Yervada,
Yervada, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Thane  Kolhapur,Open District Prison Paithan   Open Prison Yervada,
Yervada, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Thane, Amravati,  Kolhapur,Open District Prison Paithan   Open Prison Yervada,
www.maharashtra.gov.in /english/homedept/prisonsShow.php   (5267 words)

  
 National Parks of maharashtra
The airport nearest to this park is Sonegaon, Nagpur 208km from the park.
This park was established in the year 1983 in the district of Thane and Bombay in an area of 86.96sq.km.
Established in 1975, the Nawegaon National Park is situated in Bhandara district in an area of 134sq.km.
www.webindia123.com /wildlife/parks/maha.htm   (5267 words)

  
 MAHARASHTRA - Maps of India
Districts of Maharashtra including ashik, dhule, pune, nagpur, latur, washim, aurangabad, satara, solapur, gadchiroli, jalgaon, wardha, bhandara, dharshiv, raigarh, ratnagiri.
Districts map of Maharashtra, Clickable Physical and Political Maps/Map of Maharashtra in India showing details of its location, boundaries, capital, district headquarters, district boundaries, state of India, economy, Profile of Maharashtra.
Railway Network map of Maharashtra, Clickable Physical and Political Maps/Map of Maharashtra in India showing details of its location, boundaries, capital, district headquarters, railway network/lines, railways, state of India, economy, Profile of Maharashtra.
www.maps-india.com /maharashtra/index.html   (5267 words)

  
 santal.marc
520 8 Study on the growth and pattern of rural and urban settlements in Chota Nagpur Division and Santal Parganas District of Bhagalpur Division, Bihar.
520 On the Santals in Mayurbhanj District, Orissa.
500 Summary: On the Santals in Mayurbhanj District, Orissa.
www.ling.hawaii.edu /faculty/stampe/AA/AA-BIB/santal.marc   (9838 words)

  
 WARDLAW, H. - LoveToKnow Article on WARDLAW, H.
WARDHA, a town and district of British India, in the Nagpur division of the Central Provinces, which take their name from the Wardha river.
The history of Wardha forms part of that of Nagpur district, from which it was separated in 1862 for administrative purposes.
From this cluster of hills numerous small streams lead to the Wardha river on the one side, while on the other the Dham, Bor, and Asoda flow down the length of the district in a south-easterly direction.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WA/WARDLAW_H_.htm   (9838 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Maharashtrian
Maharashtra is home to several National Parks, including Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Borivali National Park) in Mumbai, Chandoli Wildlife Sanctuary in Sangli District, Tadoba National Park in Chandrapur District, Panch National Park in Nagpur District, Nawegaon National Park in Bhandara District and Gugmal National Park in Amravati District.
Maharashtra borders Goa and Karnataka to the south, Andhra Pradesh to the southeast, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Madhya Pradesh to the north, Chhattisgarh to the east, and the Arabian Sea to the west.
Maharashtra's population was 96,752,247 according to the 2001 provisional results of Census of India, making it the second most populous state in India.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maharashtrian   (9838 words)

  
 Vidarbha: Performance counts
It comprises 11 districts: Amravati, Akola, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal.
Among the popular destinations are Chikhaldara, a hill station in Amravati district, Lonar in Buldhana district, which boasts of the largest lake in the world created by the impact of a meteor.
Other favourites are Sindkhed-Raja (district Buldhana), which is the birthplace of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's mother Jijamata, Sewagram (district Wardha), Mahatma Gandhi's base for several years, and Paunar (district Wardha), where Acharya Vinoba Bhave lived and worked.
us.rediff.com /election/2004/oct/12vidarbha.htm   (9838 words)

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