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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 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.
		Nagpur is the Winter Capital of the state of Maharashtra and is also headquarters of Nagpur District and Nagpur Division administration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nagpur (1661 words)

	Nagpur on Encyclopedia.com
		as the capital of the Nagpur Maratha kingdom, it passed in 1853 to the British.
		Heat is on as England make Nagpur debut Michael Vaughan's men will be severely tested, on and off the field, in their first match in India's hottest city, writes Scyld Berry
		Lanka at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) stadium in Nagpur, 25 October 2005.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Nagpur.asp (713 words)

	Pioneers of the Ursulines in India
		The Lord whom he served so lovingly and faithfully called him to His Eternal Kingdom rather than to the Indian mission, on November 7, 1893 at Louvain, when he was barely 37 years and 6 months old and after being a mere 7 years in Chota Nagpur Mission, India.
		Chota Nagpur, "then" was divided into five Districts - Hazaribag on the North, Ranchi in the Centre, Singhbhum on the South, Manbhum on the East and Palamau on the West; and is as large as England without Wales.
		Chota Nagpur came in the picture only in 1869 when Fr.
	www.ranchiursulines.org /pioneers.htm (713 words)

	maratha1.html
		Bhonsale lost the Kingdom and British took control of Nagpur state by 1853.
		After fall of Kingdom of Yadavas to Allauddin Khilji, they lost their independence but acquired political and military experience for next 2 centuries by serving under muslim sultanates of Deccan.
		The other 4 families were Shindes (Scindhias) of Gwaliar, Gaikwars of Baroda, Bhonsale of Nagpur and Holkars of Indore.
	www.med.unc.edu /~nupam/maratha1.html (713 words)

	Gandhi's Associates: Badshah Khan
		In 1920 he attended the Congress session at Nagpur and was attracted to Gandhi and his programme.
		Perhaps he believed in what Confucius had said: 'By gaining people, the kingdom is gained, by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.' Badshah Khan never lost his kingdom.
		Badshah Khan's simplicity was phenomenal as was his fearlessness.
	www.mkgandhi.org /associates/Badshah.htm (713 words)

	Imperialism is a Latin word, derived from the era of the Roman Empire
		This policy was called the doctrine of lapse, and brought in some of the richest Hindu states: 1848 Satara, 1849 Jaipur and Sambalpur, 1850 Baghar, 1852 Udaipur, 1853 Jhansi, and 1854 Nagpur.
		The Muslim kingdom of Oudh is a great example of English pushing the envelope on control by greedily annexing lands without regard to the owners.
		Instead of allowing the ruler of an Indian state without an heir to adopt one, the Company would seize his territory and annex it to that of the British.
	www.wou.edu /las/socsci/kimjensen/paper1.htm (713 words)

	Shrikant Jichkar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Shrikant Jichkar (September 14, 1954- June 2, 2004) was an (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) Indian politician.
		He was born in a farmer's family in Aajangaon near Katol in (Click link for more info and facts about Nagpur) Nagpur district, (A historical area in west-central India) Maharashtra, India.
		Shrikant Jichkar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Sh/Shrikant_Jichkar.htm (358 words)

	Nagpur on Encyclopedia.com
		as the capital of the Nagpur Maratha kingdom, it passed in 1853 to the British.
		Formerly the capital of Central Provinces and Berar and then of Madyha Pradesh state, it is an industrial, commercial, and transportation center.
		It has expanded to include the neighboring town of Kamptee.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Nagpur.asp (358 words)

	Search Results for Sholapur - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Bombay, Nagpur, Sholapur, Akola, and Amravati are the main factory centres; handloomed goods are produced...
		Part of the ancient Yadava Hindu kingdom, it fell to Bahmani and Bijapur kingdoms in the...
		Stipe Mesic appears before the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague to testify against former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic; it is the first time that a sitting head of...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Sholapur&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (358 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Allahabad
		In 1892, the districts of Chupra, Mozafforpur, Darbhunga, Bettiah, and a part of the Bhagalpur and Munghyr districts, and the Kingdom of Nepal were made the Prefecture Apostolic of Bettiah and Nepal.
		East and west it is situated between the Archdioceses of Calcutta and Agra, and north and south between the Prefecture-Apostolic of Bettiah and the Himalaya Mountains and Nagpur.
		It has an area of 150,000 square moles.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01316b.htm (996 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.
		In the fourteenth century the country south of the Kistna was held by the Indian princes with their capital at Vijayanagar, while north of this the Bahmani kingdom, and those of Malwa, Gondwana, Telingana, Behar, Bengal, Jaunpur, etc., were in various degrees independent of the Afghan dominion of Delhi.
		The empire of Akbar comprised the provinces of Kabul, Lahore, Multan, Delhi, Agra, Oudh, Allahabad, Ajmere, Gujerat, Malwa, Behar, Bengal, Khandesh, Berar, Ahmednagar, Orissa, Sind, and Kashmir, the southern boundary being roughly speaking marked by the River Godaveri and the latitude of Bombay.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07722a.htm (12511 words)

	Fairs & Festivals
		According to ancient legends, his he is believed to be an ancestor of prince of queen Vallbha, was cursed by Nanda Devi, which resulted in the destruction of her kingdom through various natural calamities.
		Special prayers are performed in Nanda temples in places like Nagpur, Katyur, Nanital, Almora, Kurur and Johan.
		Nada Devi Raj Jat is an ancient traditional journey of goddess Nada Devi to her in laws' place at the Gaungati peak consider to be the abode of Lord Shiva, holds immense religious importance among the people of Garhwal region.
	www.indyahills.com /garhwal/fairs/fr_uk_nan.htm (12511 words)

	Nagpur
		Nagpur was founded by Bhakt Buland, a prince of the Gond kingdom of Deogarh in the Chhindwara District.
		In 1743 the Maratha leader Raghoji Bhonsla of Vidarbha established himself at Nagpur, and by 1751 he had conquered the territories of Deogarh, Chanda and Chhattisgarh.
		Vidarbha is one of the poorer regions of Maharashtra, and there is considerable sentiment in Vidarbha to create a separate state.
	www.asinah.net /articles/content/n/na/nagpur.html (12511 words)

	Land of the free
		The Mughal emperor, Akbar, captured the territories of the Gond in the 16th century and the Marathas annexed this kingdom not long after.
		Distance from Tadoba to Moharli 20 km, Chandrapur 45 km, Nagpur 200 km
		Chandrapur is an industrial town in the Deccan heartland of eastern Maharashtra, a region otherwise poorly developed.
	web.mid-day.com /smd/go/2004/april/81906.htm (768 words)

	Third Anglo-Maratha War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817 - 1818) was a final and decisive conflict between the United Kingdom and the Maratha empire in India, which left the UK in control of most of India.
		The Peshwa of Pune's forces, followed by those of the Bhonsle of Nagpur and Holkar of Indore, rose against the British, but British diplomacy convinced the Sindhia of Gwalior to remain neutral, although he lost control of Rajasthan.
		The Third Anglo-Maratha War left the UK in control of virtually all of present-day India south of the Sutlej River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pindari_Campaign (768 words)

	Central Railway: Encyclopedia topic
		It is organized into five divisions: Bhusawal division, Nagpur division, Mumbai CST division, Solapur division, and Pune division.
		It also has the distinction of including the first passenger railway line in India (India: A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947), which opened from Bombay to Thane (Thane: A feudal lord or baron) on April 16 1853.
		The Central Railway was formed on November 5 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and the Scindia State Railway of the former princely state (princely state: a princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in british india ruled by...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/central_railway (449 words)

	Madhya Pradesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Holkars of Indore ruled much of Malwa, and the Bhonsles of Nagpur dominated Mahakoshal and Gondwana as well as Vidarbha in Maharashtra.
		After the collapse of the Delhi Sultanate at the end of the 14th century, independent regional kingdoms reemerged, including the Tomara Rajput kingdom of Gwalior and the Muslim Sultanate of Malwa, with its capital at Mandu.
		The dynasty were the southern neighbors of the Guptas, ruling the northern Deccan plateau from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Madhya_Pradesh (449 words)

	Third Anglo-Maratha War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Third Anglo-Maratha War ( 1817 - 1818) was a final and decisive conflict between the United Kingdom and the Maratha empire in India, which left the UK in control of most of India.
		The Peshwa of Pune 's forces, followed by those of the Bhonsle of Nagpur and Holkar of Indore, rose against the British, but British diplomacy convinced the Sindhia of Gwalior to remain neutral, although he lost control of Rajasthan.
		It began with an invasion of Maratha territory by the British governor-general, Lord Hastings, in the course of operations against Pindari robber bands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Third_Anglo-Maratha_War (449 words)

	Third Anglo-Maratha War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Third Anglo-Maratha War ( 1817 - 1818) was a final and decisive conflict between the United Kingdom and the Maratha empire in India, which left the UK in control of most of India.
		The Peshwa of Pune 's forces, followed by those of the Bhonsle of Nagpur and Holkar of Indore, rose against the British, but British diplomacy convinced the Sindhia of Gwalior to remain neutral, although he lost control of Rajasthan.
		It began with an invasion of Maratha territory by the British governor-general, Lord Hastings, in the course of operations against Pindari robber bands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Third_Anglo-Maratha_War (449 words)

	Second Anglo-Maratha War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This act of craven expediency on the part of the Peshwa, their nominal overlord, horrified and disgusted the maratha chieftains; in particular, the Sindhia rulers of Gwalior and the Bhonsle rulers of Nagpur and Berar contested the agreement.
		The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803 - 1805) was the second conflict between the United Kingdom and the Maratha empire in India.
		Peace was concluded in 1805, with the British acquiring Orissa and parts of western Gujarat and Bundelkhand from the Marathas, who were left with a free hand in much of central India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Anglo-Maratha_War (290 words)

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