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Nagpur (Marathi: [naːɡpuːɾ]; ISO: Nāgapura) is the winter capital and third-largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. [15] It is called the heart of India because of its central geographical location. [16] It is the largest and most populated city in central India. [17]
In India, the Government's "central sponsored scheme" provides financial or in-kind grants to released bonded labourers and their family members, the report noted, adding over 2,850,000 people have benefited to date. Almost 5,000 prosecutions have been recorded so far under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of 1976.
The New Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, also known as Jamtha Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.It is the second largest cricket stadium in India in terms of field area after the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, and the qualities of the stadium have been praised by the International Cricket Council.
The history of Nagpur, in central India, spans over 5,000 years, including the Kingdom of Nagpur in the 18th and 19th century. Human existence around present-day Nagpur city (in Maharashtra , India) can be traced back 3,000 years to the 8th century BC.
Sonegaon Airport was the hub of the unique "Night Air Mail Service" wherein four planes left from Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras every night with a mail load from their region and returned to their home base in the early morning, after exchanging the mail at Nagpur. The service was operated from January 1949 until October 1973. [6]
An inside view of Nagardhan Fort in Nagpur district, commissioned by Raghoji I.. Bold and decisive in action, Raghoji was the archetype of a Maratha leader; he saw in the troubles of other states an opening for his own ambition, and did not even require a pretext for plunder and invasion.
22 vows given by Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi Ambedkar and Deekshabhoomi on a 2017 postage stamp of India Bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi. Deekshabhoomi, also written as Deeksha Bhoomi, is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located in Nagpur city in the state of Maharashtra in India; where B. R. Ambedkar with approximately 400,000 of his followers, [1] mainly Dalits, embraced ...
Hazarat Mustafa Baba, was a Sufi saint who lived in Mominpura, had followers from many nearby cities. Baba had become famous for his spiritual powers. [5] On the night of 28 June 2011, he died, after which his followers buried his body in the playground owned by Central Tanzim Committee, which is not a registered area for burials.