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Chandrapur is located in central India in the eastern part of Maharashtra state at 19.57°N latitude and 79.18°E longitude. Chandrapur is situated at 189.90 meters above the mean sea level . The area of the city is about 162.41 km 2 .
Chandrapur district is known for its cleanliness. Now Chandrapur city is in the top 10 cleanest cities India and 2 in Maharashtra after Navi Mumbai by The minister of housing and urban affairs rank cities based on the cleanliness index. [3] Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in the district is one of India's fifty-three Project Tiger reserves. [4]
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta. [3] The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels. [4] 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the ...
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The author E. M. Forster states [3] that the city of Chandrapore, in his novel A Passage to India (1924), "was suggested geographically by the town of Bankipore". The Marabar Hills of the novel corresponds to the Rajgir hills, a few miles away from Patna and the site of ancient Buddhist-Mauryan remains.
The caves represent, metaphorically, the rising movement in India for independence. Aziz's journey throughout the caves, and his subsequent trial, represent the development of nationalist and pro-independence ideals among the populace of India. The caves also symbolize the cosmic forces that remain prominent throughout the novel till the end.
Kamalakanta Gupta and other historians claimed that its location is clearly described in the inscription. [2] There was the river Koshiar to the north, the river Mani to the south, the Greater Kottali Sima and the hilly region of the Indeswar (Latu, Admari, Adamail, the Patharia hills or Longla hills) [ 3 ] [ 4 ] to the east and the Janju ...
The ancient city of Chandrapura, where Chandor now stands, served as a capital from the Bhoja period to that of the Kadambas. [1] The name comes from Chandreshwar, meaning Lord of the Moon, after the Hindu god Shiva who wears a crescent in his hair. [2]