Nagpur

Nagpur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	21.07°N, 79.27°E
Altitude:	310 metres (1,020 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Nagpur
State/Province:	Maharashtra
Country:	India
Transport links

During the British period Nagpur was the capital of Central Provinces and part of Nagpur District. It was the leading industrial and commercial town in the centre of India.

It was the terminus station for both the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and the Bengal-Nagpur Railway

There was a cantonment at Kamptee

Military history

Siege of Nagpore 1817

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Nagpur
Variants: Nagpore

Also see

• Nagpur District
• Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
• Bengal-Nagpur Railway
• Great Indian Peninsula Railway
• Nagpur Rifles

External links

• Nagpur Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 18, p. 318.
• Ajni Nagpur Railway Colony Railways of the Raj