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'''Nagpur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_210.gif Nagpur District] in the Nagpur Division of Central Provinces during the British period. It was the capital of [[Central Provinces]] and the leading industrial & commercial town in the centre of India. It was the terminus station for both the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] and the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] | '''Nagpur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_210.gif Nagpur District] in the Nagpur Division of Central Provinces during the British period. It was the capital of [[Central Provinces]] and the leading industrial & commercial town in the centre of India. It was the terminus station for both the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] and the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.com/2010/08/musings-from-ajni.html Ajni Nagpur Railway Colony] Railways of the Raj | *[http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.com/2010/08/musings-from-ajni.html Ajni Nagpur Railway Colony] Railways of the Raj | ||
*Sydney Lobo’s [http://nagpurkamptee.blogspot.in Nagpur Kamptee Blog] | *Sydney Lobo’s [http://nagpurkamptee.blogspot.in Nagpur Kamptee Blog] | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_324.gif Nagpur City] Imperial Gazetteer of India v18 p318 | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA298 Nagpore] page 298 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA298 Nagpore] page 298 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books | ||
*[http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1908/home.html ''Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Nagpur District''] Transcription of 1908 edition. nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer | |||
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Revision as of 01:12, 22 February 2015
| 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 | |
| Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bengal-Nagpur Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Nagpur was the headquarters of Nagpur District in the Nagpur Division of Central Provinces during the British period. It was the capital of Central Provinces and the leading industrial & 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
- Ajni Nagpur Railway Colony Railways of the Raj
- Sydney Lobo’s Nagpur Kamptee Blog
Historical books online
- Nagpur City Imperial Gazetteer of India v18 p318
- Nagpore page 298 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II Google Books
- Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Nagpur District Transcription of 1908 edition. nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer
