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
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bengal-Nagpur Railway

FibiWiki Maps
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