Nagpur

This article is about the city. For other uses, see Nagpur (disambiguation).

Nagpur नागपूर
Metropolis
Nickname(s):  The Orange city, Tiger Capital of India, Center of India
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Region	Vidarbha
District	Nagpur
Founded	1702
Founded by	Raja Bakht Buland Shah
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Body	NMC, NIT
• Mayor	Pravin Prabhakarao Datke (BJP)
• Collector	Sachin Kurve
• Municipal Commissioner	Shravan Hardikar
• Police Commissioner	S P Yadav
• MP	Nitin Gadkari (BJP)
Area
• Metropolis	228 km2 (88 sq mi)
• Metro	3,780 km2 (1,460 sq mi)
Elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Metropolis	2,405,665
• Rank	13th
• Density	11,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
• Metro	2,497,870
• Metro rank	13th
Demonym(s)	Nagpurkar, Nagpurian
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ZIP code(s)	440 001 - 440 037
Telephone code	91-712
Vehicle registration	MH31 (Nagpur West) MH49 (Nagpur East) MH40 (Nagpur Rural)
HDI	High
Website	www.nagpur.nic.in

Nagpur (Nāgpur) () is the second capital and the third largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. It is the 13th largest urban agglomeration in India and the largest city in Vidarbha Region. It has one of the highest literacy rate of 91.92% among all the urban agglomerations in India and one of the proposed Smart City from Maharashtra.

Nagpur is the seat of the annual winter session of the Maharashtra state assembly, "Vidhan Sabha". It is a major commercial and political centre of the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. In addition, the city derives political importance from being the headquarters for the Hindu nationalist organisation RSS and an important location for the Dalit Buddhist movement.

According to a survey by ABP News-Ipsos, Nagpur has been identified as the best city in India by topping the liveability, greenery, public transport, and health care indices.

It is famous for the Nagpur Orange and is known as the "Orange City" for being a major trade centre of oranges cultivated in the region.

The city was founded by the Gonds and later became a part of the Maratha Empire under the royal Bhonsale dynasty. The British East India Company took over Nagpur in the 19th century and made it the capital of the Central Provinces and Berar. After the first reorganisation of states, the city lost its status as the capital. Following the informal "Nagpur Pact" between political leaders, it was made the second capital of Maharashtra.

Nagpur is also called the "Tiger Capital of India" as it connects many tiger reserves in India to the world. It is among the important cities for the information technology sector in Maharashtra. Nagpur is located in the centre of the country with the Zero Mile marker indicating the geographical centre of India.

Etymology and history

Main article: History of Nagpur

Also see: Nagpur state One of the earlier names of Nagpur was "Fanindrapur". It derives its origin from the 'fana' or hood of a cobra. In fact, Nagpur's first newspaper was named 'Fanindramani', which means a jewel that is believed to be suspended over a cobra's hood. It is this jewel that lights up the darkness, hence the name of the newspaper.

The river Nag flows through the city. B. R. Ambedkar claimed that both the city and the river are named after "Nag people".

The word "pur" means "city" in many Indian languages. During British rule, the name of the city was spelt and pronounced as "Nagpore".

In the 18th century, this city was created by leader of Gond tribes named Bhakt Buland (Raja Buland Shah) in the first half of the century.

Human existence around present-day Nagpur can be traced back 3000 years to the 8th century BCE. Mehir burial sites at Drugdhamna (near the Mhada colony) indicate that the megalithic culture existed around Nagpur and is still followed. The first reference to the name "Nagpur" is found in a 10th-century copper-plate inscription discovered at Devali in the neighbouring Wardha district. The inscription is a record of grant of a village situated in the visaya (district) of Nagpura-Nandivardhana during the time of the Rastrakuta king Krsna III in the Saka year 862 (940 CE). Towards the end of the 3rd century, King Vindhyasakti is known to have ruled the Nagpur region. In the 4th century, the Vakataka Dynasty ruled over the Nagpur region and surrounding areas and had good relations with the Gupta Empire. The Vakataka king Prithvisena I moved his capital to Nagardhan (ancient name Nandivardhana), 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Nagpur. After the Vakatakas, the region came under the rule of the Hindu kingdoms of the Badami Chalukyas, the Rashtrakutas, and finally the Yadavas. In 1296, Allauddin Khilji invaded the Yadava Kingdom after capturing Deogiri, after which the Tughlaq Dynasty came to power in 1317. In the 17th century, the Mughal Empire conquered the region. However, regional administration was carried out by the Gond kingdom of Deogarh-Nagpur in the Chhindwara district of the modern-day state of Madhya Pradesh.

Recent history ascribes the founding of Nagpur to Bakht Buland, a prince of the kingdom of Deogarh-Nagpur. The next Raja (king) of Deogarh was Chand Sultan, who resided principally in the country below the hills, fixing his capital at Nagpur, which he turned into a walled town. On Chand Sultan's death in 1739, Wali Shah, an illegitimate son of Bakht Buland, usurped the throne and Chand Sultan's widow invoked the aid of the Maratha leader Raghoji Bhonsale of Berar in the interest of her sons Akbar Shah and Burhan Shah. The usurper was put to death and the rightful heirs placed on the throne. After 1743, a series of Maratha rulers came to power, starting with Raghoji Bhonsale, who conquered the territories of Deogarh, Chanda and Chhattisgarh by 1751.

In 1803 Raghoji II Bhonsale joined the Peshwa against the British in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, but the British prevailed. After Raghoji II's death in 1816, his son Parsaji was deposed and murdered by Mudhoji II Bhonsale. Despite the fact that he had entered into a treaty with the British in the same year, Mudhoji joined the Peshwa in the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1817 against the British but suffered a defeat at Sitabuldi in present-day Nagpur city. The fierce battle was a turning point as it laid the foundations of the downfall of the Bhonsales and paved the way for the British acquisition of Nagpur city. Mudhoji was deposed after a temporary restoration to the throne, after which the British placed Raghoji III Bhonsale, the grandchild of Raghoji II, on the throne. During the rule of Raghoji III(which lasted till 1840), the region was administered by a British resident. In 1853, the British took control of Nagpur after Raghoji III died without leaving an heir.

Map of Nagpur district with major towns and rivers.

Central Provinces and Berar, 1903. Princely states are shown in yellow.

From 1853 to 1861, the Nagpur Province (which consisted of the present Nagpur region, Chhindwara, and Chhattisgarh) became part of the Central Provinces and Berar and came under the administration of a commissioner under the British central government, with Nagpur as its capital. Berar was added in 1903. The advent of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIP) in 1867 spurred its development as a trade centre. Tata group started the country's first textile mill at Nagpur, formally known as Central India Spinning and Weaving Company Ltd. The company was popularly known as "Empress Mills" as it was inaugurated on 1 January 1877, the day queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India.

The non-cooperation movement was launched in the Nagpur session of 1920. The city witnessed a Hindu–Muslim riot in 1923 which had profound impact on K. B. Hedgewar, who in 1925 founded the RSS, a Hindu nationalist organisation in Nagpur with an idea of creating a Hindu nation. After the 1927 Nagpur riots RSS gained further popularity in Nagpur and the organisation grew nationwide.

After Indian Independence in 1947, Central Provinces and Berar became a province of India and in 1950 became the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, again with Nagpur as its capital. When the Indian states were re-organised along the linguistic lines in 1956, Nagpur and Berar regions were transferred to Bombay state, which in 1960 was split between the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. At a formal public ceremony on 14 October 1956 in Nagpur B. R. Ambedkar with his supporters converted to Buddhism starting Dalit Buddhist movement which is still active. In 1994, the city witnessed its most violent day in modern times in form of the Gowari stampede deaths.

Nagpur completed 300 years of establishment in the year 2002. A big celebration was organised to mark the event.

Geography and climate

Nagpur
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     10     31 10     12     34 13     18     38 17     13     42 22     16     45 26     172     40 24     304     34 22     292     32 22     194     34 21     51     35 18     12     32 13     17     30 10 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: World Weather Information Service
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.4     87 51     0.5     93 55     0.7     101 63     0.5     108 71     0.6     112 79     6.8     104 76     12     92 72     11     90 71     7.6     93 70     2     94 64     0.5     90 55     0.7     86 50 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Geography

Sonegaon Lake is a man-made dam-lake built by rulers of Nagpur in the mid-18th century

Nagpur is located at the exact centre of the Indian peninsula. The city has a Zero Mile stone locating the geographical centre of India, which was used by the British to measure all distances within the Indian subcontinent.

The city lies on the Deccan plateau of the Indian Peninsula and has a mean altitude of 310.5 meters above sea level. The underlying rock strata are covered with alluvial deposits resulting from the flood plain of the Kanhan River. In some places these give rise to granular sandy soil. In low-lying areas, which are poorly drained, the soil is alluvial clay with poor permeability characteristics. In the eastern part of the city, crystalline metamorphic rocks such as gneiss, schist and granites are found, while in the northern part yellowish sand stones and clays of the lower Gondwana formations are found. Nagpur city is dotted with natural and artificial lakes. The largest lake is Ambazari Lake. Other natural lakes include Gorewada Lake and Telangkhedi lake. Sonegaon and Gandhisagar Lakes are artificial, created by the city's historical rulers. Nag river, Pilli Nadi, and nallas form the natural drainage pattern for the city.

A view of Gandhisagar Lake at sunset.

Nagpur is known for its greenery and was adjudged the cleanest and second greenest in India after Chandigarh in 2010.

Climate

Nagpur has tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen climate classification) with dry conditions prevailing for most of the year. It receives about 163 mms. of rainfall in June. The amount of rainfall is increased in July to 294 mms. Gradual decrease of rainfall has been observed from July to August (278 mms) and September (160 mms). The highest recorded daily rainfall was 304 mm on 14 July 1994. Summers are extremely hot, lasting from March to June, with May being the hottest month. Winter lasts from November to January, during which temperatures drop below 10 °C (50 °F). The highest recorded temperature in the city was 48 °C on May 19, 2015, while the lowest was 3.9 °C.

Climate data for Nagpur Airport (1971–1990)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	36.6 (97.9)	39.2 (102.6)	45.0 (113.0)	46.1 (115.0)	47.8 (118.0)	47.7 (117.9)	40.6 (105.1)	37.8 (100.0)	38.9 (102.0)	39.5 (103.1)	35.6 (96.1)	39.7 (103.5)	47.8 (118.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	28.7 (83.7)	31.2 (88.2)	36.2 (97.2)	40.7 (105.3)	42.4 (108.3)	37.5 (99.5)	31.6 (88.9)	30.5 (86.9)	32.3 (90.1)	32.7 (90.9)	30.4 (86.7)	28.1 (82.6)	33.5 (92.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	20.8 (69.4)	23.2 (73.8)	27.7 (81.9)	32.5 (90.5)	35.1 (95.2)	31.9 (89.4)	27.9 (82.2)	27.1 (80.8)	27.7 (81.9)	26.4 (79.5)	23.0 (73.4)	20.4 (68.7)	27.0 (80.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	12.9 (55.2)	15.1 (59.2)	19.2 (66.6)	24.3 (75.7)	27.8 (82.0)	26.3 (79.3)	24.1 (75.4)	23.6 (74.5)	23.1 (73.6)	20.0 (68.0)	15.5 (59.9)	12.6 (54.7)	20.4 (68.7)
Record low °C (°F)	3.9 (39.0)	5.0 (41.0)	8.3 (46.9)	13.9 (57.0)	19.4 (66.9)	20.0 (68.0)	19.4 (66.9)	18.3 (64.9)	16.6 (61.9)	11.6 (52.9)	6.7 (44.1)	5.5 (41.9)	3.9 (39.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	16 (0.6)	22 (0.9)	15 (0.6)	8 (0.3)	18 (0.7)	168 (6.6)	290 (11.4)	291 (11.5)	157 (6.2)	73 (2.9)	17 (0.7)	19 (0.7)	1,094 (43.1)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm)	1.8	2.2	1.9	1.2	2.9	11.4	17.5	16.5	10.4	4.0	1.3	1.1	72.2
Average relative humidity (%)	54	43	30	24	27	55	77	80	74	61	55	56	53
Mean monthly sunshine hours	272.0	268.3	287.6	290.8	293.8	186.6	115.4	116.7	182.5	260.4	264.1	268.8	2,807
Source 1: NOAA
Source 2: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)

Extreme Weather

The average number of heat wave days occurring in Nagpur in the Summer months of March, April & May is 0.5, 2.4 and 7.2 days respectively. May is the most uncomfortable and hottest month with, for example, 18 days of heat waves being experienced in 1973, 1988 and 2010. The summer season is characterized by other severe weather activity like thunderstorms, dust storms, hailstorms and squalls. Generally, hailstorms occur during March and dust storms during March and April. These occur infrequently (0.1 per day). Squalls occur more frequently with 0.3 per day in March and April rising to 0.8 per day in May.

Civic administration

File:Vidhan Bhavan.jpg

Vidhan Bhavan

The Municipal Council for Nagpur was established in 1864. At that time, the area under the jurisdiction of the Nagpur Municipal Council was 15.5 sq. km and the population was 82,000. The duties entrusted to the Nagpur Municipal Council were to maintain cleanliness and arrange for street lights and water supply with government assistance. The Municipal Corporation came into existence in March 1951. Nagpur is administered by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), which is a democratically elected civic governing body. The Corporation elects a Mayor who along with a Deputy Mayor heads the organization. The Mayor carries out the activities through various committees such as the Standing Committee, health and sanitation committee, education committee, water works, public works, public health and market committee. The administrative head of the Corporation is the Municipal Commissioner, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer appointed by the state government. The Municipal Commissioner along with the Deputy Municipal Commissioners, carry out various activities related to engineering, health and sanitation, taxation and its recovery. Various departments such as public relations, library, health, finance, buildings, slums, roads, street lighting, traffic, establishment, gardens, public works, local audit, legal services, water works, education, octroi and fire services manage their specific activities. The activities of NMC are administered by its zonal offices. There are 10 zonal offices in Nagpur – Laxmi Nagar, Dharampeth, Hanuman Nagar, Dhantoli, Nehru Nagar, Gandhi Baugh, Sataranjipura, Lakkadganj, Ashi Nagar and Mangalwari. These zones are divided into 145 wards. Each ward is represented by a corporator, a majority of whom are elected in local elections. Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) is a local planning authority which works with NMC and carries out the development of the civic infrastructure and new urban areas on its behalf. NIT is headed by a Chairman, an Indian Administrative Service appointed by the state government.

Nagpur Police is headed by a Police Commissioner who is of the rank of Additional Director General of Police of Maharashtra Police. Nagpur Police is Divided into 4 Zones, each headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Health care

In 2013, ABP News-Ipsos declared Nagpur the country's best city for health care services. The city is home to numerous hospitals, some run by the government and some private. Nagpur is a health hub for Central India & caters to a large geographical area arbitrarily bounded by Delhi in the North, Calcutta in the East, Mumbai-Pune in the West and Hyderabad in the South. People from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana regularly come to Nagpur for their health needs. Nagpur boasts of super-specialty physicians & surgeons serving its population in both public sector government run hospitals and well equipped private hospitals catering to all strata of society. AIIMS Nagpur is the latest feather in the cap of Nagpur health care services.

Localities

Main articles: Greater Nagpur Metropolitan Area and List of localities in Nagpur

Nagpur is the largest city in central India and the third largest in Maharashtra in terms of population as per the 2011 census.

Since the 1990s the urban agglomeration has rapidly expanded beyond the City’s municipal boundaries. This growth has presented challenges for the future growth of the city and its fringes in an organized manner. With a view to achieve balanced development within the region,the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has been notified as the Special Planning Authority (SPA) for the Nagpur Metropolitan Area (NMA) and entrusted with preparation of a Statutory Development Plan as per provisions of the MRTP Act, 1966. The notified NMA comprises areas outside the Nagpur city and includes 721 villages under 9 tehsils of the Nagpur District spreading across an area of 3,567 km².

In 1999, the government of Maharashtra declared that the Nagpur Metropolitan Area shall comprise all of Nagpur city, Nagpur Gramin (rural areas near Nagpur), Hingna, Parseoni, Mauda and Kamptee Taluka and parts of Savner, Kalmeshwar, Umred and Kuhi. The boundaries of the "Metro region" around the municipal corporation limits of the city have been defined as per the notification.

In 2002, the government extended the jurisdiction of the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) by 25 to 40 kilometres. This new area was defined under clause 1(2) of NIT Act-1936 as "Nagpur Metropolitan Area".

Area of Nagpur region/District	9810 km2
Area proposed for Metroregion	25 to 40 km
Area around Nagpur Municipal limit	3780 km2
Area Under NMC limit	218 km2

NIT has proposed the Metro region plan in two phases:

Phase I	area 1520 km2
Phase II	area 2260 km2

Military Establishments

Sitabuldi fort is home to Indian Army's 118th infantry battalion.

Nagpur is an important city for the Indian armed forces. Maintenance Command of Indian Air Force has its current headquarter at Vayusena Nagar in Nagpur. It houses Mi-8 helicopters and the IAF carriers IL-76 and handles the maintenance, repair, and operations of all aircraft, helicopters and other equipment.

The ordnance factory and staff college of ordnance factory Ambajhari and National Academy of Defence Production for Group A officer of ordnance factories are in the western part of the city. Sitabuldi Fort is managed by the 118th infantry battalion of the Indian Army and citizens are allowed to visit the premises on certain days.

The 'raison d'être' for Kamptee, the military cantonment, is still operational. Kamptee Cantonment houses the Officers Training Academy for National Cadets Corps, which is the only one of its kind. It is also the home of one of the oldest and most respected regiments in the Indian Army, the Brigade of the Guards. Guards, located at Kamptee, are the only group in the Indian Army which have won two PVC (Param Veer Chakra), the highest gallantry awarded to soldiers for wartime operations. There are also other important units such as the Institute of Military Law and a well equipped military hospital to care for the health of the soldiers. The Army Postal Service centre is also operational in the cantonment since 1948, to provide training to personnel of Department of Post who volunteer themselves for the Army. Nagpur's National Civil Defence College provides civil defence and disaster management training to pupils from all over India and abroad. Indian Air Force's giant IL-76 transport planes nicknamed "Gajraj" are also based in Nagpur.

Population

Demographics

Religions in Nagpur
Religion			Percent
Hindus			69.46%
Buddhist			15.57%
Muslims			11.95%
Christian			1.15%
Jains			0.90%
Sikhs			0.68%
Others†			0.30%
Distribution of religions †Includes People with no particular religion.

As of the 2011 census, Nagpur municipality had a population of 24,05,665; of which male and female are 12,25,405 and 11,80,260 respectively and the urban agglomeration had a population of 24,97,870 of which 12,74,138 are males and 12,23,732 are females. Total children (0-6) in Nagpur city are 2,47,078 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 1,28,290 boys while 1,18,788 are girls. The child forms 10.27% of total population of Nagpur City. Total no. of Slums in Nagpur city numbers 1,79,952 in which population of 8,59,487 resides. This is around 35.73% of total population of Nagpur city.

The municipality has a sex ratio of 963 females per 1,000 males and child sex ratio of 926 girls per 1,000 boys.

In education section, total literates in Nagpur city are 19,84,123 of which 10,36,097 are males while 9,48,026 are females. Average literacy rate of Nagpur city is 91.92 percent of which male and female literacy was 94.44 and 89.31 percent respectively.

Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Nagpur city with 69.46% followers. Buddhism is second most popular religion in Nagpur city with 15.57% following it. In Nagpur city, Islam is followed by 11.95%, Christianity by 1.15%, Jainism by 0.90% and Sikhism by 0.68%. Around 0.10% stated 'Other Religion' and approximately 0.20% stated 'No Particular Religion'.

Economy

Nagpur is an emerging metropolis. In 2004, it was ranked the fastest-growing city in India in terms of the number of households with an annual income of Rs 1 crore (10 million) or more. Nagpur has been the main centre of commerce in the region of Vidarbha since its early days and is an important trading location. Although, Nagpur's economic importance gradually declined relative to Mumbai and Pune after the merging of Vidarbha into the Maharashtra because of a period of neglect by the state government, the city's economy later recovered. During the slowdown, state and central government offices were a major source of employment.

Sitabuldi Market, one of the busiest commercial areas of Nagpur

Nagpur branch of the Reserve Bank of India

Nagpur's economy has recovered from past slowdowns and the city has attracted Rupees 5,000 crore in investment in 2004. It was ranked the 14th most competitive city in the country by the Institute for Competitiveness in its 2014 report. The city is important for the banking sector as it hosts the regional office of Reserve Bank of India, which was opened on 10 September 1956. The Reserve Bank of India has two branches in Nagpur, one of which houses India's entire gold assets. Sitabuldi market in central Nagpur, known as the heart of the city, is the major commercial market area.

Nagpur is home to ice-cream manufacturer Dinshaws, Indian dry food manufacturer Haldiram's, Indian ready-to-cook food manufacturer Actchawa and Ayurvedic products company Vicco and Baidyanath.

Nagpur and the Vidarbha region have a very prominent power sector as compared to the rest of Maharashtra. Koradi Thermal Power Station and Khaparkheda Thermal Power Station are two major thermal power stations located near Nagpur and operated by MSPGCL. NTPC has a super thermal power plant in Mauda around 40 km from Nagpur and Vidarbha Industries Power Limited (a subsidiary of Reliance Power) is situated in Butibori

MIHAN

The Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) is a project for the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur. It is the biggest economical development project currently underway in India in terms of investments. The project aims to exploit the central location of Nagpur and convert the airport into a major cargo hub with integrated road and rail connectivity. This project consists of two parts:

• An international airport to act as a cargo hub and
• A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) with residential zone covering an area of 40.25 km² on the southern end of Nagpur.

The government of Maharashtra formed a special purpose entity, Maharashtra Airport Development Company, for the development of MIHAN. The project is financed by Indian banks with a loan of INR 3,000 million along with investment from the state government and Airports Authority of India. With a projected target of serving 14 million passengers and handling 0.87 million tons of cargo, this is one of the largest aviation projects in India. The estimated capital cost of the project is INR 2581 crores (by the year 2035) and it is supposed to generate revenues INR 5280 crores.

Persistent Campus at IT Park, Parsodi

TCS, India's largest IT company, is building its campus on a 50-acre area in the MIHAN SEZ. Infosys has commenced its construction work for its Nagpur campus at MIHAN SEZ. Other IT companies such as Wipro Technologies, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Hexaware Technologies and Perficient (formerly Zeon Solutions) are coming up in the SEZ.

TAL Manufacturing Solutions has its facility in the SEZ for manufacturing structural components for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner airplane. Air India has its MRO Facility in the SEZ which was constructed by Boeing and is ready for commercial operation.

Reliance Group has announced an Aerospace Park named Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park (DAAP) which will be undertaken by Reliance Aerostructure Ltd.. For the Project The Maharashtra Government has allotted 289 acres in MIHAN SEZ. It would be a smart city which will be developed at a cost of $1 billion to manufacture helicopters for both commercial and military applications. The project would be the first integrated facility in aerospace structure, engine design and manufacture, fabrication and platform integration in the country.

MIDC industrial areas

The Butibori industrial area is one of the largest in Asia in terms of area. The estate's largest unit is Indo Rama Synthetics, which manufactures synthetic polyester yarn. Other units in Butibori include the power transmission company Gammon India Limited (T & D), Gammon India Ltd. (Infra), KEC, ACE Refractories, Hyundai Unitech, ACC Nihon Castings Ltd and Electrolux. CEAT Tyres has announced its plans to invest Rs. 400 crore in a state-of-the-art tyre plant in Butibori, Nagpur. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, laid the cornerstone for the plant that will be set up in three phases. In the first phase (2014- 2016), Rs. 400 crore will be invested.

The Hingna industrial estate on the western fringes of the city is made up of around 900 small and medium industrial units. The major ones among them are the tractor manufacturing plant of Mahindra and Mahindra, casting units of NECO Ltd. (the country's largest casting group), units of International Combustion, Bajaj Auto group, Candico (the second largest confectionery manufacturing plant in India), Bharat Containers making aluminium aerosol cans, Ajanta toothbrushes and Sanvijay Group (the largest steel rolling group of companies for long products in Central India).

Mining
Owing to rich natural resources in the region, mining is a major activity. Several government organizations related to the mining industry are based in Nagpur, which includes Western Coalfields Limited(one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited), MOIL (company) and Indian Bureau of Mines

Public attractions

Picture taken at Sitabuldi Area, Nagpur.

• BAPS Swaminarayan temple is situated in the east zone of the city. This mandir was built in five years and inaugurated by the blessings of Pramukh Swami Maharaj on 7 October 2013. It has become the most loving place in the eyes of Nagpurians.
• Seminary Hill lies at a distance of 6 km west of the old city. The hillock gets its name from the Seminary of St. Charles which is built at its top. The main attraction is its spectacular view of the whole city of Nagpur. The climb up the hillock is an easy task and can even be attempted by people who do not take part in trekking on a regular basis.
• Sitabuldi Fort: The specialty of the Sitabuldi Fort is the historical lineage of the place. This fort of Maharashtra was put up as early as 1757, in the pre-independence era. The person who established the fort was British by birth. The year of establishment of this well-reputed fort of Nagpur is the same as the year in which the very crucial battle of Plassey was fought. From the pre-independent era, the Sitabuldi Fort has been one of the major tourist spots of Nagpur. For the protection of the fort, a trough has been created around it. A memorial is located inside the fort, which commemorates the dedication of the soldiers who lost their lives during the war between the British and the Marathas.
• Deekshabhoomi: This sculpture is known for its beautiful design and architect. Deekshabhoomi, the biggest "stupa" in Asia, is a sacred monument of Buddhism at the place where B. R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with about 380,000 followers on October 14, 1956. Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism is still a guidance for the masses in India. Deekshabhoomi makes Nagpur a location regarded as a pilgrimage centre of Buddhism in India. Thousands of pilgrims visit Deekshabhoomi every year, especially on Ashok Vijaya Dashmi and the 14th of October.
• Mahalaxmi Devasthan [1] is a temple constructed more than a hundred years ago, at Badkas Chowk, Mahal Nagpur. Its principal deity is the goddess Mahalaxmi. The temple was granted by Raja Bahadur Janojirao Bhonsle.
• Shukrawari Lake is located near Raman Science Centre. The lake, which is said to have existed for more than 275 years, was established as a source of water supply by Chand Sultan, then ruler of Nagpur. He created the water body in the form of streams being diverted to the Nag River, which was connected to the water reservoir and named it as 'Jumma Talab'.

Zero Mile at Nagpur is the geographical centre of India

• Zero Mile-Stone of India: At the centre of Nagpur city "Zero Mile Stone of India" is located from where the distance of all the cities of India is calculated.
• Maharajbagh Zoo: The charm of the Maharaj Baug and Zoo of Nagpur lies in the fact that it has a historical lineage, unlike many other places of its kind in India. It was established by the rulers who used to belong to the Bhonsle dynasty. There is a fascinating garden, which is called the Maharaj Baug. The name of this garden suggests the historical background of the place. It is converted into a botanical garden housing a zoo, containing some rare species of birds and animals. The zoo comes under the Central Zoo Authority of India.
• Raman Science Centre was developed to promote a scientific attitude, portray the growth of science and technology and their applications in industry and human welfare, and hold science exhibits. The centre is named after famous Nobel Prize winner Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
• Futala Lake was built by the Bhonsle kings of Nagpur, and is known for its coloured fountains. In the evenings the place is illuminated with halogen lights. The lake is surrounded on three sides by forest and a landscaped Chowpatty on one side.
• Ambazari Lake is situated near the western border of Nagpur. One of the 11 lakes in Nagpur, it is the largest. Nag River of Nagpur originates from this lake. Its beauty is complemented by a well-kept Ambazari Garden nearby. Created in 1958, it covers an area of approximately 20 acres (8.1 ha). There is a musical fountain and a replica of a dinosaur, which are of much interest to the children who visit. People can take part in a variety of activities like boating and riding in the toy train. One of the most preferred games of the place is the Swinging Columbus Boat.

Aadasa temple

• Khekranala is a renowned tourist spot and home to a beautiful dam, which is positioned at the fringe of the verdant woodlands known as Khapra Range Forest, 54 km from Nagpur.
• Balaji Temple: One of the reasons for the popularity of the Balaji Mandir at Nagpur is the picturesque surrounding of this religious place. It is located at the Seminary Hills, one of the most important places of interest in the city of Nagpur. The soothing natural beauty of the place adds to the tranquility of the temple area.
• Adasa: This small village is the site of the ancient Ganesh temple, which houses a statue of the deity, believed to have been self-evolved. It is one of the eight Ashta-Vinayaks in Vidarbha.
• Paradsinga: This is the place where Vaidehi Sati Anusuya Mata Mandir is located. The temple and dharmashala has beautiful landscaping and consist of playgrounds for kids.
• Dragon Palace Temple [2]: This temple, inaugurated in 1999, has received international and national awards for its structural design. Many delegates from Japan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, United States and the United Kingdom visit the temple, which is considered a landmark of Indo-Japanese friendship. Representatives of 14 countries, and a record number of 5 lacs people, participated in its grand inaugural function. Dragon Palace Temple is visited by 17 million people annually.
• Narrow Gauge Rail Museum located at Kamptee Road is managed by South East Central Railway Division of Indian Railways. The museum gives information on narrow gauge system and displays different types of steam locomotives, diesel locomotive, royal carriage, models, tools, gauges, communication systems etc. It also has a large play area for children & lush green lawns for adults to relax. A toy train takes the visitors on a joy ride on entire periphery of the museum.

Wildlife tourism

Nagpur boasts vast forests and tiger sanctuaries within a radius of a few hundred kilometers. In fact, Nagpur has been declared the "Tiger Capital" of the country. Tiger tourism is witnessing a good growth in the city. Some famous national parks surrounding Nagpur include:

• Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)
• Pench National Park
• Nagzira-Navegaon Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)
• Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)
• Bor Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)
• Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary (Maharashtra)

Education

Nagpur is a major education hub in Central India. Nagpur has the best literacy rate, 93.13%, among cities in India with a population of more than 2,500,000. Nagpur has 3 state universities. Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, founded in 1923 as Nagpur University, is one of the oldest in the country and has more than 600 affiliated colleges. The other two state universities are Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University and Kavi Kulguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya.

Colleges

Main article: List of educational institutions in Nagpur § Colleges

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology has been ranked among the best fifteen engineering colleges in India and in 2007 was conferred the status of Institute of National Importance.

Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, one of the oldest (established 1942) and engineering college of India and Chemical Engineering & Technology Institute is located in Nagpur.

Nagpur is home to India's only National Fire Service College that provides a graduation course in fire engineering. Nagpur has IGNOU regional centre.

The Indian Institute of Fire Engineering is affiliated with Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) and Director of Technical Education (DTE, Mumbai), and provides diploma courses in fire engineering, safety and security management.

College of Agriculture, Nagpur is the oldest college in the country, founded in 1906 by the then British Government. It is one of the first five Agriculture Colleges in the country.

Autonomous colleges

Nagpur has three engineering colleges which have been granted 'autonomous' status by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, in recognition of their excellence in engineering education. These colleges are:

• Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management (autonomy granted in 2011)
• Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (autonomy granted in 2010)
• G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering (autonomy granted in 2010)

Medical colleges

Nagpur has three medical colleges:

• Government Medical College
• Indira Gandhi Medical College
• N. K. P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital

National Education and Research Institutes

Nagpur is a major educational hub in Central India and has some of India's major centrally funded and research institutes. Institutes based in the city include the following:

• Central Institute for Cotton Research
• Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research
• Central Power Research Institute
• Indian Institute of Fire Engineering, Nagpur
• Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
• Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminum Research Development and Design Centre
• National Academy of Defence Production
• National Academy of Direct Taxes
• National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Utilisation Planning
• National Civil Defence College
• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
• National Fire Service College
• National Institute of Miner's Health
• National Power Training Institute
• National Research Centre for Citrus
• Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation
• Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Sports

See also:Vidarbha Cricket Association, Vidarbha cricket team

VCA Stadium at Jamtha, Nagpur

Nagpur is the big centre for cricket in Vidarbha because of the Vidarbha Cricket Association.

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (VCA) in Nagpur is one of the nine test venues in the country. A new stadium of VCA called Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium has been built on Wardha road with a seating capacity of 45,000 people at cost of ₹75 crore (US$9.0 million) and was one of the venues for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Ind vs SA match was played here. Nagpur has one more cricket stadium named as VCA, Civil Lines which also hosted international matches. Thus Nagpur is one of the few cities, having more than one international cricket stadium in India.

A view at NPL starting ceremony.

Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra state of India and the Vidarbha cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Vidarbha Cricket Association affiliated to the Board of control for cricket in India is the parent body or governing the game of Cricket in Vidarbha, and involved in the conduct of the game from the grass root level to the International level.

The Vidarbha Cricket Association promotes and develops Cricket by conducting various League Tournaments, Tournaments for the age group Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, and Under-19, Under-22 and Under-25 categories besides organising and conducting National Tournaments.

N. K. P. Salve remained President of Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) (1972 - 1980), he later remained president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) 1982 to 1985.

Nagpur Premier League: LOKMAT NPL (Nagpur Premier League), a football tournament, is held at Nagpur annually and was started in 2010 by Lokmat Group of newspapers. The people in Nagpur city and the region given a great response to Nagpur Premier League with great enthusiasm.

Culture

Sunset at Futala Lake.

The city contains people from other Indian states as well as people belonging to the world's major faiths, and yet is known for staying calm during communal conflicts in India. Nagpur plays host to cultural events throughout the year. Cultural and literary societies in Nagpur include Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh (for development of Marathi), Vidarbha Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti (promotion and spreading Hindi) and Vidarbha Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (for promoting Hindi). Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, the conference on Marathi Literature were held twice in Nagpur city.

The South Central Cultural Centre also sponsors cultural events in Nagpur city, such as the Orange City Craft Mela and Folk Dance Festival, Vidarbha which is noted for its numerous folk-dances. Nagpur is a head office of Aadim Sanvidhan Sanrakshan Samiti(working for the rights of scheduled tribes). Newspapers are published from Nagpur in Marathi, English and Hindi. In addition, the Government of Maharashtra organises a week-long Kalidas Festival, a series of music and dance performances, by national level artists.

The Nagpur Central Museum (est. 1863) maintains collections are mainly for Vidarbha region. Three brothers Ghulam Ali (Kotwal), Mohammad Saaduddin (Subedar) and Mohammad Saladuddin (Minister and Kotwal) from Jhajjar are remembered as great scholars of Urdu and Persian during the reign of Maharaja Senasaheb Subha Chhatrapati Raghuji Bapusaheb Bhonsle III. They founded 'Jhajjar Bagh' at Hansapuri (Now Mominpura). In this location, they built their residence 'Aina-e Mahal', a well and a Masjid (now Masjid Ahle Hadith). 'Jhajjar Bagh' also known as 'Subedar ka Bada' was located where nowadays Mohammad Ali Road at Mominpura, Jamia Masjid, Mohammad Ali Sarai and Furqania Madrasa are located.

The state government has approved a new safari park of international standards besides Gorewada Lake. In 2013 NMC erected the gigantic Namantar Shahid Smarak in memory of Namantar Andolan martyrs.

Religious places and festivals

Deeksha Bhoomi.

Deekshabhoomi, the largest hollow stupa or the largest dome shaped monument and an important place of the Buddhist movement, is located in Nagpur. Every year on the day of Vijayadashami, i.e. Dussehra, followers of Ambedkar visit Deekshabhoomi to mark the conversion ceremony of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and his followers in Nagpur into Buddhism that took place in 14 October 1956. 14 April, which is the birthdate of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti. The most famous temple in Nagpur is Tekdi Ganesh Mandir, and is said to be one of the Swayambhu ("self-manifested") temples in the city. Sri Poddareshwar Ram Mandir and Shri Mahalaxmi Devi temple of Koradi are important Hindu temples.

Religious events are observed in the city throughout the year. Ram Navami is celebrated in Nagpur with shobha yatra with a procession of floats depicting events from the Ramayana. Processions are also held on important festivals of other religions such as Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din, Vijayadashami, Eid E Milad, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Mahavir Jayanti, Durga puja, Ganesh Chaturthi and Moharram. Like the rest of India, Nagpurkars celebrate major Hindu festivals like Diwali, Holi and Dussera with enthusiasm. Celebrations lasting for several days are held on Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja festivals in virtually every small locality in the city.

The city also contains a sizeable Muslim population, and famous places of worship for Muslims include the Jama Masjid-Mominpura and Bohri Jamatkhana-Itwari. The most famous shrine (dargah) of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin is at TajAbad. Annual Urs is celebrated in great enthusiasm and unity on 26th of Muharram.

Dargah Baba Tajuddin.

The St. Francis De Sales Cathedral is located in Sadar as well as the All Saints Cathedral church. There are many south Indian temples in Nagpur like Sarveshwara Devalayam, where all south Indian festivals are celebrated like Sitarama Kalyanam, Radha Kalyanam Dhanurmasa celebration with Andal Kalyanam, Balaji temple in seminary hills where every year Bramhotsavam to lord Balaji and lord Kartikeya is celebrated here. There are 2 Ayyapa temples, one at Ayyapa Nagar and the other at Harihara Nagar, Raghvendraswami Mutt, Murugananda Swami Temple at Mohan Nagar, Nimishamba Devi temple Subramanyiam devastanam at Sitabuldi and many more such south Indian temples are here in Nagpur as there is quite a good populations of south Indians in Nagpur.

Marbat Festival is a unique festival for Nagpur and is organised every year a day after the bullock festival of 'Pola'. The tradition of taking out the Marbat processions of 'kali' (black) and 'pivli' (yellow) Marbats (idols), started in 1880 in the eastern part of the city. A number of 'badgyas'(mascots), representing contemporary symbols of evil, comprise another feature of the annual processions. This festival dates back to 19th century when the Bhonsla dynasty ruled.

There is a Parsi Zoroastrian Agiary (Dar-e-Meher) in Nagpur, where the Parsi New Year is celebrated by the Parsi community in Nagpur.

Cuisine

See also: Haldiram's

The Vidharbha region has its own distinctive cuisine known as the Varhadi cuisine or Saoji cuisine. Saoji or Savji cuisine was the main cuisine of the Savji community. This traditional food is famous for its spicy taste. The special spices used in the gravy include black pepper, dry coriander, bay leaves, grey cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and ample use of poppy seeds (khus-khus). Non-vegetarian food especially chicken and mutton are commonly eaten in Saoji joints at Nagpur. There are numerous Savji bhojanalays in Nagpur which are so popular in Maharashtra that the renowned Indian chef Sanjeev Kapoor once featured Savji mutton on one of his TV shows and the recipe is listed on his website.

Media

Newspapers: Nagpur has a number of print publications which include:

• Marathi dailies like Lokmat, Tarun Bharat, Deshonatti, Maharashtra Times, Punya Nagari, Lokshahi Varta, Sakal and Loksatta
• Hindi newspapers such as, Yugdharma, Nava Bharat, Dainik Bhaskar and Lokmat Samachar.
• Newspapers published in English and circulated in Nagpur are, The Hitavada, The Indian Express,Nagpur Today, The Times Of India, The Economic Times and Lokmat Times.

Radio: There are a few FM stations broadcasting from Nagpur:

1. Vividh Bharati.
2. Radio Mirchi.
3. Red FM.
4. All India Radio.
5. 94.3 FM.
6. Gyan Vani.
7. Radio City.

Transport

Main article: Transport in Nagpur

Rail

Main article: Nagpur Railway Station

See also: Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line, Bengal Nagpur Railway, Bilaspur–Nagpur section, and Nagpur–Bhusawal section

Nagpur Junction Railway Station building

A total of 260 trains stop at Nagpur. These include passenger, express, mail, Duronto, Rajdhani, garib rath trains. Of these 65 are daily trains and 26 terminate/originate from Nagpur. Almost 1.5 lakh passengers board/leave Nagpur Railway Station daily.

The city is the Divisional Headquarters for the Central Railway and South East Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Nagpur is a city with two divisional headquarters, a rare distinction it shares with Lucknow, which has headquarters for two different divisions in Northern Railway zone and North Eastern Railway zone.

Nagpur Metro Rail

See also: Nagpur Metro

The Nagpur Metro Rail project is announced by the state government of Maharashtra for the city with the expenses of 4,400 Cr and 3,800 Cr Rupees for its two phases of 25 km (from Sitabuldi to MIHAN and Butibori via Airport) and 20 km (Sitabuldi to Automotive Square in Kamptee) respectively.

The site inspection has already begun in March 2012 with the initiatives from Nagpur Improvement Trust. The project will be executed by a new company called Nagpur Metro Rail Co Ltd (NMRCL) formed under the NIT. In July 2015, the project has been approved by Government of Maharashtra and has been given "In Principle" nod by MoUD of Government of India. The Bhoomipujan for Metro rail work has been performed on 21 August 2014.

Road

Nagpur is a major junction for roadways as India's two major national highways, Kanyakumari-Varanasi (National Highway 7) and Hajira-Kolkata (National Highway 6) pass through the city. One more highway number 69 connects Nagpur to Obaidullaganj near Bhopal. Nagpur is at the junction of two Asian Highways namely AH43 Agra to Matara, Sri Lanka and AH46 connecting Kharagpur, India to Dhule, India.

The new state highway, Nagpur–Aurangabad–Mumbai express highway, built on the national highway basis is also sanctioned by the state and central government. This highway significantly reduces the distance travelled by NH 6 and NH 3 between two cities. Theis new proposed Mumbai Nagpur Expressway between Nagpur and Mumbai will be 800 km and projected to be cost ₹30,000 crore (US$3.6 billion).

In 2009, NHAI has announced the extension of existing NH 204 to Nagpur via Kolhapur-Sangli- Solapur-Tuljapur-Latur-Nanded-Yavatmal-Wardha and connect it to the NH-7 at Butibori near Nagpur. The entire NH 204 highway has been included in the national highway mega projects for upgradation to 4-lane.

One more national highway NH-26 B Savner-Chhindwara-Narsinghpur has connected with NH 69 at Savner near Nagpur providing another optional connectivity with Northern part of India.

Maharashtra State road transport Corporation (MSRTC) runs cheaper transport service for intercity, interstate, intrastate travel. It has two bus stations in Nagpur: Nagpur Bus Sthanak (CBS-1) at Ganeshpeth and MorBhawan (CBS-2) at Jhansi Rani Square, Sitabuldi. It operates 1600 daily services from CBS-1 to long and short distances within state and to places in other surrounding states. It also operates 750 daily services from CBS-2 to short distances within Vidarbha.

Public transport

Star Bus Public transport in Nagpur

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Nagpur Auto Rickshaw

Nagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Limited (NMPL) is the company formed with elected municipal corporators on board that caters to the city public transport. It has contracted Vansh Nimay Infraprojects (VNIL) to run city buses. It has a fleet of 470 Low-floor StarBuses that serve around 2.5Lakh citizens daily in the urban, suburban, metro areas. Of the total fleet 88 are low floor MiniBuses, and 382 are low floor 50 seater StarBuses as shown in the picture below. 240 buses are acquired under JNNURM and 230 are acquired under purchase-run-transfer basis by VNIL.

Air transport

Main article: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Further information: Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur

Nagpur International Airport has the busiest air traffic control room in India.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport is operated by Mihan India Private Limited (MIPL) and owned by Airports Authority of India

Nagpur's Air Traffic Control (ATC) is the busiest in India, with more than 300 flights flying over the city every day in 2004. In October 2005, Nagpur's Sonegaon Airport was declared an international airport and was renamed Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.

Nagpur is well connected by daily direct flights to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune, Indore, Raipur operated by Air India, Jet Airways, JetKonnect, IndiGo, GoAir. Air Arabia operates a 4 times a week to and fro flight between Nagpur and Sharjah and Qatar Airways operates a direct flight to Doha.

The Nagpur Airport has received Special Achievement Award 2012-2013 from Airports Authority of India. Nagpur became the first airport in India to commission the INDRA system and also has ADS-B system. No other airport in the country had commissioned INDRA yet.

Nagpur airport became the first airport in the country to receive an ISO 27000 certificate. In fact, Nagpur is not only the first in India but also the first in world to be certified for Air navigation service provider (ANSP). There are seven airports in the world which have ISO 27000, but none of them have it for ANSP.

Nagpur is currently witnessing an economic boom as the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) is under development. MIHAN will be used for handling heavy cargo coming from south east Asia and the Middle East. The project will include ₹10,000 crore (US$1.2 billion) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for Information Technology (IT) companies.

Emergency Airport

It has been identified as the safest airport for landing aircraft in case of emergencies or during bad weather conditions at other airports. More than 500 aircraft on domestic and international routes such as Europe-South East Asia pass over this region and all have been already informed that in case of emergencies, the pilots should prefer Nagpur airport for further process. Central government has identified Nagpur airport as one of the safe airports for diverted flights and emergency landing. In fact, many flights have used the airport during emergencies. It was because all international and domestic airlines had already been informed by the government to go to Nagpur during emergencies. Availability of excellent fire fighting equipment, air traffic control equipment and latest radar, in addition to being in city with good hospitals and hotels made the airport a good choice during emergencies.

Notable people

The Prominent persons originating/related with Nagpur city are:

• Jyoti Amge Actress
• Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin(1861-1925), Muslim Sufi master.
• Jamnalal Bajaj (1889-1942), founder of Bajaj group of industries.
• Suresh Bhat (1932-2003), Notable marathi poet and gazal samrat.
• Swati Dandekar, Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board.
• Nirmala Deshpande(1929-2008), social activist.
• Vaishnavi Dhanraj, television actress.
• Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra state, India.
• Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister and former President of the BJP.
• Subhash Ghai, Film director, producer and screenwriter.
• Manik Sitaram Godghate(Grace) (1937-2012), Marathi Poet.
• Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (1906-1973), Second RSS Chief.
• Dhanashree Halbe, Translator, poet and children's author.
• Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889-1940), Founder of RSS.
• Rajkumar Hirani, Film director, screenwriter and film editor.
• Gayatri Joshi, Model turned Bollywood actress.
• Shrikant Jichkar (1953-2004), Politician, Civil Servant.
• Hemant Karkare (1954-2008), chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).
• Dinesh Keskar President of Boeing Asia and Vice President of Boeing International
• Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.
• Shashank Manohar, prominent Indian lawyer and President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
• Ketaki Mategaonkar, Marathi playback singer and Marathi cinema actress.
• Mona Meshram International Women's Cricket player.
• Vilas Muttemwar, former minister of state of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India.
• C. K. Nayudu (1895-1967), first captain of the Indian cricket team in Test matches.
• Girija Oak, prominent Marathi and Hindi Film actress.
• Ruma Pal, retired Justice of Supreme Court.
• Vikram Pandit, former chief executive of Citigroup.
• Arundhati Pantawane , International Badminton Player.
• Shishir Parkhie , Playback Ghazal Bhajan Singsr & Composer.
• Rajani Rai, former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry.
• Altaf Raja, singer.
• Subramaniam Ramadorai, Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services.
• Ronit Roy, television actor.
• Vasant Sathe (1925-2011), Former minister of Information and Broadcasting.
• N.K.P. Salve (1921-2012), Former BCCI chief.
• Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricketer.
• Sanjay Surkar (1959 – 2012), Notable Marathi film director
• Prashant Vaidya, former Indian Cricketer.
• Rahul Vaidya, singer.
• S. K. Wankhede (1914-1988), Former BCCI president.
• Umesh Yadav, Indian Cricketer.
• Vaibbhav Tatwawdi, Marathi Actor
• Shiv Pandit, Bollywood Actor
• Jag Mundhra (1948-2011), Indian Filmaker
• Sai Gundewar, Actor
• Basanta Choudhury (1928-2000), Actor
• Sunaina, Tamil Actress
• Nikhil Chandwani (Author), Author
• Salim Nasir (1944-1989), Pakistani Actor
• Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885-1919), Marathi Poet
• Vasantrao Deshpande (1920–1983), was a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist and a great performer of Natya Sangeet.
• C. B. Bhave, an Indian financial regulator
• Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880-1968), an Indian politician

See also

• MIHAN
• Nagpur Metro
• Nagpur District
• Make In Maharashtra
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• List of forts

External links

• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nagpur" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Nagpur" . The New Student's Reference Work . Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.