NAGPUR

nägˈpoor, city (1991 pop. 1,664,006), Maharashtra state, central India, on the Nag River. Formerly the capital of Central Provinces and Berar and then of Madyha Pradesh state, it is an industrial, commercial, and transportation center. It has expanded to include the neighboring town of Kamptee. Manufactures include textiles, transport equipment, and ferromanganese products. Founded in the 18th cent. as the capital of the Nagpur Maratha kingdom, it passed in 1853 to the British.

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books on: Nagpur  - 440 results

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Prophets of Rebellion: Millenarian Protest Movements against the European Colonial Order
Book by Michael Adas; University of North Carolina Press, 1979
Subjects: Colonies--Case Studies, Indigenous Peoples--Case Studies, Millennialism--Case Studies, Protest Movements--Case Studies
...The Mundas and the Birsa Rising in Chota Nagpur East-Central India , 1899-1900...disturbances among the Mundas of Chota Nagpur in east-central India 1895- 1900...The Mundas and the Birsa Rising in Chota Nagpur East-Central India , 1899-1900 Then...
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Heart of India
Book by Alexander Campbell; Knopf, 1958
Subjects: India--Civilization
...Holy India 151 7. GAYA: Peasants on the Left 165 8. NAGPUR: Christ versus Ganesh 178 9. BOMBAY: City in Flood 189...
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India and Pakistan: A General and Regional Geography
Book by O. H. K. Spate; Methuen, 1954
Subjects: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
...583 ; Chota Nagpur and the Damodar , 585...653 132 Nagpur to Jamshedpur: Physical 662 133 Nagpur to Jamshedpur: Economic 663...
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Dr. Ambedkar, Life and Mission
Book by Dhananjay Keer; Popular Prakashan, 1962
Subjects: Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji--1892-1956
...held in the last week of May 1920, at Nagpur. This was the first All-India Conference...Untouchables. He had deputed his men to Nagpur to get his point of view accepted by...the uplift of Depressed Classes. This Nagpur Conference gave him an opportunity of...
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Aftermath: A Supplement to the Golden Bough
Book by James George Frazer; Macmillan, 1937
Subjects: Magic, Mythology, Religion, Superstition
...Birhors, a primitive tribe of Chota Nagpur in India, " a Birhor woman, like a Santal...world. Thus among the Oraons of Chota Nagpur in India, while the men are absent from...S. C. Roy, The Oraons of Chota Nagpur Ranchi, 1915 , pp. 231 sqq...
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journal articles on: Nagpur  - 61 results

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Unseen Power: Aesthetic Dimensions of Symbolic Healing in Qawwali
Journal article by James R. Newell; The Muslim World, Vol. 97, 2007
Subjects: Behavior, Case studies, Cultural values, Islam, Memory, Psychology, Religion
...of Tajuddin Baba (d. AH 1344/1925) of Nagpur, India, are punctuated by milling crowds...dargah, or tomb-shrine, of Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur, India. In support of my argument I draw...situated on the outskirts of the city of Nagpur, which is located in the northeastern...
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Rural Services, Rural Infrastructure and Regional Development in India
Journal article by Sudhir Wanmali, Yassir Islam; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 161, 1995
Subjects: Community development--Social aspects, India--Rural areas, Rural development--Social aspects
...region can be found in the following: for Nagpur Metropolitan region see Wanmali 1970a...for regional development. For example, Nagpur Metropolitan Region of Maharashtra, which...over the last two decades, whereas in Nagpur Metropolitan Region this was a consequence...
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Shi'ism in Contemporary India: the Badri-vakili Controversy among Indian Isma'ilis
Journal article by Yoginder Sikand; The Muslim World, Vol. 93, 2003
Subjects: Community property, Control, Courts, Disputes, India, Islam, Muslims
...their base from Bombay to the town of Nagpur, where they set up their headquarters...large plot of land on the outskirts of Nagpur, where he established a commune which...commune in the heart of rapidly expanding Nagpur town. The two rivals for the leadership...
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All Our Goddesses Are Armed: Religion, Resistance, and Revenge in the Life of a Militant Hindu Nationalist Woman
Journal article by Paola Bacchetta; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 25, 1993
Subjects: Asia
...proximity to the latters birthplace, Nagpur. Its founders were Dr. Keshav Baliram...7 March 1990, Samiti headquarters in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Ashta Bhuja, an eight-armed...a biography of Lakshmibai Kelkar) (Nagpur, Maharashtra: Sevika Prakashan, 1989...
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Indian Peasant Uprisings
Journal article by Kathleen Gough; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 8, 1976
Subjects: Asia
...The Situation of the Adivasis of Chota Nagpur and Santal Parganas, Bihar, India", International...the Kols, Hos, and Mundas of Chota Nagpur, 1831-32; (24) the Bhumij and Chuar...the Sardari Lari in the 1870s in Chota Nagpur; (12) the Munda revolt under Birsa in...
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Touching the Untouchables: The Life of Baba Amte
Magazine article by Jo Mcgowan; Commonweal, Vol. 135, April 11, 2008
Subjects: Amte, Baba--Appreciation, Amte, Baba--Death of, Amte, Baba--Practice, Philanthropists--Appreciation, Philanthropists--Death of, Philanthropists--Practice
...was remembered as the champion of people affected by leprosy. The morning of his funeral, my husband Ravi was on his way to Nagpur, an hour from Anandwan, the ashram Baba Amte established in 1951 in the central Indian state of Maharashtra. On the flight...
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Indian Christians Attacked
Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 116, January 20, 1999
Subjects: Christians in India--Crimes against, India--Crime
...shops. At least seven people were hospitalized after sustaining bullet wounds, the NCCI reported. The NCCI, which is based in Nagpur, North India, and which is the countrys main ecumenical body, with 29 member churches, has blamed the attacks on the Sangh Parivar...
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India's Churches Oppose China 'Model'
Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 117, October 25, 2000
Subjects: Churches--India, Hinduism--India, India--Religious aspects
...other religions are therefore "deficient." Addressing an annual gathering of RSS members at the organizations headquarters at Nagpur in central India, Sudarshan urged Indian Christians to emulate Chinese Christians who have indigenous churches such as the Chinese...
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Set in Stone Victoria's Monuments in India
Magazine article by Mary Ann Steggles; History Today, Vol. 51, February 2001
Subjects: Art, Municipal--Social aspects, Historical sociology--Analysis, India--History, Monuments--History, National characteristics--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Political psychology--Analysis, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...and on November 13th, 1908, the marble figure of the Queen in Nagpur was painted with tar, the sceptre smashed and the nose broken...Herbert Hampton in front of the Victoria Technical Institute in Nagpur in the same year. By the time the immense Victoria Memorial...
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Jinnah and the Quest for Muslim Identity
Magazine article by Akbar S. Ahmed; History Today, Vol. 44, September 1994
Subjects: Jinnah, Muhammed Ali--Biography, Muslims in India--History, Pakistan Muslim League--History, Pakistan--History
...expressed Muslim disloyalty to India. The 1923 major Hindu-Muslim riot in Nagpur was not the first of its kind but it helped to start organised and regular communal rioting. Nagpur was followed by the setting up of the RSS (Rashtriya Seva Sangh) organisation...
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Cricket: COOK'S LONG-DISTANCE SOS; First Test: India V England from Nagpur, Wednesday Rookie Jets 8,000 Miles from Antigua to Nagpur to Help Crisis-Torn England
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 27, 2006
...LONG-DISTANCE SOS; First Test: India V England from Nagpur, Wednesday Rookie Jets 8,000 Miles from Antigua to Nagpur to Help Crisis-Torn England. Byline...up a month in the Caribbean for a week in Nagpur to rescue England from their tour of despair...
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Cricket: Hoggard: Swing ... and We're Winning; ENGLAND IN INDIA FIRST TEST, DAY THREE'S ACTION FROM NAGPUR MATTY'S HIGH FIVE POINTER TO GLORY
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 4, 2006
...FIRST TEST, DAY THREES ACTION FROM NAGPUR MATTYS HIGH FIVE POINTER TO GLORY. Byline: Mike WALTERS reports from Nagpur MAGIC Matthew Hoggards latest date...after taking his first Test wicket in Nagpur yesterday. Captain Freddie Flintoff...
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Cricket: VAUGHAN IN FEAR FOR HIS FUTURE; THE FIRST TEST: India V England, Today, Live from Nagpur, Starting at 4.30am 'I'm Really Worried - I've Had to Fly Home Early on the Last Two Tours. I Don't Know When I'll Play Again'
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 1, 2006
...TEST: India V England, Today, Live from Nagpur, Starting at 4.30am Im Really Worried...Byline: Mike WALTERS reports from Nagpur MICHAEL VAUGHAN flew home last night...side. Before boarding his flight from Nagpur, Vaughan said: "I havent left Freddie...
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Cricket: Best of Luck Freddie, You're Gonna Need It; THE FIRST TEST: India V England, Today, Live from Nagpur, Starting at 4.30am SAYS INDIAN SKIPPER RAHUL DRAVID
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 1, 2006
...TEST: India V England, Today, Live from Nagpur, Starting at 4.30am SAYS INDIAN SKIPPER...competitive and strong." Australia beat India in Nagpur 18 months ago, when 16 of Indias wickets...them out is a bit unrealistic." 1ST TEST: NAGPUR LINE-UPS INDIA Sehwag Jaffer Dravid (capt...
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Cricket: NIGHTMARE IN NAGPUR; FIRST TEST: India V England, Tomorrow, 4:30am .. and the Problems Pile Up for Crisis-Hit Tourists Vaughan's Knee Puts Future in Doubt. Jones Collapses in Agony Again as Tour Turns to Farce
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 28, 2006
Cricket: NIGHTMARE IN NAGPUR; FIRST TEST: India V England, Tomorrow, 4:30am .. and the Problems...Vaughan is not expected to play again before the summer. 1ST TEST: NAGPUR LINE-UPS INDIA Sehwag Jaffer Dravid (capt) Tendulkar Laxman Dhoni Pathan...
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encyclopedia articles on: Nagpur  - 6 results

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Nagpur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAGPUR nag poor, city (1991 pop. 1,664,006), Maharashtra state, central India, on the Nag River. Formerly the capital of Central...Manufactures include textiles, transport equipment, and ferromanganese products. Founded in the 18th cent. as the capital of the Nagpur Maratha kingdom, it passed in 1853 to the British. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Hazaribagh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAZARIBAGH or Hazaribag h za ribag , town (1991 pop. 97,824), Jharkhand state, E central India. Located on the Chota Nagpur plateau, 2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level, the town is a district administrative center and a market for rice, corn, and mustard...
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Raipur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Kharun River. It is a district administrative center and an agricultural-processing and sawmilling town, situated on the Nagpur-Bilaspur Railway. It is the cite of Ravishankar Shukla Univ. (1964). Raipur was founded in the 14th cent...
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Tata
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...other businesses, were founded by Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata (1839 1904), who accumulated a fortune from his textile mill at Nagpur. At Jamshedpur (named for the founder) his successors built (1911) the first steel mill in India. Eventually it became the largest...
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India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...plateaus of Malwa in the west and Chota Nagpur in the east. The Narmada River, south...Lucknow , Ludhiana , Madurai , Mumbai, Nagpur , Patna , Pune , Surat , Vadodara...not as yet fully exploited. The Chota Nagpur Plateau of S Jharkhand and the hill lands...
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