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  - 439 results

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Universities of the World outside U.S.A
Book by M. M. Chambers; American Council on Education, 1950
Subjects: Education--Directories, Universities And Colleges
...Registrar, U. Misra, M.A., LL.B. AFFILIATED COLLEGES Central College for Women, Nagpur College of Agriculture, Nagpur College of Science, Nagpur Government Diploma Training Institute for Men, Amraoti Government Diploma Training Institute...
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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
...Java, 48 - 51 , 58 - 59 , 83 ; in Chota Nagpur, 51 , 59 - 60 ; in east Africa, 52...in Burma, 36 , 38 , 115 ; in Chota Nagpur, 69 , 84 G Gaing , 100 Gandhi, Mohandas...129 Hindu, 174 ; overlords in Chota Nagpur, 22 , 46 , 51 , 60 , 83 - 84 ; mystic...
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Economic Consequences of Divided India: A Study of the Economy of India and Pakistan
Book by C. N. Vakil; Vora, 1950
Subjects: India--Economic Conditions--1945-, Pakistan--Economic Conditions
...entirely new scheme of roads in Pakistan. NAGPUR PLAN Any study of future road development must inevitably start from the Nagpur Plan, which was evolved at a conference of Chief Engineers held at Nagpur in 1943. The plan is based on the estimated...
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Asian Population History
Book by Ts'Ui-Jung Liu, James Lee, David Sven Reher, Osamu Saito, Wang Feng; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Asia--Population--History
...central India was included in the kingdom of Nagpur in the early nineteenth century and it...rather larger than, but centred on, the Nagpur division of the Central Provinces as it...estimate of 300,000 would bring the Nagpur intercensal growth rate to around 0...
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The Divine Hierarchy: Popular Hinduism in Central India
Book by Lawrence A. Babb; Columbia University Press, 1975
Subjects: Hinduism--India--Chatt?Isaga*Rh
...After the general had gone on to Chota Nagpur, Raghunath attempted to reestablish his...good by Raghuji I, the Bhonsla ruler of Nagpur, in 1745. By 1758 Maratha rule was firmly...With the defeat of Appa Sahib in 1818 the Nagpur territories came under what amounted to...
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journal articles on: Nagpur  - 68 results

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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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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
...Tajuddin Baba (d. AH 1344/1925) of Nagpur, India, are punctuated by milling crowds...or tomb-shrine, of Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur, India. In support of my argument I...situated on the outskirts of the city of Nagpur, which is located in the northeastern...
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Indian Peasant Uprisings
Journal article by Kathleen Gough; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 8, 1976
Subjects: Asia
...23) the Kols, Hos, and Mundas of Chota Nagpur, 1831-32; (24) the Bhumij and Chuar...of the Sardari Lari in the 1870s in Chota Nagpur; (12) the Munda revolt under Birsa in Chota Nagpur in 1895-98; (13) the Oraon movement...
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The Kinship System of the Aghria: A Case Study of Peasants in Middle India./Le Systeme De Parente Des Aghria: Une Etude De Cas Des Paysans Du Centre De l'Inde
Journal article by Uwe Skoda; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 13, 2007
Subjects: Caste--Usage, India--Social aspects, Kinship--Analysis, Kinship--Terminology, Manners and customs--Analysis, Peasant culture--Social aspects, Peasantry--Social aspects
...district, the Kurukh or Oraon from Chota Nagpur and Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh...1983: 110-11) or the Birhor of Chota Nagpur (Roy 1925: 128-33), to name a few...a little known jungle tribe of Chota Nagpur. Ranchi: G.E.L. Mission Press...
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Caste, Class, and Women's Liberation in India
Journal article by Gail Omvedt; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 7, 1975
Subjects: Asia
...notice comes to Baliram Pancbam Avle near Dharampeth Pump in Nagpur: We were married about four years ago. After behaving well...Baliram Pancbam Avle, living at Lonkhairi in taluka and district Nagpur . 5 Such women (and the majority of notices are from women...
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Homeland. Security
Magazine article by Maya Khankhoje; Herizons, Vol. 21, Spring 2008
Subjects: Boundaries, Canada, Globalization, Homeland Security Act 2002-US, Mexico, National security, Violence
...So we made the long trip to India, and Nagpur, in the centre of the country, became...of promise and adventure. Our idyll in Nagpur lapsed with the end of my fathers contract...from the "wounds of partition. Back in Nagpur, life "was no longer the exciting affair...
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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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The Growing Economic Power of Indian Cricket
Magazine article by Alex Ninian; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Autumn 2010
Subjects: Cricket (Sport)--Appreciation, Cricket (Sport)--Economic aspects, Cricket (Sport)--Forecasts and trends, Cricket--Appreciation, Cricket--Economic aspects, Cricket--Forecasts and trends, Professional sports--Economic aspects, Professional sports--Forecasts and trends, Professional sports--India, Professional sports--International aspects, Sports associations--Economic aspects, Sports associations--Forecasts and trends, Sports associations--International aspects, Sports tournaments--Economic aspects, Sports tournaments--International aspects, Tournaments--Economic aspects, Tournaments--International aspects
...early 2010. The choice of cities included Pune, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Dharamsala, Vizag, Rajkot, Cuttack, Baroda, Kochi, Indore...last fifteen years, and they originally considered Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune before deciding on Pune. They eventually won it with...
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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.
...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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India's Population Reality: Reconciling Change and Tradition
Magazine article by Carl Haub, O. P. Sharma; Population Bulletin, Vol. 61, September 2006
Subjects: Agricultural production, Caste, Children & youth, Communications networks, Developing countries--LDCs, India, Life expectancy, Linguistics, Literacy, Population growth
...Mumbai (6.5 million slum dwellers), Delhi (1.9 million), Kolkata (1.5 million), Chennai (0.8 million), and Nagpur (0.7 million). Even the "hi-tech" cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad have 1 million slum residents between them. By...
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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
...SOS; First Test: India V England from Nagpur, Wednesday Rookie Jets 8,000 Miles from Antigua to Nagpur to Help Crisis-Torn England. Byline...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 with...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
...India V England, Today, Live from Nagpur, Starting at 4.30am Im Really Worried...Again. Byline: Mike WALTERS reports from Nagpur MICHAEL VAUGHAN flew home last night fearing...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
...India V England, Today, Live from Nagpur, Starting at 4.30am SAYS INDIAN SKIPPER...and strong." Australia beat India in Nagpur 18 months ago, when 16 of Indias wickets...out is a bit unrealistic." 1ST TEST: NAGPUR LINE-UPS INDIA Sehwag Jaffer Dravid...
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England Tighten Grip in Nagpur
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), March 4, 2006
England Tighten Grip in Nagpur. Byline: Test Cricket England were on course to bat India out of the first Test in Nagpur today. Useful scores from Andrew Strauss (46), Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen helped strengthen the Tourists grip on...
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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...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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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 (see...not as yet fully exploited. The Chota Nagpur Plateau of S Jharkhand and the hill lands...
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Maharashtra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the manufacture of textiles, electrical products, and chemicals, is mainly concentrated in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, and Nagpur. The Muslim rulers of India controlled the area of Maharashtra from the early 14th cent. to the mid-17th cent., when the...
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Raipur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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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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...
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