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Nagpur
Nagpur , 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. Manuf... Read more
Raipur
Raipur , city (1991 pop. 462,694), capital of Chhattisgarh state, E central India, on 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 ... Read more
Tata
Tata , Parsi family of Indian industrialists, centered at Mumbai. The Tata enterprises, which encompass vast holdings in iron and steel, motor vehicles, power utilities, financial services, computer software, chemicals, textiles, and telecommunications, were founded by Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata (18... Read more
Maharashtra
Maharashtra , state (2001 provisional pop. 96,752,247), 118,530 sq mi (306,993 sq km), W India, on the Arabian Sea. The city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is the capital. The state was formed in 1960, when the old state of Bombay was split along linguistic lines into two new states, Maharashtra and ... Read more
India
India officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c.9,500 mi/15,290 km long) stretches from the Arabian Se... Read more

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Nagpur
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Nagpur City in Maharashtra state, w central India. Founded in the 18th century as the capital of the Kingdom of Nagpur, it became the capital of Berar state (from 1903) and of Madhya Pradesh state (1947–56). Industries: metal goods... Read more
Hazaribagh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition or Hazaribag , 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. Read more
Raipur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...India, on 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. Read more
Tata
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...telecommunications, 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... Read more
Yogananda
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1893 in Gorakhpur, India. Both of his parents were disciples of Lahiri Mahasaya, and his father was an executive of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. Mukunda's name was changed to Yogananda in 1914 when he entered the Swami Order (an ancient monastic order founded... Read more
India
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...rivers rise to the low plateaus of Malwa in the west and Chota Nagpur in the east. The Narmada River, south of the Vindhya hills...Kolkata (Calcutta), Lucknow , Ludhiana , Madurai , Mumbai, Nagpur , Patna , Pune , Surat , Vadodara (see under Baroda ), Varanasi... Read more
Maharashtra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...including 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 great... Read more
1st Marquess of Dalhousie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Applying this policy, Dalhousie annexed Satara, Jaitpur, and Sambalpur in 1849, adding Jhansi and the major Maratha state of Nagpur in 1853. While adding nearly 250,000 square miles to his government, Dalhousie also made important contributions to the integration... Read more
Tata, Jamsetji Nusserwanji
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...still-primitive cotton industry in India. After examining the Lancashire mills, he decided to site an Indian cotton factory at Nagpur, and he opened his Empress cotton mill there on January 1, 1877; the factory received its name because on the same day, Queen... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Nagpur"

Nagpur
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes Nagpur • abjure , adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, ... Read more
Bihar
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Bihar A region in India comprising the middle Ganges plains and the Chota Nagpur plateau in north-eastern India. The region had its ‘golden age’ during the evolution of early Indian civilization... Read more
continua
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more
cynosure
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more
rotogravure
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more
assure
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more
simon-pure
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more
sinecure
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more
Borobudur
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more
velour
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes ...gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, mature, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor... Read more

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WILPF core group starts in Nagpur (India).(India News)(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
Magazine article from: International Peace Update; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...was established on 7 January 2001, at Nagpur in the presence of Gandhi peace award...and we worked with other women NGOs in Nagpur. One important achievement is the formation of a political pressure group called Nagpur Mahila Munch, a network comprised of 40... Read more
Full debuts for Cook and Monty in Nagpur Test.
Newspaper article from: Bedfordshire Times & Citizen (Bedford, England); 3/2/2006; 467 words ; Maiden 50 for Cook Both Alastair Cook and Monty Panesar made their England Test debuts in India this week. Former Bedford School student and Essex batsman, Cook, scored a maiden test 50 on Wednesday before finally being dismissed for 60 as England made 393 all out in their first innings. Cook, 21, Read more
Qatar Airways announces new route to India.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Airline Industry Information; 2/6/2006; 108 words ; ...service to India by launching a route to Nagpur, which will be its sixth destination in...airline's CEO Akbar Al Bakar said that Nagpur is under-served by air carriers, both...operate the route from Doha, Qatar to Nagpur three times weekly. ((Comments on this... Read more
India.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's symposium marks its third annual day)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: International Peace Update; 6/22/2004; ; 246 words ; ...January 2004, the WILPF India Core Group, Nagpur, celebrated its third Annual Day by organizing...Chitampalli, a noted environmentalist from Nagpur. Mr Chitampalli spoke on nature and tribals...Meena Shelgaonkar Treasurer of WILPF India Nagpur Core group Read more
LexisNexis expands in India with purchase.
Newspaper article from: Legal Publisher; 5/1/2008; 172 words ; ...Butter-worths India (New Delhi) division, has acquired Wadhwa Nagpur (New Delhi), one of India's leading provider of legal information. No terms of the deal were given. Wadhwa Nagpur offers a range of products in the areas of legal, tax and regulatory... Read more
Don't write us off says stand-in skipper.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England); 3/14/2006; 365 words ; ...Ashes-winning side to dominate the drawn opener in Nagpur and hold their own until the fourth evening...yesterday's nine-wicket defeat. We did well in Nagpur and have shown signs that we can compete...Kumble's threat following the lifeless pitch in Nagpur. Read more
When writing software, India is somewhere near La Mesa: local companies outsource code writing to Asia. (High-Tech).
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 2/3/2003; ; 286 words ; Bangalore, Hyderabad and Nagpur might as well be La Mesa, La Jolla and Encinitas. That is, when you're sending software code back and forth on the Internet. San... Read more
GH Raisoni College of Engineering.(In Brief ...)(waste management)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Environment; 7/1/2004; 46 words ; A scientist with GH Raisoni College of Engineering in Nagpur, India, has produced the technology to convert plastic waste such as plastic bottles into fuel for automobiles. --Science &... Read more
Luton's Monty gets Tendulkar's wicket.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Post (Luton, England); 3/3/2006; 283 words ; ...wicket when he claimed the scalp of the great Sachin Tendulkar in Nagpur. Panesar, 23, dismissed the legendary batsman as England took...play Test cricket for England, had already made his mark in Nagpur, playing a crucial part in helping England to reach that big... Read more
Freemarket freebies: drug companies make the sweetest of overtures to health practitioners. Tamar Wilner takes a critical look at this love-in.(Bribery)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...afterwards the new drug's manufacturer took 15 physicians from Nagpur on a vacation with their families. Coincidence? Maybe so but...Professor in Pharmacology at the Government Medical College in Nagpur. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Such promotional excesses abound in... Read more