Nagpur is administered by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), which is a democratically elected civic governing body. Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) works with NMC and carries out works such as development of the civic infrastructure and new urban areas on behalf of NMC. The city is divided into 10 zones, which are, in turn, divided into 145 wards. Each ward is represented by a corporator, majority of whom are elected in local elections.
Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur is an airport project for 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 present airport into a major cargo hub with integrated road and rail connectivity. This project consists of two parts:
Nagpur Metro Region Development: In the year 1999, the government of Maharashtra declared that the Nagpur Metropolitan Area shall comprise all of Nagpur city, Nagpur Gramin (rural areas near Nagpur), Hingna, Parshivni, 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.
The city was founded by the Gonds and later became a part of the Maratha Empire under the Bhonsles. 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.
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. Consultants Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) will study the alignment and submit a detailed project report.
Nagpur is known for its greenery and was adjudged the cleanest and second greenest in India after Chandigarh in 2010. Recently, the government of India selected Nagpur as a model city for the National Clean Air Mission by allocating 25 crores for the plan. This project will be handled by Nagpur’s own National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI).
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.
Nagpur is a major junction for roadways as India’s two major national highways, Kanyakumari-Varanasi (NH 7) and Hajira-Kolkata (NH-6), passing through the city. One more highway number 69 connect 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.
Nagpur is the seat of the annual winter session of the Maharashtra state assembly, “Vidhan Sabha”. Nagpur is a major commercial and political center 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.
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 10000 crore (US$1.8 billion) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for Information Technology (IT) companies.
The Nag river, a tributary of the Kanhan river, has been named after its serpentine course; the word for “serpent” in Marathi being “Nag”. Nagpur, which lies on the banks of the Nag, takes its name from the river. The word “pur” means “city” in many Indian languages. During the British rule, the name of the city was spelt and pronounced “Nagpore”.
Nagpur city is dotted with natural and artificial lakes. The largest lake is Ambazari. 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 along with nallas form the natural drainage pattern for the city.
As of the 2011 census, Nagpur municipality had a population of 2,405,421 and the urban agglomeration had a population of 2,523,911. The municipality had a sex ratio of 961 females per 1,000 males and 9.9% of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 93.13%; male literacy was 96.16% and female literacy was 89.99%.
Nagpur is well connected by daily direct flights to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Indore, Ahmedabad, Goa, Jaipur, Kochi, Nanded, Aurangabad, Raipur operated by Air India, Jet Airways, JetLite, IndiGo, GoAir, SpiceJet. Air Arabia operates a 4 times a week to and fro flight between Nagpur and Sharjah.
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 lies at the dead center of the country with the Zero Mile marker indicating the geographical center of 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 connects the state capital Mumbai to Nagpur via Aurangabad and significantly reduces the distance travelled by NH 6 and NH 3 between two cities.
Nagpur is a city with great capabilities to grow and prosper in the coming days. It is very important for State and Central Governments to contribute to the growth, development, prosperity of Nagpur. Nagpur completed 300 years of establishment in the year 2002. A big celebration was organised to mark the event.
The city is the Divisional Head Quarters for the Central Railway and South East Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. In 2010 Jan aahar opened its outlet in Nagpur Railway station. Jan aahar has only a few of its outlets in India offering light and healthy food at very affordable prices.
The Raman Science Centre promotes scientific knowledge and has a 133 seat planetarium. The present day Maharajbagh zoo was originally a garden developed by the Bhonsle rulers. The state government has approved a new safari park of international standards besides Gorewada Lake.
Indian Railways would have new station coming up near MIHAN to connect cargo hub with countries rail network. MADC would later play a larger role in Maharashtra for airports not owned by AAI and IAF. CIDCO has been selected as it had successfully formed the CIDCO city near Mumbai.
State and Central government (NHAI) also approved the extension of NH 204 from Kolhapur to Nagpur via Solapur, Tuljapur, Latur, Nanded, Yavatmal, Wardha and Butibori, which mainly covers all the portion covered by the current Major State Highway, MSH 3 between Butibori and Tuljapur.
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.
In 2002, the government extended the jurisdiction of the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) outside the limits of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) by 25 to 40 kilometres. This new area was defined under clause 1(2) of NIT Act-1936 as “Nagpur Metropolitan Area”.
Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Jainism are four major religions in Nagpur with 66.0%, 11.0%, 20.0% and 1.5% of the population following them. Others are 1.5%. 52.5% of Nagpur’s population is in the 15–59 years age category. Around 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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.
A total of 160 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.
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.
Nagpur Premier League: NPL (Nagpur Premier League), a football tournament, is held at Nagpur annually and was started in 2010. The people in Nagpur city and the region given a great response to Nagpur Premier League with great enthusiasm.
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.
Nagpur is the home to the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) where officers of the revenue Services are trained and the National Academy of Defence Production (NADP), where officers of ordnance factories are trained.
Nagpur is the Medical Hub of Central India. In fact Nagpur recently has been awarded as the Best City in India for Health Care Service by ABP News-Ipsos There are many Government and Private run Hospitals in Nagpur.
Nagpur boasts vast forests and tiger sanctuaries within a radius of few hundred kilometers. In fact, Nagpur has been declared as tiger capital of the country. Some famous national parks surrounding Nagpur are:
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.
The Hitavada, The Indian Express, The Times Of India, The Economic Times and Lokmat Times are the prominent English Newspapers which are published and circulated in Nagpur.
Tiger tourism is witnessing a good growth in the city. Nagpur is attracting lot of foreign tourists as it holds the advantage of having an international airport.
Owing to natural resource richness of region, mining is major activity. Several government organizations related to Mining industry are based in Nagpur.
It is famous for the Nagpur Orange and is known as the “Orange City” for being a major trade center of oranges cultivated in the region.
Itwari and Mahal areas also host large number of small businesses and are very famous for shopping and crowded especially during holidays.
Nagpur is the largest city in central India in terms of population as per the 2001 census. List of localities in Nagpur
Indian Air Force has its base at Sonegaon near Nagpur International Airport. It houses Mi8 Helicopters and the IAF carriers IL-76.
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