Oh! Nagpur. My wonderful Nagpur. To sound very clich?d, Nagpur is also known as Orange city. Vidharbha region, which includes following districts, Akola Amaravati, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur, Wardha, and Yawatmal, is famous for its Oranges, especially Nagpur.
Some important info about Nagpur
Total Area – 9892 sq. km.
Total Urban Population (2001) – 26.07 lakhs or 2.6M (1 lakh = 100,000)
Literacy Rate (2001)- 84.18%
the second greenest city of the country
10th richest city in the country
Sixth highest number of “crorepatis” in the country ( 1 crore = 10M)
114th largest city in the world – citymayors.com
Geographically exact center of India – “Zero mile” – (see this pic at tariquesani.net)
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, a great social movement leader and father of the constitution of India, embraced Buddhism and left Hinduism, along with millions of his followers at Nagpur. The place where the conversion took place is known as Deekshabhoomi. The site is regarded as a pilgrimage center for Buddhist and this place a great Stupa is built.
MIHAN: A multi-modal international airport is coming up in Nagpur, with Boeing’s MRO facility and India’s leading IT companies are signing MOU’s, Nagpur will soon be a top destination for IT and aviation industry.
People from Nagpur, a.k.a. Nagpuri people, talk about three things in Nagpur, heat, greenery and the roads. Heat: Because the temperatures in the summer can reach up to 48 deg C or 118 deg F. Greenery: Because there are lots of trees all over the city and from the sky it looks all green, did I mention the second greenest city of the country? Roads: The roads are really nice, due to efforts of Dr. Chandrashekar (ex-Municipal commissioner of Nagpur). Here’s a Google map of Nagpur.
Also, Nagpuri people have a very different slang, a kind of Hindi and Marathi. Very few people actually speak Marathi in public; most of the times the spoken language is an hybrid of Hindi and Marathi. I’ve created a web-page to list the Slang, and it received a good response from my fellow Nagpurians.
Sites for more info of Nagpur:
http://nagpur.nic.in/
http://www.nagpurkhoj.com/
yeah and the fourth thing Nagpuri’s like to talk about is Nagpur Nagpur and Nagpur!!
But Nagpuris don’t do anything to enhance their city’s prestige rather they migrate to Mumbai or US
Nagpur’s prestige is already enhanced. Nagpur is almost as prestigious as Sparta (from OH, and not from ancient Greece)
Well we Nagpuri are most hospitable and nice people. Where ever we are we are enhancing Nagpur’s prestige by our good work and behaviour. Lots of people from Mumbai/Pune migrate outside. I have been out of India for 20 years but not met many “Vahradi/Nagpuri”. Met heaps of people from Mumbai/Pune. Out of 45 students in my class in the school almost 35 to 40 are still living in Nagpur. That to from a good school like Hadas High School. Today I am going to meet a Nagpuri that too from my school. Will be good.