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NAGPUR , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, See also:

DISTRICT

district and See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the Central Provinces. The city is 1125 ft. above the See also:

sea; railway station, 520 M. E. of Bombay. Pop. (1901) 127, 734. The See also:

TOWN

town is well laid out, with several parks and artificial lakes, and has numerous See also:

HINDU

Hindu temples. The prettily wooded suburb of Sitabaldi contains the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

government buildings, the houses .of Europeans, the railway station and the cantonments, with fort and See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal. In the centre stands Sitabaldi See also:

Hill, crowned with the fort. Beyond the station lies the broad See also:

SHEET

sheet of See also:

WATER

water known as the Jama Talao, and farther See also:

east is the city, completely hidden in a See also:

mass of foliage. Handsome tanks and gardens, constructed by the Mahratta princes, See also:

lie outside the city. The See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, built of See also:

black See also:

BASALT

basalt and profusely ornamented with See also:

wood See also:

CARVING

carving, was burnt down in 1864, and only the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

GATE

gate-way remains. The See also:

garrison consists of detachments of See also:

EUROPEAN

European and native See also:

INFANTRY

infantry from Kampti.

Nagpur is the headquarters of two See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of See also:

RIFLE

rifle See also:

VOLUNTEERS

volunteers. It is the junction of two important railway systems—the Great See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

Peninsula to Bombay and the See also:

Bengal-Nagpur to See also:

CALCUTTA

Calcutta. The large See also:

WEAVING

weaving See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population maintain their reputation for producing See also:

FINE

fine fabrics. There are See also:

steam See also:

cotton See also:

mills and machinery for ginning and pressing cotton. The See also:

GAOL, or JAIL

gaol contains an important See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment. See also:

EDUCATION

Education is provided by two aided colleges—the Hislop and the See also:

Morris, called after a missionary and a former chief See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner; four high See also:

SCHOOLS

schools; a See also:

law school; an agricultural school, with a class for the scientific training of teachers; a normal school; a See also:

ZENANA (Persian zanana)

zenana See also:

MISSION

mission for the management of girls' schools; an See also:

ANGLICAN

Anglican and two See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic schools for Europeans. There are several See also:

LIBRARIES

libraries and See also:

READING

reading rooms, and an active Anjuman or See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan society. The DISTRICT OF NAGPUR has an See also:

AREA

area of 384 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 751,844. It lies immediately below the great tableland of the See also:

SATPURA

Satpura range. A second See also:

LINE

line of hills shuts in the district on the See also:

south-See also:

west, and a third runs from See also:

north to south, parting the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country into two plains of unequal See also:

SIZE

These hills are all offshoots of the Satpuras, and nowhere attain any great See also:

ELEVATION

elevation. Their heights are rocky and sterile, but the valleys and lowlands yield See also:

rich crops of See also:

corn and See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden produce. The western See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain slopes down to the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

WARDHA

Wardha, is watered by the Jam and Madar, tributaries of the Wardha, and contains the most highly-tilled See also:

LAND

land in the district, abounding in See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit trees and the richest garden cultivation. The eastern plain (six times the larger), stretching away to the confines of See also:

BHANDARA

Bhandara and See also:

CHANDA

Chanda, consists of a rich undulating country, luxuriant with See also:

MANGO

mango groves and dotted towards the east with countless small tanks. It is watered by the Kanhan, with its tributaries, which flows into the See also:

WAINGANGA

Wainganga beyond the district. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal crops are millets, See also:

wheat, oil-seeds and cotton. There are steam factories for ginning and pressing cotton at the military See also:

CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment of Kampti, which was formerly the chief centre of trades. An important new See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is See also:

MANGANESE (symbol Mn; atomic weight, 54.93 (0=16)], a metallic chemical element. Its dioxide (pyrolusite)

manganese See also:

MINING

mining. The district is traversed by the two lines of railway which meet at Nagpur city, and several branches are under construction. The DIVISION OF NAGPUR comprises the five districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Chanda, Wardha and See also:

BALAGHAT (i.e. " above the ghats or passes," the highlands)

Balaghat. Area, 23,521 sq. m. Pop.

(1901) 3,728,063, showing a decrease of 9% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. See Nagpur District Gazetteer (Bombay, 1908).

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