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Exploring Nagpur: A Quiz on History and Geography

Test your knowledge about Nagpur's history, geography, and culture with this engaging quiz.

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1 Who of the following is/was the leader of Nagpur?

2 What state is Nagpur in?

3 When was Nagpur established?

4 In the 4th century, the Vakataka Dynasty ruled over the Nagpur region and surrounding areas and had good relations with the ________.

5 What is the leader of Nagpur called?

6 What district number does Nagpur represent?

7 What region does Nagpur belong to?

8 What type of thing is Nagpur?

9 What is Nagpur's nickname?

10 Nagpur city receives an annual rainfall of 1,205 mm (47.44 in) from ________ rains during June to September.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Yakub Hasan Sait, who served as the Minister of Public Works for the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939, was a native of Nagpur and a former member of the All India Muslim League.
  • a majority of the 114 killed in the 1994 Gowari stampede at Nagpur were women and children crushed to death under the crowd’s feet.
  • the suppression of a protest in Nagpur and Jabalpur caused the Flag Satyagraha to erupt in 1923, bringing thousands of nationalists from across India to the rebellion.
  • thousands of people at Deekshabhoomi, a pilgrimage center in Nagpur, India, embraced Buddhism on October 14, 1956.
  • Nagpur Improvement Trust, a local civic government body of Nagpur, India established in 1936, is not an elected body and continues to work along side Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
  • Maharajbagh zoo in Nagpur, India, has been built on the garden of Bhonsle, Maratha rulers of the Nagpur kingdom.
  • Indian Space Research Organisation chairman G. Madavan Nair declared at the Raman Science Centre, Nagpur that India would have astronauts in space by 2015.
  • international airport project MIHAN in Nagpur is the biggest economic development project currently underway in India in terms of investment.
  • Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned at Sitabuldi Fort in Nagpur from April 10 to May 15 in 1923.
  • Koradi Thermal Power Station, near Nagpur, India, was commissioned in 1974 and currently operates seven units with a total capacity of 1,080 MW.
  • railway transport in Nagpur started in 1867 when the Nagpur railway station was constructed using locally found pink sandstone.
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