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District Profile · Maharashtra

Nagpur

Nagpur
Headquarters
46,53,570
Population
9,892 km²
Area
Nagpur
Region / Division

Maharashtra's winter capital and the 'Orange City,' anchoring the state's citrus trade and marked at its geographic centre by the Zero Mile Stone. Deekshabhoomi, on its outskirts, is where B.R. Ambedkar led some 365,000 followers in a mass conversion to Buddhism on 14 October 1956, making the city the birthplace of the Navayana Buddhist movement.