A name in a regional record
A copper plate mentions Nagpura-Nandivardhana.
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A city through changing statesOur World
Nagpur
Trace Nagpur from regional records through Gond and Bhonsle rule to modern Maharashtra.
Subject guide · scope, chapters & sources ↗Requested road · A selected city history. An early reference to the surrounding region is not a founding date for the modern city.
The modern city takes shape
Gond ruler Bakht Buland is credited with founding Nagpur.
A centre of Bhonsle power
A Maratha ruling house shapes the city’s next chapter.
Capital of the Central Provinces
Colonial administration changes Nagpur’s role.
Ambedkar embraces Buddhism
A public conversion becomes a landmark of social change.
Part of Maharashtra
State reorganisation redraws the administrative map.