Nagpur

[nahg-poor]

noun

1. a city in NE Maharashtra, in central India: former capital of the Central Provinces and Berar.

Nagpur

/ næɡˈpʊə /

noun

1. a city in central India, in NE Maharashtra state: became capital of the kingdom of Nagpur (1743); capital of the Central Provinces (later Madhya Pradesh) from 1861 to 1956. Pop: 2 051 320 (2001)

Example Sentences

NAGPUR, India—India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu group once banned following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by a Hindu nationalist, is stepping out of the shadows and flexing its power.

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He had been in Nagpur, India for the anniversary of his father's death before he cut his trip short.

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Rohan Mehta, a software professional, has lived in the US with his family for 11 years but had travelled to Nagpur at the beginning of the month to see relatives commemorating his father's death.

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He arrived in India in 1988, a young man seeking work, and has since been winded through cities - Nagpur, Belgaum, Goa, Nasik - before settling in the western metropolis.

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Fast forward to Nagpur in 2000, Cronje attempted to coerce South Africa batter Herschelle Gibbs and seam bowler Henry Williams into spot-fixing offences.

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