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Nagpur

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Nagpur is a city in Maharashtra State, India famous for its Nagpur oranges. It is the headquarters of the Vidarbha division. It is also the "second capital" of Maharashtra state, which means that some administrative functions are carried out here, and one of three sessions of the Legislative Assembly in a year occur here.

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[edit] Train

Nagpur is the center of India. zero milestone of India is located in the city. It is almost equidistant from all the major metros. Nagpur is connected with all major cities with trains several times a day. Trains run throught the day to all parts of the country. All metros are more or less an overnight journey.

[edit] Air

The airport is just 7 km from the city-centre. http://www.nagpurairport.com/ Nagpur is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Raipur, Nashik, Bangalore, Ahemadabad, Indore, Pune, Bangkok (Thailand), Sharjah (UAE), Doha(Qatar) and Dubai(UAE). Host of airlines fly in and out of Nagpur.

Indian Airlines operates twice daily to Mumbai, Delhi and thrice-weekly to Kolkata and Hyderabad. Jet Airways has two daily flights to Mumbai and one every evening to Delhi. Air Deccan operates daily a direct flight from Mumbai with the Airbus A320 flight. Also there are flights from Mumbai to Kolkata which has a stop at Nagpur.

Many new Airlines, namely Indigo Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines have started operations recently (Aug 2006).

Air Arabia has started flying to Nagpur. They operate five times a week, slated to become daily soon. Indian Airlines also has started a direct Nagpur-Bangkok flight twice a week. Direct flights to Singapore are slated to start in June 2006 on Silk Air.

Nagpur is also a Haj terminal and in season Air India operates 747's direct to Jeddah.

Recently Qatar Airways have announced launching of Nagpur - Doha bi-weekly flights.

[edit] Get around

[edit] Rickshaw

The best way to get around are the yellow and black 3 wheeled taxicabs known as the Autorickshaws or simply Rickshaws. Hollering 'Auto' or 'Rickshaw' at a passing Rickshaw should be enough to catch the drivers attention. In most cases the drivers would be able to understand Hindi and maybe even a few words of English. They are normally quite helpful and are not known to cheat tourists. There are taxis (cabs) available at the Airport and Railway Station. You can also rent a "Qualis", a slang generic term for a SUV-taxi named after the common Toyota Qualis(but now are available as many other brands, such as the Chevy and India's own luxury brand, Mahindra). Normally they are offered with a driver, and they will stay with you all day, week, or even month if you'd like. This chauffeur can normally understand English, and knows the city very well.

[edit] Bus

For using the local buses, you will need to know the routes and numbers. You can take help from people standing on bus stops (usually people are helpful and may be able to communicate in English). Besides, buses are the most common transport facility for the common people in the city and hence they are overcrowded at times. now STAR BUS service started here also. Bus mainly go to Buldi station from there u can conveniently to other places.

[edit] Talk

The local language is Marathi. Hindi is understood by almost everyone and English is prevelant to educated people. Nagpur city had a literacy rate of 89.3% in 2001, which is quite high by Indian standards, as Nagpur is a major education centre in Central India that attracts students from all over the country. English is at least partially understood by most people in the tourist industry.

[edit][add listing] See

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology(VNIT)
Ambazari lake and garden
Telankadi lakes.
Kasturchand Park.
The botanical gardens.
Shukrawari Lake.
Futala Lake.
Telankhedi Hanuman Temple & Gardens.
Telankhedi Shiv Mandir.
Ramtek fort temple is near from Nagpur.
Dhamma Chakra stupa(Diksha Bhumi).
RSS headquarter at Reshimbagh.
Raman Science Center
Maharaj Bagh
Lake garden Sakkardara.
Japanese rose garden
Musical Garden
Seminary Hills & Air Force Station
NEERI Campus
Pavnar (About 50 kms westwards from Nagpur)
Sadar Nagpur
Bohra Masjid it is very big and beautiful mosque, at Itwari
It has world class cricket Stadium controlled by Vidarbha Cricket Association, popularly known as "VCA".
st. martin school.

[edit][add listing] Do

Come for morning walk at seminary hills garden walking track, and spend your evenings along Futala lake. Sumit Satpute's Residence.

[edit][add listing] Buy

During summers don't forget to buy Oranges. Nagpur is easily called "Orange City" of India.

Itwari, Sitabuldi, Sadar and Dharampeth areas are especially known as shopping areas due to the large number of shops and pavement hawkers in these areas. Bargain is MUST incase you are not familiar with the area.

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Nagpur has a lot of good places to eat.

For Non-Veg, many hotels in Momin pura, Sadar, specially Biryanies, Babbu Hotel, M.L.A Canteen, Tanveer Hotel, Babban Hotel and may more in Mominpura. Hotel Zam Zam in C A Road. each of these hotels having branches in many place in nagpur.

Ashoka for continental or Indian, Nanking for Chinese, Barbecue for Punjabi (Indian), etc. 'Zinq' an Italian restro-lounge is a great place for authentic Italian food. Zinq has also opened 'Masala' and 'China' restaurants recently for Indian and Chinese cuisine respectively. V5, a group of 5 different restaurants including a bar, a family restaurant and a disco is a neat establishment.

'American Desi' has its famous food stalls at Poonam Chambers Mall and Pyramid Megastore. Some of the restaurants of the hotels also offer a great dinner opportunity. Like Tuli's 'Frontier Post' for Afghani food and LB's 'Drums of Heaven'.

A special recipe of Chicken known as "Saoji Chicken" is one of the famous dishes which you will get exclusively in Nagpur. It is very spicy dish.

For street food, roadside carts are lined up with pani puri, pav bhaji and the Indianised version of Chinese noodles and Manchurian at Itwari, Sadar and Yeshwant Stadium. It has one of the biggest Kirana market in Central India

[edit][add listing] Drink

Nagpur has a great Pub called "10 Downing street" located on Wardha Road. Moksha and Pippy's are also a decent bet.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

Since its a booming economy for Nagpur, many of the good hotels have set up their businesses here. There are many hotels ranging from Budget to Star. MTDC counters at Railway Station and Airport will be able to help you find a good place to sleep. Below are few good hotels where a good bargain can be obtained.