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Hinganghat
Hinganghat is a city in Wardha district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Hinganghat is the biggest city in Wardha district, in terms of area and population as well. The city is administered by a municipal council and is located about from Wardha and from Maharashtra's second capital Nagpur. Hinganghat is surrounded on two sides by the wana River, which provides natural resources. National Highway 44(old Name NH7), a part of the North-South Corridor, passes through the city. Hinganghat is located in the fertile Wardha Valley; it was historically a center of the Indian cotton trade and a major centre for grains. The tehsil of Hinganghat comprises about 76 villages. The main language spoken in Hinganghat is Marathi. Hinganghat is the ninth biggest city in Vidharbha the region of Maharashtra and ranks 436 in India ccording to the 2011 census Baba Amte, the social worker who helped people suffering from leprosy, was born in Hinganghat. Hinganghat has the highest literacy ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinganghat
Hinganghat is a city in Wardha district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Hinganghat is the biggest city in Wardha district, in terms of area and population as well. The city is administered by a municipal council and is located about from Wardha and from Maharashtra's second capital Nagpur. Hinganghat is surrounded on two sides by the wana River, which provides natural resources. National Highway 44(old Name NH7), a part of the North-South Corridor, passes through the city. Hinganghat is located in the fertile Wardha Valley; it was historically a center of the Indian cotton trade and a major centre for grains. The tehsil of Hinganghat comprises about 76 villages. The main language spoken in Hinganghat is Marathi. Hinganghat is the ninth biggest city in Vidharbha the region of Maharashtra and ranks 436 in India ccording to the 2011 census Baba Amte, the social worker who helped people suffering from leprosy, was born in Hinganghat. Hinganghat has the highest literacy ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinganghat Railway Staion
Hinganghat is a city in Wardha district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Hinganghat is the biggest city in Wardha district, in terms of area and population as well. The city is administered by a municipal council and is located about from Wardha and from Maharashtra's second capital Nagpur. Hinganghat is surrounded on two sides by the wana River, which provides natural resources. National Highway 44(old Name NH7), a part of the North-South Corridor, passes through the city. Hinganghat is located in the fertile Wardha Valley; it was historically a center of the Indian cotton trade and a major centre for grains. The tehsil of Hinganghat comprises about 76 villages. The main language spoken in Hinganghat is Marathi. Hinganghat is the ninth biggest city in Vidharbha the region of Maharashtra and ranks 436 in India ccording to the 2011 census Baba Amte, the social worker who helped people suffering from leprosy, was born in Hinganghat. Hinganghat has the highest literacy r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wardha District
Wardha district (Marathi pronunciation: əɾd̪ʰaː is in the state of Maharashtra in western India. This district is a part of Nagpur Division. The city of Wardha is the administrative headquarters of the district. Hinganghat, Pulgaon, Arvi and Wardha are the major cities in the district. The district had a population of 1,300,774, of which 26.28% were urban as of 2011. History The history of the Wardha district dates back to ancient times. It was included in the empires of the Mauryas, Shungas, Satavahanas and Vakatakas. Pravarpur, now modern-day Pavnar, was once the capital of the Vakataka dynasty. Vakatakas were contemporaries of the Imperial Guptas. The daughter of Chandragupta II, Prabhavatigupta, was married to the Vakataka ruler Rudrasena II. The Vakataka Dynasty lasted from the 2nd to the 5th centuries AD. Their state stretched from the Arabian Sea in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east and from the Narmada River in the north to the Krishna-Godavari Delta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lambton
Lieutenant-Colonel William Lambton, FRS (c. 1753 – 20 or 26 January 1823) was a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer who began a triangulation survey in 1800-1802 that was later called the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. His initial survey was to measure the length of a degree of an arc of the meridian so as to establish the shape of the Earth and support a larger scale trigonometrical survey across the width of the peninsula of India between Madras and Mangalore. After triangulating across the peninsula, he continued surveys northwards for more than twenty years. He died during the course of the surveys in central India and is buried at Hinganghat in Wardha district of Maharashtra. He was succeeded by his assistant George Everest. Life Lambton was born around 1753 at Crosby Grange, near Northallerton, in North Yorkshire, the son of a farmer. He was extremely reserved about the details of his family. Even the year of birth is speculated on the basis of an incide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baba Amte
Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte, (26 December 1914 – 9 February 2008) was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy. He has received numerous awards and prizes including the Padma Vibhushan, the Dr. Ambedkar International Award, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Templeton Prize and the Jamnalal Bajaj Award. He is also known as the modern Gandhi of India. Early life Murlidhar Devidas "Baba" Amte was born in an affluent Deshastha Brahmin family on 26 December 1914 in the city of Hinganghat in Maharashtra. His father, Devidas Amte, was. a colonial government officer working for the district administration and revenue collection departments. Murlidhar Amte acquired the nickname ''Baba'' in his childhood. His wife, Sadhanatai Amte, explains that he came to be known as Baba not because "he was regarded as a saint or a holy person, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisha Mohota
Nisha Mohota (born 13 October 1980 in Hinganghat) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is the first WGM from the State of West Bengal. Career She became the then youngest Woman International Master (WIM) in April 1995 at the age of 14 years, 6 months and 13 days on 26 April 1995. In December 1996, Nisha was given a cash award by the then Prime Minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda, for achieving the coveted title. Nisha held the record for the youngest WIM of India until 1999 when it was broken by Koneru Humpy. Nisha competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2001 and 2008. In 2005 Nisha Mohota won the Women's Indian Chess Championship. Nisha Mohota played for the Indian national team in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2008 and 2010, Women's World Team Chess Championship in 2013, Women's Asian Team Chess Championships of 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2009, and 2010 Asian Games. Objecting to com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaishali Made
Vaishali Made (born 21 August 1984) is an Indian singer and winner of Zee TV's reality series, ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009''.Vaishali Made wins Sa Re Ga Ma Challenge , 25 January 2009. She sings primarily in . Originally from in |
Sunil Pal
Sunil Pal is an Indian comedian, actor and voice actor. He was the winner of the series ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge''. He has played comic roles in various Bollywood films. In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, ''Bhavnao Ko Samjho,'' which featured 51 stand-up comedians including Siraj Khan, Johnny Lever, Raju Srivastav, Kapil Sharma, Navin Prabhakar, Ahsaan Qureshi, Sudesh lehri and many more. Early life Sunil Pal was born in 1975 in a Middle class Marathi speaking family in Mursa village in Bhadravati Taluka of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. His father was an employee in Indian Railways. He studied in Janata Vidyalaya city branch school, Balharshah. He came to Mumbai in 1995 when his father got transferred. He joined the Junior College. There he used to mimic his professors and famous actors. After college, he struggled for three years. Career Early career During one of his interviews, he said that "I was working at a tea stall in Santacruz as wait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaani Babu Qawwal
Jaani Babu Qawwal also known as Jaani Babu was a legendary Indian sufi and qawwali singer. He was born in 1935 in Hinganghat. He was born as Jan Mohammad Jani Babu. He is known for his work on Shankar Shambhu (1976), Mitti (2001) and Market (2003). He died on 28 January 2008. Jani Babu's most popular qawwalis are Le gayi dil mera manchali khalli walli , Raat abhi Baaki hai baat abhi baaki hai and Mehengai maar gayi. Discography {, class="wikitable" , + !Song !Film / Album !Year !Notes , - , ''Mahangayi Maar Gayi'' , Roti Kapda Aur Makan , 1974 , With Mukesh, Lata and Narendra Chanchal , - , ''Raat Abhi Baaki Hai'' , Do Khiladi , 1976 , Composed by Usha Khanna Usha Khanna (born 7 October 1941) is an Indian music director in Hindi cinema. She is the third female music director to enter the Hindi film industry, after Jaddan Bai and Saraswati Devi and is one of the most commercially successful music di ... , - , , , , References 1935 births 2008 deaths Indian qa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coimbatore - Jaipur Superfast Express
Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbatore is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai in terms of population and the 16th largest urban agglomeration in India as per the census 2011. It is administered by the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation and is the administrative capital of Coimbatore District. In 1981 Coimbatore formed as third municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu after Chennai and Madurai. Podanur Junction is the oldest Railway station in Coimbatore City. The city is one of the largest exporters of Jewellery, Wet grinders, Poultry and Auto Components; the "Coimbatore Wet Grinder" and the "Kovai Cora Cotton" are recognised as Geographical Indications by the Government of India. Being a hub of textile industry in South India, the city is sometimes referred to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sewagram Express
The 12139/12140 Mumbai CSMT–Nagpur Sewagram Superfast Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai CSMT and in India. It operates as train number 12139 from Mumbai CSMT to Nagpur Junction and as train number 12140 in the reverse direction. Coaches The 12139/40 Mumbai CSMT Nagpur Sewagram Superfast Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 3 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper Class & 5 General Unreserved coaches. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Service The 12139 Mumbai CSMT Nagpur Sewagram Superfast Express covers the distance of 837 kilometres in 15 hours 10 mins (55.19 km/hr) & in 15 hours 00 mins (55.80 km/hr) as 12140 Nagpur Mumbai CSMT Sewagram Superfast Express. Routeing The 12139/40 Mumbai CSMT Nagpur Sewagram Superfast Express runs via , Nashik Road, , Akola Junction, , to . The slip coaches of the Mumbai CSMT Balharshah are det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
