Nanded

This article is about the municipality in Maharashtra, India. For its namesake district, see Nanded district.

Nanded नांदेड ਨੰਦੇੜ
—  city  —
Hazur Sahib (Sachkhand Gurudwara), Nanded
Nanded Location of Nanded in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	19°05′N 77°16′E / 19.09°N 77.27°E / 19.09; 77.27Coordinates: 19°05′N 77°16′E / 19.09°N 77.27°E / 19.09; 77.27
Country	India
Region	Aurangabad Division
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Nanded
Mayor
Population • Density	1,159,268 (2011[update]) • 1,151 /km2 (2,981 /sq mi)
Official languages	Marathi, Hindi, Urdu and Panjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area	1,006.81 square kilometres (388.73 sq mi)
Codes • Pincode • 43160x • Telephone • +02462 • Vehicle • MH 26

Nanded (Marathi: नांदेड; Punjabi: ਨੰਦੇੜ), is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once very famous as district of Sanskrit poets. Nanded is a town of great antiquity and famous for Muslim Sufi shrines. This district of great antiquity is important for the Hindu faith and is known for the Renukadevi temple at Mahur (a taluka place).

History

Nanded is one of the historical places in Marathwada region of Maharashtra State. It is situated on north bank of Godavari river. Nanded is a town of great antiquity. It is famous for Sikh Gurudwaras and Sufi shrines. It is said that during the Puranic days, many great personalities travelled through Nanded district. Nandas ruled over Nanded through generations. Nanded also formed part of the Mauryan Empire during the reign of emperor Ashoka the great (272 to 231 BCE). The mention of Nanded is found in the Lilacharitra, a treatise written about 700 years ago by Mhaimbhatta. It gives the description of the idol of Narasimha in the town. Nanded was formerly known as Nanditat (Marathi: नंदितट) which is confirmed by the copper plate found at Vasim. Nanded District and the adjoining areas were ruled over by the Andhrabhrtyas or Satvahanas during the First Century A.D. During the fourth century A.D. Kandhar was the capital of the King Sogadev and at Nanded was ruled by the king Nanddeva of the Chalukya Dynasty. That the Rashtrakutas were ruling at Kandhar is established by the inscription at Krishnadev alias Khandardev found at Khandar. Kandhar (or Kandahar city) is also famous for Sufi shrines and Muslim philosophers. An inscription at Arahapur shows that some dynasty of the Rashtrakutas was also ruling over Degloor. Hottal, a place in Nanded District was the capital of the Chalukyas, Kakatiyas followed by the Yadavas of Devgiri were the last the Hindu dynasties to have ruled of this part. During the very first invasion by the Muslims this territory subjugated to them and after a few years it became a part of the fief of Malik Kafur, the general of Alauddin Khilji.

With the advent of the Bahamanis, the southern country or the Deccan was divided into four parts or the subhas and Nanded was included in the Subha of Telangana. The famous Vazir or the Prime Minister of the Bahamanis Mahmud Gavan divided the Kingdom into subhas with Nanded forming part of Mahur Balaghat. Resided at Nanded and Kandhar for many days and the Vazirabad part of Nanded town was established by him.

Nanded was the capital of the district of Telangana. When Aurangzeb was appointed the Subhedar of the Deccan. Bidar was the Headquarters of the Subha and named as Ahmadabad. The Subha of Bidar was divided into six sarkars and 76 mahals and Nanded was one of the Sarkars of that subha. In 1708, the year following the death of Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Singh the tenth spiritual leader of the Sikhs came over to Nanded, his permanent abode. He proclaimed himself the last living Guru and established the Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal Guru of the Sikhs. This elevates the reverence of Granth to that of a living Guru. A monument has been constructed at place where he breathed his last. Maharaja Ranjit Singh's endowment saw the construction of a beautiful Gurudwara at Nanded around 1835 AD. The Gurudwara features an imposing golden dome with intricate carvings and a breathtakingly beautiful artwork. It is known as Takhat Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib.

Nanded became the part of the Hyderabad State in 1725 when the Nizam permanently opted for the Deccan and continued to be part of Nizam's dominions until 1948. With India getting freedom in 1947 and the consequent police action against the Hyderabad State and invasion by the Indian Armed Forces, the district forming part of the Marathwada region of the Hyderabad state became part of the bilingual Bombay State. Consequently upon the creation of Maharashtra in 1956, the district continues to form part of the state of Maharashtra.

Geography

• Area of Nanded is 1006.81 km² ^[1]
• Longitude 77.7 to 78.15. East ^[1]
• Latitude is 18.15 to 19.55. North ^[1]
• Borders : The state of Andhra Pradesh lies to the east and Karnataka state to the south.

Municipal Corporation

Nanded Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC) was established on 26 March 1997. The Corporation is constituted under the provisions of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 and is also governed by the provisions of 74th Constitutional Amendments Act 1992(CAA). In addition to the Waghala Municipal Council, Vasarni Village, Kautha Village, Asarjan Village, Fatehjangpur Village, Asadwan Village, and CIDCO and HUDCO colonies areas were merged with the NWCMC. The total area under the NWCMC jurisdiction is 51.76 km², (5,176.66 Ha). Nanded City is divided in two parts i.e. Old Nanded (20.62 km²) north of the Godavari river (on the left bank) and New Nanded (31.14 km²) comprising Waghala and six other newly merged villages and CIDCO area, south of the Godavari river. Recently Taroda (Budruk & Khurd) has been included in Nanded Municipal Corporation.

Education

Nanded is one of the renowned educational center in Maharashtra. As per the ancient transcripts, Nanded was known as the center for learning Sanskrit. The Students from the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh district of Nizamabad and Adilabad come to Nanded for Education.

Nanded City has several educational institutes offering education in areas like Engineering, Polytechnic, Medical, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Arts, Commerce etc.:

Engineering, IT and Management

. Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nanded
. M.G.M's College of Engineering & Technology, Nanded
. Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College of Computer Science & IT, MGM Campus, Nanded
. Matoshri Pratishan's Group of Institutions (Integrated Campus), Jijau Nagar, Nanded
. Institute of Technology and Management, Nanded
. Government Polytechnic College, Nanded
. Gramin Polytechnic College, Nanded
. Rajiv Gandhi College Of Computer Science & Management Nanded

. [Vivekanand Institute of Technology & Management (VITM)], Nanded
. P.G.S.M. College of Technology, Nanded. Wi-Fi College
. Nandigram Institute of management Studies, Nanded
. S.B.E.C.'s ITM College, Nanded

Medical and Pharmacy

. Government Medical College and Research Institute
. Government Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Nanded
. Dr. Hansraj Vaidya Homeopathic College, Nanded
. S.B.E.C.'S Pharmacy College, Nanded
. Sahyog Sewabhavi Sanstha's Indira College of Pharmacy, Nanded

Law and Management

. N.C. Law College, Nanded
. S.P. Law College, Nanded
. S.N. Law College, Nanded
. Shivaji Law College, Nanded

Arts, Science and Commerce

. Science College, Nanded
. Peoples College, Nanded
. Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
. Pratibha Niketan College, Nanded
. N.S.B College, Nanded
. Vasantrao Naik Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
. Indira Gandhi Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
. Rajarshi Shahu High School & College, Nanded

• Baswashwer College (Proposed )

Fine Arts, Education, Agriculture and Others

. M.G.M.'s College of Fine Arts
. Kalamaharshi Tryambak Vasekar Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
. Government College of Education, Nanded
. Government Adhyapak Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
. Agricultural College, Nanded
. Sana Urdu High School and Junior College, Chaitanya Nagar, Nanded
. Kusumtai Chavan D Ed College, Nanded
. Government ITI, Nanded

Transport

Nanded is connected with rest of India by Air, Roads and Railways.

Air

Nanded Airport is well connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Goa, Jaipur and Nagpur. The City has daily flight service to Mumbai. Nearest international airport is Hyderabad(284 kilometre). Nanded has the distinction of having Marathwada region's first airport. As a part of JNNURM mission and Guru Ta Gaddi programe held in October 2008, it has been renovated and named as 'Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji Airport' and was re-inaugurated on 4 October 2008.

Kingfisher Co. has recently suspended some of its flights from Nanded to Mumbai and Delhi.

The airport has been upgraded at a cost of Rs. 940 million and the facilities available include a huge terminal building to handle 300 passengers and a runway to handle big aircraft like Boeing 737s and Airbus 319-320. It also now has three parking bays for large aircraft, six check-in counters, plush passenger terminals, fuelling stations and all other passenger and flight operations facilities, including night operations.

Nanded has received massive investment in infrastructure development.

Rail

Direct trains are available to Nanded from Mumbai, Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Nagpur, Patna, Delhi, Rameswaram, Pune, Visakhapatnam Sriganganagar, Tirupati, Shirdi, Orissa, Varanasi, Allahabad and Amritsar. Nanded is one of the Divisional Headquarters of South Central Railway. Soon Nanded will be a railways junction as a new rail line from Nanded-Yawatmal-Wardha connecting further to Nagpur has been announced and the work starts from February, 2009.

Nanded(NED) is the Divisional Headquarters of Nanded Division of South Central Railway (SCR) zone of the Indian Railways. The entire Nanded Division was a part of Hyderabad Division. In 2003, Nanded Division was carved from Hyderabad Division for administrative reasons.

The jurisdiction of Nanded Railway Division is as follows: Mudkhed-Manmad (excl) Parbhani-Parli Vaijnath (excl) Purna-Akola-Khandwa (excl) Mudkhed-Pimpalkutti (excl)

Road

Nanded is situated at 651 kilometre away in south-east from Mumbai by road . It is on National Highway No.222 connecting Mumbai to Nirmal (NH7) in A.P. and about six-hour drive from Aurangabad , Hyderabad and 11-hour drive from Pune. Several passenger bus services operate from Nanded providing easy overnight connectivity with almost every major city in Maharashtra. These buses are reasonably priced and fairly punctual. The comfort level differs greatly from operator to operator.

National Highway 222 (NH222) passes through Nanded. NH 222 connects the city of Kalyan near Mumbai in Maharashtra to Nirmal near Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh. This is one of the longest highway in Maharashtra.

Route:

Mumbai- Kalyan - Ale Phata - Ahmednagar - Majalgaon- Parbhani - Nanded - Bhokar - Bhainsa - Nirmal [File:G:\photos\SPECIFIC\Image27OCT (2).jpg.]

Industry and Economy

Off late, Nanded has emerged as a favorite choice for Industries and Businesses in the Country. This may be due to its geographical location, being on the border of two states i.e. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Another reason could be that, Aurangabad, which was known to be one of the fasest growing cities of India is now saturated. Another reason is Nanded is well connected with almost all major cities in India either by Road, Rail or Air. Industries like textile, sugar, drug, chemical are present in Nanded.

Recently, there was a trade fair organized by the District Authorities which got a good response. Many renowned Corporates have started working on establishing their units in Nanded. Nanded is a hub of Agricultre and allied industry also, mainly cotton, Banana and food processing among others.

Nanded is one of the biggest Agricultural tradiing markets in India and second in Maharashtra after Navi Mumbai.

Nanded city's industrial estate has number of solvent plants in which DOC is produced and some of these solvent plants exports it to some foreign companies. These solvent plants also play a vital role in economy of Nanded.

Tata Chemical in support with the Pune based ethenol maker Praj Industries have set up a state of the art ethenol plant at the Krushnoor Five Star MIDC near Nanded. Parsvnath SEZ (PSL), a subsidiary of Parsvnath Developers, is developing a pharmaceutical special economic zone (SEZ) at Nanded by way of a special purpose vehicle in a joint venture (JV) with Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) over 370 acres (1.5 km²) in the Krushnoor Industrial Area of Nanded. This SEZ is amied at providing world class infrastructure to revive the interest amongst many players from the pharmaceutical sector and will serve as a big boon for the Nanded's economic growth. Also the MIDC has big plant like Jai Corp, Flamingo pharma, Mauritioun co. Welspun is going to make 1200 crores investment here, Videocon to open 1000 capacity BPO, Tata Steel and many more are also interested in the city. Its evident that Nanded soon going to be regional hub for industries.

Due to this now all other ancillary sectors such as Insurance, Banking and mainly construction are flourishing. All major Banks and Financial Institutions have their presence here and many residential townships are coming all around the city.

Culture

Nanded has a cosmopolitan culture as five major communities (Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain) have resident in the city, it reflects the real culture of the India where people live together with great happiness though they are from different culture, state, language, community, etc. The great example of this is a recent function held at Nanded on the occasion of “Guru Ta Gaddi”. Where everybody was involved and working together even they are from different religions to make it a great success and it has been proven also.

Nanded has a great cultural heritage. It is the place of birth of the Saint poets like Vishnupant Sesa and Raguhunath Sesa and Vaman Pandit besides being a Centre for learning Sanskrit.

Nanded has been home to several well known Marathi Cultural figures. Mr. W. R. Kant, a well known Marathi Poet calls Nanded his home. The late Mr. Narhar Ambadas Kurundkar is another well recognized literary figure.

Nanded has ben a venue of several literary and artistic meets such as Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Marathi Natya Samellan. Late Mr. Tryambak Vasekar from Nanded is also a recognized figure in the area of paintings.

Marathi newspapers such as Prajawani, Sakal, Loksatta, Lokmat, Kesari, Udyacha Marathwada, Deshonnati, Maharashtra Times have their establishments in the city. Urdu Newspaper War-q-taza, Hindi daily Bhaskar, English dailies such as The Times of India, Indian Express, Lokmat Times, and Sakaal Times (formerly the Maharashtra Herald) have editions based in Pune, with additional local supplements.

Though mall culture is not a new concept in India, it is still taking place in Nanded. BIG Cinemas has renovated the Jyoti Chitramandir as Jyoti BIG Cinemas, a two screen multiplex theatre in the city. Also Nanded has got a shopping mall called Treasure Bazaar. The mall soon will host PVR Talkies, one of India's leading multiplex chain with four screen multiplex and a three star business hotel.

Nanded is heading towards becoming a Modern Indian City.

Demography

Due to its location and history, Nanded is more diverse than its appears. About 80% population is Hindu, 12% Muslim. Another 7% is Punjabi/Hindi speaking Sikhs. And rest 1% are from other parts of India. Also there is substantial amount of Kannada and Telugu speakers.

Nanded is home to various communities migrated from all over India. Most of the businesses are run by Marwari (Rajasthani) community. In addition it has Gujrati (Hindu and Bohra-Muslim), Sindhi, Punjabi, Tamil and South Indian Christian minorities. As a result of this microcosm, Nandedites tend to speak a peculiar version of Dakhani Urdu influenced version of Hindi on street in addition to its main language Marathi.

Education and Media

Nanded has several educational institutes (Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Law, Liberal Arts, Science). Thus it has a significant student population. This population gives Nanded’s social scene another dimension. Nanded has three decent daily newspapers among them Marathi daily “Prajawani” and "Godatir samachar" is the most circulated daily in Nanded and adjacent cities such as Hingoli and Parbhani. Nanded has most circulated & "B" grade newspaper certified by Maharashtra State Government Marathi Swarajya weekly in Marathi Language. Nanded has ten Urdu daily newspapers among them Urdu daily NANDED TIMES is the most circulated Urdu daily and famous newspaper of the city.MUNTAJIB UDDIN is the EDITOR of NANDED TIMES.

Weather

Hot Weather in April and May. Heavy rains in August and September, whereas frost in December–January. It experiences all three extreme weathers.

Nanded
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.8   28 10     2.1   31 15     3.3   35 22     3.5   43 32     24   39 25     114   35 23     116   29 21     120   27 21     122   31 23     61   29 18     11   30 15     6.5   26 11 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.1   83 50     0.1   87 58     0.1   95 72     0.1   109 89     1   102 77     4.5   96 73     4.6   84 70     4.7   81 70     4.8   87 73     2.4   84 65     0.4   86 59     0.3   78 52 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

The city is surrounded by hills and river Godavari, Aasna and Purna from all directions.

Climate Classification: Nanded features a semiarid climate under the Koppen climate classification.

Temperature: Annual temperatures in Nanded range from 9 to 44 °C, with the most comfortable time to visit in the winter - October to February. The highest maximum temperature ever recorded was 48 °C in May 2009. The lowest recorded temperature was 2 °C (36 °F) on in the year 1911. In the cold season, the district is sometimes affected by cold waves in association with the eastward passage of western disturbances across north India, when the minimum temperature may drop down to about 2 °C to 4 °C (35.6 °F to 39.2 °F).^[2]

Rainfall: Most of the rainfall occurs in the monsoon season from June to September. Average annual rainfall is 725 mm.

Climate data for Nanded
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	28.2 (82.8)	30.5 (86.9)	34.9 (94.8)	39.8 (103.6)	42.9 (109.2)	38.9 (102.0)	35.3 (95.5)	29.1 (84.4)	27.4 (81.3)	30.6 (87.1)	28.9 (84.0)	25.5 (77.9)	32.67 (90.80)
Average low °C (°F)	10.1 (50.2)	14.5 (58.1)	22.2 (72.0)	31 (88)	27.6 (81.7)	25.0 (77.0)	22.8 (73.0)	21.1 (70.0)	20.9 (69.6)	22.7 (72.9)	18.4 (65.1)	11.0 (51.8)	20.61 (69.09)
Precipitation mm (inches)	2.2 (0.087)	2.9 (0.114)	5.1 (0.201)	6.3 (0.248)	25.5 (1.004)	131.4 (5.173)	167.0 (6.575)	165.0 (6.496)	135.3 (5.327)	52.6 (2.071)	29.3 (1.154)	8.4 (0.331)	731 (28.78)
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Attractions in Nanded

Sachkhand Shri Hazur Sahib Gurudwara Renuka Purna Shakti Peetha Mahur (120 km) Kaleshwar Temple, Vishnupuri Bank of River Godavari Satya Ganpati Mandir {10 km} Trikut Isapur Dam (100 km) Unkeshwar (150 km) Laser show in Govind Bag (garden) Ardhapur Mata Gujriji Udyan or Visava Garden Maltekdi Saheb Gurudwara Shikar Ghat Saheb Gurudwara* Sahastrakund Waterfall (100 km) Kinwat National Park (150 km) Basar (100 km) Manjara—Godavari sangam - Kandakurti List of Historical Gurudwaras in Nanded As The Tenth (last bodily Sikh Guru) Guru Gobind Singh Jee stayed about 3 months in Nanded at the banks of the holy Godavari river, the city has several Gurudwaras where some historical events took place. All the bulildings of the Gurudwaras are very beautiful and are constructed in accordance with the Sikh Architecture: Nagina Ghat Banda Ghat Shikar Ghat Nanak Pur Saheb(Guru Nanak Dev Jee stayed here while moving towards Bidar, Shri Lanka) Mal Tekdi Saheb Sangat Saheb Heera Ghat Mata Saheb (Shri Guru Gobind Singh Jee's wife stayed here) Apart from these historical Gurudaras there are several Gurudwras which are recently created privately due to increasing importance of the main Sachkhand Gurudwara Nanded. They don't have any history related to them: Langar Saheb Nanak Sar Ratan Garh Geographical Location of Nanded References ^ a b c "About Nanded". State Government of Maharashtra for the Gur-Ta-Gaddi event and development plan. http://www.gurtagaddinanded.com/Nanded/Default.asp. Retrieved 2008-12-02.  ^ Maharashtra government web site External links Nandedians blog (For all the latest updates, news and happenings of Nanded.) P.G.S.M. B.C.A.College,Shivaji Nagar,Nanded.Wi-Fi College. {http://www.nandeddic.in Nanded D.I.C. Official website. Information about Marathwada including Nanded City. Visit www.clickinfocity.com Nanded district site Nanded city site Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Nanded district Gazeteer A Private informational Website SGGS College of Engineering Website MGM College of Engineering Website Principal Dr.Mrs.Geeta Lathkar SRTM University Website Information on Nanded Gurudwara and upcoming celebrations Nanded Information Portal Information on Nanded City Business and shop in city Information to aircharter and air ambulance services to Nanded Nanded airport official website