Originally a habitat
of Gonds and Adivasis whose Kingdom was known as
Deogarh. The Kingdom was shifted to Nagpur in the
year 1702 by Bakht Buland Shah, who named this
capital as Nagpur after Nag River and Nag Tribes. It
was ruled later by his son Raja Chand Sultan and
then by the Bhosales. Nagpur which till then had
remained unnoticed on the national map got
transformed into landmark city.
Raghuji Raje Bhonsale II was mainly instrumental in
development gardens & lakes in the city. Nagpur thus
came to be known as the city of lakes & Gardens. He
brought orange plants from Sialkot & Aurangabad and
cultivated orange plantations in Nagpur. Since then
Nagpur being recognised as Orange City. He also
constructed important temples which even today tell
tales of yesteryears.
The British took over the reigns by defeating the
Bhonsala dynasty in the historic battle of sitabuldi
in the year 1817.Nagpur remained as capital till
1956.
Realizing the location importance of Nagpur the
British Government formulated various city plans and
made several amendments in the original city plan of
the King, to meet their requirement . During this
process, the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) was
establishment to undertaken development of the city.
In the later years, in spite of many ambitions plans
being made for the City’s infrastructural
development, the progressive trend could not be
sustained over a long period and the tale of Nagpur
closely resembled that of a lost glory.
However, with emerging trend of the 90’s and
upliftment in the recent years, Nagpur has witnessed
substantial initiative and steps being taken toward
development a better planned and Modernised city.
