History of Nagpur
With the Bhonsle dynasty came the vast class of cultivators in Vidarbha. Raghuji's successors lost some territories to the Peshwas of Pune and the Nizam of Hyderabad. In 1803, Bhonsles (along with their allies Scindias [Shinde] of Gwalior) at Assaye and Argaon (Argaum). In 1811 Pindaris attacked Nagpur. Bhonsles again lost to the British in 1817 and Nagpur came under British influence. In 1853 Raghuji III died without an heir to his kingdom. As a result, the city lapsed into British control under Lord Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse. { This policy was one of the reasons which led to the Indian War of Independence [Sepoys' Mutiny : as referred to by the British] in 1857}
In 1861, Nagpur became the capital of the Central Provinces. The advent of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIP) in 1867 spurred its development as a trade centre. After Indian independence, Nagpur became the capital of Madhya Bharat state (C.P. and Berar). In 1960, the marathi majority Vidarbha region was merged with the new state of Maharashtra and Nagpur was designated the second capital of Maharashtra state, alternating with Bombay as the seat of the Maharashtra state legislature.
History of Nagpur
This comment is regarding to the article on the "History of Nagpur". It is rather dissapointing to see that the author of this topic has tried his best to bring one of the important event in the history of Nagpur to the state of oblivion. The article on the the histroy of the city is undoubtedly a naive representation of the coherent accounts of the city's past. A second thought may also make it seem like a convinient exclusion by the author. What I am alluding to here is the revolutionary event that happened on 14th October, 1956. The deliverence of "deeksha" by Dr B.R.Ambedkar to his followers who, today form more than 2% of the country's population. It was an event that clearly marked the rebirth of Buddhism in India. Sadly though, the event is also excluded from the list of festivals of Nagpur, more appaling than surprising that an annual event that witnesses lakhs of people from round the country could not feature anywhere in this website. I dont know whether this is fanaticism or chauvinism, but one thing is for sure that this act is definitely not cerebral. With such an attitude of, avoiding the truth and negelecting the facts what great heights this website shall reach is left to the reader's imagintaion.