From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zero Mile
Zero Mile
City Distance in Kilometers
Ahmadabad 970
Bangalore 1049
Chennai 1083
Delhi 1012
Hyderabad 487
Kolkata 1124
Mumbai 863
Pune 880
Zero Mile Stone Nagpur, Maharashtra.[1] Zero Mile Stone was constructed
शन्य मैलाचा दगड
ू by the Britishers and this point was used to measure
all the distances.[2] The Zero Mile Stone consists of four
— landmark —
horses and a pillar made up of sandstone. In 2008, The
Times of India took the responsibility to maintain the
monument for next 5 years.[3]
The English rulers considered Nagpur as the centre of
India and hence identified this point and constructed the
Zero Mile Stone. Being at the center of the country, they
also had a plan to make Nagpur the second capital city.
Zero Mile Stone
शन्य मैलाचा दगड
ू
Location of Zero Mile Stone Zero Milestone Nagpur
शन्य मैलाचा दगड
ू
in Maharashtra
The following table gives the exact distances by road
Coordinates 21°08′59″N 79°04′50″E / 21.149850°N of major cities from Zero Mile in Nagpur[4]
79.080598°E / 21.149850;
79.080598Coordinates: 21°08′59″N 79°04′50″E /
21.149850°N 79.080598°E / 21.149850; References
79.080598
[1] "Zero Mile". http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/
Country India
marathi/mahInfo/nagpur.php.
State Maharashtra
[2] G. V. Joshi (2001-08-25). "Zero miles stone". The
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Hindu. http://hindu.com/2001/08/25/stories/
Zero Mile Stone Marathi: शन्य मैलाचा दगड is a monument 13251106.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
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locating the geographical center of India in the city of
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[3] "Zero miles stone". The Times of India. 2008-05-16. nagpur/zero-mile-stone/articleshow/3048476.cms.
http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/ Retrieved 2011-11-21.
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