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Institute of Science Nagpur This city in Central India has always been an eternal part of my life. Both my maternal and paternal sides of the family resided in this city. A generic clue that may help everyone to crack the place is the presence of a diamond railway crossing. The place I am referring to is Nagpur, located in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. Even though I have spent most of my summer vacations in Nagpur, I never really saw the city. I had no clue about the famous...

Nestled in the quiet lanes of Nagpur, a modest two-storey house stands as a witness to some of the most pivotal intellectual and social developments in early 20th-century India. Now known as Hedgewar Smarak, this restored residence is the birthplace and early home of Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, a physician, freedom fighter, and founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). What makes this heritage site captivating is not its grandeur but its story: how a simple home became the birthplace...

An assemblage of Vakataka-era sculptures from the excavations at Mandhal, Vidarbha (eastern Maharashtra) Rai Bahadur Dr. Hiralal Archaeological Museum, Nagpur Tucked within the campus of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, the Rai Bahadur Dr. Hiralal Archaeological Museum stands as a quiet repository of Vidarbha’s past. Named after Rai Bahadur Dr. Hiralal, a pioneering scholar of epigraphy and regional history, the museum functions under the Department of Ancient Indian History,...