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11 unusual facts about Raipur


Dhamtari district

Dhamtari district was officially formed on 6 July 1998 dividing the Raipur district currently the capital of Chhattisgarh along with Mahasamund.

Janjgir–Champa district

Janjgir is 43 km away from Bilaspur and 152 km from State capital Raipur through the road route.

Kanker district

It lies between the two well developed cities of Chhattisgarh, Raipur (Capital of Chhattisgarh) and Jagdalpur (the district headquarter of the neighboring Bastar district).

It lies between the two well developed cities of Chhattisgarh namely Raipur (Capital of Chhattisgarh) and Jagdalpur (the district headquarters of the neighboring Bastar district).

Naya Raipur

Located between National Highways NH-6 and NH-43, it is 17 km away in the south-east direction from the current capital Raipur; Swami Vivekananda Airport separates the old and new cities.

An imaginary circle of 50 km radius was drawn around Raipur and this massive area was divided into four quadrants.

Raipur district

Raipur is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Raipur city had been the capital of the Haihaya Kings, controlling the traditional forts of Chhattisgarh for a long time.

Raipur, Birbhum

Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, a subsequent zamindar of Raipur, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sinha, of Raipur, in 1919, becoming the first Indian member of the British House of Lords,

Salwa Judum

On 25 May 2013, its founder Mahendra Karma, who had become a senior Indian National Congress party leader was killed in a Naxalite attack along with other party members in Darbha Valley of Chhattisgarh, 400 km south of Raipur and 50 km from Jagdalpur.

Timeline of the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

On the day before, over a dozen armed cadres of the group, with support from male colleagues, blocked traffic on the Antagarh-Koylibera Road in the Kanker district, near the city of Raipur.


Ambikapur, India

Jabalpur - Ambikapur Express, Ambikapur – Shahdol, Ambikapur – Surajpur – Anuppur – Bilaspur - Raipur - Durg Express and Bhopal – Chirmiri Passenger run from major cities Bhopal, Gwalior, Katni, Raipur and Jabalpur.

Bagbahara

:* Raipur: 110 km (Approximately) towards West Direction, Via Mahasamund-Raipur-Mana Road Route.

Bagri

Bagrinagar, a village in Raipur tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan state, India

Chandrakar /chandraker

Purushottam Lal Kaushik (Chandrakar), Ex MLA Mahasamund, Ex Member of Lok Sabha from the Raipur and Durg Constituencies, Ex Central Minister.

Dhamtari

As a terminus of a narrow-gauge railway running 80 km (50 miles) north of Raipur on the main Bombay-Calcutta line of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, Dhamtari became a trade centre.

It is bordered by the Raipur District to the north, the Kanker and Bastar Districts to the south, the State of Orissa to the east and the Durg and Kankar Districts to the west.

Kanji Morarji Rathor

He was closely associated with Ram Krishna Mission and served as President of Ram Krishna Mission, Raipur unit from 1968 till his death in 1989 and was also responsible for establishment of Ram Krishna Kutir at Amarkantak.

Keroa

There are some reputed educational institute such as Raipur L.M pilot high school (now under Raipur

Mohammad Mohammadullah

Mohammadullah was born at the village of Saicha under Raipur upazila in the District of Lakshmipur on 21 October 1921.

Pithampur

Nearest airport is Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport at Indore, which is about 19KM or 40 minutes drive from Pithampur, with multiple daily connections and operators to Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pune, Bangalore, lucknow, Kolkata, Jaipur, Bhopal, Raipur, and Jabalpur, Gwalior.

Raipur Fish Hatchery and Training Centre

Raipur Fish Hatchery and Training Centre is a fish hatchery in Raipur Upazila, Lakshmipur District, Bangladesh.