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Zero Mile Stone (Nagpur)

Coordinates: 21°08′59″N 79°04′50″E / 21.149850°N 79.080598°E / 21.149850; 79.080598
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Zero Mile Stone
Śūnya Mailācā Dagaḍa
Monument
Zero Mile Stone, Nagpur
Zero Mile Stone, Nagpur
Zero Mile Stone is located in Maharashtra
Zero Mile Stone
Zero Mile Stone
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21°08′59″N 79°04′50″E / 21.149850°N 79.080598°E / 21.149850; 79.080598
Country India
State Maharashtra
RegionVidarbha
DistrictNagpur
CityNagpur
Great Trigonometrical Survey1907
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Zero Mile Stone (ISO: Śūnya Mailācā Dagaḍa) is a monument built by the British during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1907 in Nagpur, Maharashtra.[1][2] The Zero Mile Stone consists of a pillar made up of sandstone and another small stone representing the GTS Standard Bench Mark, and four stucco horses that were added later. The height of the top of the pillar is 310.948 m (1,020.17 ft) above mean sea level.[3] In 2008, The Times of India undertook to maintain the monument for the next 5 years.[4]

Contrary to the popular belief, there is no verifiable evidence that it is a monument locating the geographical centre of colonial India in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra,[5] or that the Zero Mile Stone was erected by the British to use this point to measure all the distances.[6] Nevertheless, the city of Nagpur lies geographically center to all the nine major metros of India, viz. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Pune.

The following table gives the distances from Zero Mile in Nagpur to places, which is marked on the hexagonal base of the pillar in miles.

Place Distance in miles Distance in kilometres Direction
Raipur 174 280 East
Hyderabad 318 512 South-East
Chandrapur 125 201 South-East
Jabalpur 170 274 North-East
Seoni 79 127 North-East
Chhindwara 83 134 North-West
Betul 101 163 West

References

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  1. ^ "Image of Inscription at Zero Mile Monument". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ Ganesan, P (1 December 2007). "A method of transferring G.T.S. benchmark value to survey area using electronic total station". NIO Technical Report (2007/04). Vishakapatnam, India: National Institute of Oceanography. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Image of Inscription at Zero Mile Monument". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Zero miles stone". The Times of India. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Zero Mile". Archived from the original on 16 August 2010.
  6. ^ G. V. Joshi (25 August 2001). "Zero miles stone". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.