Kamthi
| Kamptee | |
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 Kamptee
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| Coordinates: 21°14′00″N 79°12′00″E / 21.2333°N 79.2°ECoordinates: 21°14′00″N 79°12′00″E / 21.2333°N 79.2°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Nagpur |
| Elevation | 269 m (883 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 136,124 |
| Languages | |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 441001/441002 |
| Telephone code | +91-7109 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 40 And MH 31 |
Kamptee(Marathi: कामठी) is a city and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative center for Kamptee taluka. It is below the confluence of the Kanhan River with the rivers Pench and Kolar.
Kamptee was founded in 1821 when the British established a military cantonment on the banks of the Kanhan River. Kamptee was previously named Camp-T for its geographical shape. The town quickly became an important center for trade, but trade dwindled with the arrival of the railway in the late 19th century to Nagpur. An Iron Age hoard of weapons was excavated by Major George Pearse of the Royal Artillery from the Wurreegaon barrow near Kamptee in the mid-nineteenth century. Dating to between the 7th and 1st centuries BCE, it was one of the first hoards from this period discovered in the Indian Sub-Continent.
Kamptee is located at latitude 21°223' North, longitude 79°2' West. According to the 2001 census, it has an area of 40,706 hectares. National Highway No.7 passes through it. There are three bridges over the Kanhan river. One is a railway bridge, and the other, older bridge, is a road N.H.7 and a newer one small road that goes to Old Kamptee. There is one big water filter plant which supplies water to the larger area of Nagpur city.
Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs are well represented in Kampthi, with Buddhist, Hindus and Muslims being the majority. The religions are well represented with the NCI's Christ Church. There are nearly 40 mosques. There is the famous temple Ram-Mandir built in the 19th century founded by father of P.Damodar Naidu of kamptee. There is Jagdish Swami Mandir opposite to Venkatesh Chay Bhandar in Juni Oli.There is a Roman Catholic establishment of the Order of St. Francis de Sales, with a church and convent, several mosques, the Badi Masjid mosque being 130 years old and the Kolsatal Mosque being 100 years old and also more than 100 years old Shia Haidry Jama Masjid And Maula Ali (a.s) Dargah which is located in Husainabad. The Buddhists have the Dragon Palace Temple, symbol of world peace, built in 1999. Around 1,000,000 Buddhist people from all over the world gather at Dragon Palace once in a year.there is also a jain temple in kamptee which is around 1000 yr old which is full of sculpture and carving; it is depicting ramyan and mahabharat. There is a very old church at cantonment area build in 1820 Immaculate Conception Church which is the oldest church in central India. There are many Christians family located around the Church. There is 1000 year old jain mandir at lala oli. It is said that the SHIKHAR of the jain temple is nearly 300 years old. The temple was renovated by Bhosale king of nagpur 300 years back. Idol of jain teerthankar munisuvatnath was found in the underground hidden small room below temple. This is the atishay of temple "On 20 August 2016, one more underground room had been discovered during renovation of temple" as per Caretaker of temple mr. Umathe ji. There are few jain families residing near jain temple.
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