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{{About|the municipality in Maharashtra, India|its namesake district|Nanded district|its namesake [[taluka]]|Nanded taluka}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Nanded
| native_name =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Hazur Sahib, Nanded, Maharashtra, September 2012.jpg
| image_caption = Sachkhand Sri [[Hazur Sahib Nanded]]
| nickname = "City of Gurdwaras", "City of Sanskrit Poets"
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India3
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| coordinates = {{coord|19.15|N|77.30|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagu|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Marathwada]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Nanded district]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1610 CE
| founder =
| named_for = [[Hazur Sahib|Sachkhand Gurdwara]]
| government_type = ''Mahanagar Palika''
| governing_body = [[Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor#India|Mayor]]
| leader_name = Mohini Vijay Yewankar
| leader_title1 = [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader_name1 = Sunil Lahane
| leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLAs]]
| leader_name2 = *[[Mohanrao Marotrao Hambarde]] – [[Nanded South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanded South]]<br>
*[[Balaji Kalyankar]] – [[Nanded North (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanded North]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 63.22
| area_rank =
| elevation_m = 362
| population_total = 550,439
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Nanded Waghala City Census 2011 data|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/357-nanded-waghala.html|access-date = 13 April 2015|publisher=Indian Census 2011}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank = 2nd ([[Marathwada]]),
80th (India)
| population_demonym = Nandedkar
| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN CODE]]
| postal_code = 431601 to 606
| area_code = 02462
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MH]]
| registration_plate = MH-26
| unemployment_rate =
| blank3_name_sec1 = Distance from Mumbai
| blank3_info_sec1 = {{convert|575|km|mi}} E ([[National highways of India|land]])
| blank4_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]]
| blank4_info_sec1 = {{convert|293|km|mi}} NW ([[National highways of India|land]])
| blank5_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]
| blank5_info_sec1 = {{convert|255|km|mi}} SE ([[National highways of India|land]])
| website = {{URL|www.nanded.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi Language|Marathi]]
}}
'''Nanded''' is a city in [[Maharashtra]] state, [[India]]. It is the eighth largest urban agglomeration of the state and the seventy-ninth [[List of cities in India by population|most populous city in India]]. It is the second largest city in Marathwada subdivision. Nanded is the centre of governance of [[Nanded district]]. Nanded is a major destination for [[Sikh]] [[pilgrim]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nanded.nic.in/htmldocs/historicalimportance.html |title=Nanded District – Historical Importance |publisher=India.gov.in |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811163549/http://nanded.nic.in/htmldocs/historicalimportance.html |archive-date=11 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> because the [[Sikh Gurus|10th Sikh Guru]] ([[Guru Gobind Singh]]) made Nanded his permanent abode and passed his guruship to the ''[[Guru Granth Sahib]]'' before his death in 1708.<ref name=mhg>{{cite web|title=Nanded|url=http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/mtdc/HTML/MaharashtraTourism/Default.aspx?strpage=../Maharashtratourism/CitiestoVisits/Introduction_Nanded.html|website=maharashtra government|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>

==Location==
Nanded is located on the north bank of river [[Godavari]] in west-central India. It is closer (approximately {{convert|275|km|mi}}) to [[Hyderabad]] in the state of [[Telangana]] than it is to the capital of Maharashtra state, [[Mumbai]]. Nanded district borders [[Latur district]], [[Parbhani district]] and [[Hingoli district]] the west and [[Yavatmal district]] to the north. The district is bounded by the [[Nizamabad, Telangana|Nizamabad]], [[Kamareddy district|Kamareddy]], [[Nirmal district|Nirmal]] and [[Adilabad district|Adilabad]] districts of Telangana state to the east and on the South lies [[Bidar district]] of Karnatka state.

Nanded has two parts: Old Nanded {{convert|20.62|km2|sqmi}} occupies the north bank of the [[Godavari]] river; New Nanded, to the south of the river, {{convert|31.14|km2|sqmi}} encompasses Waghala and six other villages.

==Etymology==
From a [[Indian copper plate inscriptions|copper plate inscription]] found at [[Washim]], a town approximately {{convert|150|km|mi}} north of Nanded, archaeologists deduce the city was formerly known as {{IAST|Nanditaṭa}} ({{lang-mr|नंदितट}}). Another name was {{IAST|Nandigrāma}}.<ref>[http://nandedairport.co.in/nanded_city.html Nanded City] Nanded airport Corporation website.</ref> Folklore suggests that the name "Nanded" developed from {{IAST|Nandi}} the [[Vahana]] of [[Shiva]]. Shiva was said to have performed penance on the banks ({{IAST|Taṭa}}) of the Godavari river. This "{{IAST|Nandi-taṭa}}" later became "Nanded".

==History==
Nanded is an old and historic centre.<ref name="(India)Dept1971">{{cite book|title=Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Nanded|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y5hAAAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State|pages=4, 576}}</ref> Local irrigation practices and Nanded itself are recorded in the treatise, ''[[Leela Charitra]]'' (late 1200s CE).<ref name="Congress2007">{{cite book|title=Proceedings {{ndash}} Indian History Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhVDAAAAYAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Indian History Congress|page=331}}</ref> It is also mentioned in Mahabharata as place of Bharat's maternal grandparents

In the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, Nanded was ruled by the [[Nanda Empire|Nanda dynasty]]. In the 3rd century BCE (about 272 to 231 BCE), it was part of the [[Maurya Empire]] under [[Ashoka]].

In the 1st century CE, power in the area lay with the [[Andhrabhrtya]]s and [[Satavahana|Satvahanas]].<ref name="(India)Dept1971"/>

From 1636, Nanded was the centre of governance of Nizam State, which includes present-day [[Telangana]] and [[Karnataka]], and was an imperial province of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] [[Padishah|Badshah]] (emperor) [[Shah Jahan]]. In 1657, Nanded merged into Bidah Subah.

In 1725, Nanded became part of [[Hyderabad State]]. It continued to be part of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]'s dominions until 1948.<ref name="(India)Dept1971"/> After India [[Independence Day (India)|gained independence]] in 1947, the [[Indian Armed Forces]] annexed Hyderabad and ended the rule of the Nizam in [[Operation Polo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hyderabad.co.uk/policeaction.htm |title=Police Action |first=Mohan |last=Guruswamy |publisher=Hyderabad on the Net |access-date=31 July 2012}}</ref> making Nanded part of the [[Hyderabad State (1948–56)|new Hyderabad State]].

Nanded remained part of the Hyderabad state until 1956 when it was included in the [[Bombay Presidency]]. On 1 May 1960, [[Maharashtra]] state was created on a linguistic basis and the Marathi dominant Nanded district became part of Maharashtra.<ref name="PLACE_BHIR">{{Cite web
|publisher = maharashtra.gov.in (Government of Maharashtra)
|title = Gazetteers Department – Bhir |url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Beed/places_bhir_town.html
|access-date=2007-02-27
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070224064424/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Beed/places_bhir_town.html| archive-date= 24 February 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="SOCIO_ECO">{{Cite web |publisher = beed.nic.in |title = New Page 4 |url = http://beed.nic.in/htmldocs/socioeco.htm |access-date = 2007-03-04 |url-status = dead |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928012021/http://beed.nic.in/htmldocs/socioeco.htm |archive-date = 28 September 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref>

Nanded was the birthplace of three Marathi poet-saints—Vishnupant Shesa, Raghunath Shesa, and Vaman Pandit<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nanded|title=Nanded {{!}} India|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref>

===Origins of Sikhism in Nanded===
[[File:31 Mar 2008 300 Years Celebrations Nanded Sahib JLD by gopal1035 011.jpg|thumb|Sikh devotees during Nagar Kirtan in Nanded]]
Nanded is associated with some important [[Sikh gurus]]. For example, [[Guru Nanak]] (1469 {{ndash}} 1539 CE) passed through Nanded on his way to [[Sri Lanka]].

[[Guru Gobind Singh]] (1666 {{ndash}} 1708 CE) arrived in Nanded with the [[Mughal Empire|mughal]] emperor [[Bahadur Shah I]] (1643 {{ndash}} 1712 CE) near the end of August in 1707 CE. When Bahadur moved on to [[Golconda|Golconda, Guru Gobind]] Singh remained in Nanded. Guru Gobind Singh proclaimed he was the last (tenth) living guru and established the sacred text, the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] as an eternal "living" leader. Guru Gobind Singh died without a [[lineal descendant]] due to the [[Martyrdom in Sikhism|martyrdom]] of his four sons.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volumes 1-2|date=1871|publisher=[[United Service Institution|United Service Institution of India]]|page=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Sikh Review|journal=Sikh Cultural Centre|date=1972|volume=20|issue=218–229|page=28}}</ref>

In about 1835, [[Maharaja]] [[Ranjit Singh]] commissioned the construction of a [[gurdwara]] at Nanded. It was built on the site of Guru Gobind Singh's [[cremation]]. The gurdwara is part of the [[Hazur Sahib Nanded|Hazur Sahib]].

In 2008, the [[Anniversary|tercentenary]] of the passing of the guruship to Guru Granth Sahib, [[Guru Gaddi|Guru-ta-Gaddi]] celebrations were held in Nanded.

==Geography==
Nanded is the second largest city in Marathawada after [[Aurangabad]]. Its area is {{convert|63.22|km2|sqmi}}.<ref>[http://182.73.186.23/nwcmc/home.php Nanded home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714005201/http://182.73.186.23/nwcmc/home.php |date=14 July 2014 }} NWCMC</ref> Regarding cities in Maharashtra state, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nasik, Aurangabad, Solapur and Amravati are larger.

Nanded is built on the Deccan Traps lava flows of the upper cretaceous to lower eocene eras. The lava flows are overlain by thin alluvial deposits. The lava flows are horizontal and each flow has two distinct units. The highly weathered vesicular trap and underlying weathered jointed and fractured massive trap constitutes the main water-yielding zones. The soil is mostly formed from igneous rocks and are black, medium black, shallow and calcareous types having different depths and profiles.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| location = Nanded (1981–2010, extremes 1960–2008)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 36.0
| Feb record high C = 39.5
| Mar record high C = 42.0
| Apr record high C = 45.5
| May record high C = 46.6
| Jun record high C = 46.7
| Jul record high C = 40.3
| Aug record high C = 39.0
| Sep record high C = 38.2
| Oct record high C = 38.8
| Nov record high C = 38.8
| Dec record high C = 35.1
| year record high C = 46.7
| Jan high C = 31.0
| Feb high C = 33.6
| Mar high C = 37.1
| Apr high C = 40.6
| May high C = 41.0
| Jun high C = 36.8
| Jul high C = 32.4
| Aug high C = 31.0
| Sep high C = 32.2
| Oct high C = 33.1
| Nov high C = 31.6
| Dec high C = 30.4
| year high C = 34.2
| Jan low C = 13.8
| Feb low C = 15.0
| Mar low C = 18.7
| Apr low C = 23.0
| May low C = 25.4
| Jun low C = 24.3
| Jul low C = 22.9
| Aug low C = 22.4
| Sep low C = 22.1
| Oct low C = 19.8
| Nov low C = 15.9
| Dec low C = 12.8
| year low C = 19.7
| Jan record low C = 4.9
| Feb record low C = 6.4
| Mar record low C = 10.4
| Apr record low C = 13.4
| May record low C = 19.0
| Jun record low C = 17.4
| Jul record low C = 15.2
| Aug record low C = 13.6
| Sep record low C = 14.2
| Oct record low C = 11.2
| Nov record low C = 5.0
| Dec record low C = 3.6
| year record low C = 3.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 6.6
| Feb rain mm = 2.4
| Mar rain mm = 6.4
| Apr rain mm = 6.8
| May rain mm = 11.3
| Jun rain mm = 164.0
| Jul rain mm = 257.4
| Aug rain mm = 228.5
| Sep rain mm = 162.1
| Oct rain mm = 62.4
| Nov rain mm = 11.2
| Dec rain mm = 5.9
| year rain mm = 924.8
| Jan rain days = 0.7
| Feb rain days = 0.3
| Mar rain days = 0.6
| Apr rain days = 0.6
| May rain days = 1.3
| Jun rain days = 7.7
| Jul rain days = 11.5
| Aug rain days = 11.5
| Sep rain days = 7.8
| Oct rain days = 3.0
| Nov rain days = 0.9
| Dec rain days = 0.7
| year rain days = 46.5
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 37
| Feb humidity = 28
| Mar humidity = 27
| Apr humidity = 22
| May humidity = 25
| Jun humidity = 49
| Jul humidity = 65
| Aug humidity = 68
| Sep humidity = 61
| Oct humidity = 49
| Nov humidity = 40
| Dec humidity = 38
|year humidity = 43
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Nanded Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 535–536
| access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf| archive-date = 5 February 2020| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)| publisher = India Meteorological Department| date = December 2016| page = M148| access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref>}}

==Governance==
The city of Nanded is managed by the [[Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation]] (NWCMC). The corporation consists of 81 democratically elected members. The Municipal Commissioner is the Chief Executive of the corporation. Sunil Lahane is the current Chief Executive of the corporation.

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|width=500px
|title=Religions in Nanded<ref>[http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/357-nanded-waghala.html Nanded] Census 2011.</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|Hindu|Orange|48.06}}
{{bar percent|Muslim|Green|33.59}}
{{bar percent|Buddhist|Blue|15.35}}
{{bar percent|Sikh|Yellow|2.00}}
{{bar percent|Others†|Black|1}}
|caption=†<small>Includes [[Jainism|Jains]] </small>
}}{{As of|2011|alt=As of the}} [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Nanded had a population of 550,564. The municipality had a gender ratio of 924 females per 1,000 males. 12.4 percent of the population were under six years old. Effective [[literacy]] was 87.40 percent. 81.74 percent of women were literate. Male literacy was 92.68 percent.<ref name=Census>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf |title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>

==Economy==
Nanded is a centre for governance and a market town for its surrounding agricultural region. Tourism is supported by 10 million visitors and religious pilgrims. There is also some industrial development.

Crops grown around Nanded include cotton, bananas, sugarcane, mangoes, soya beans, sweet limes, Grapes, Papaya, and [[sorghum]] (jawar). Nanded has a Regional Cotton Research Center to support the Cotton-growing industry. There is an agricultural school operational under the aegis of Krishi Vidyapeeth of Parbhani.

==Education==
[[file:School of Computational Sciences, SRTMU Nanded Front View.jpg|thumb|School of Computational Sciences, SRTMU Nanded Front View]]
{{Main|List of educational institutions in Nanded (India)}}

On 17 September 1994, the [[Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University]] (SRTMU) was established in Nanded after a restructuring of the [[Marathwada University]] in Aurangabad. The university supervises the educational activities in senior colleges in four districts of Marathwada division.

Notable educational institutions in Nanded include the [[Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College]], [[Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology]], and the Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College of engineering.

==Tourism and sites of interest==
{{Main|Tourism in Marathwada}}

Nanded is an historical city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state.<ref>[http://nanded.nic.in/htmldocs/tourism.html Tourism] National Informatics Centre, India.</ref><ref name="maharashtratourism.gov.in">[https://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/treasures/temple/nanded-gurudwara Nanded guruwara] Maharashtra tourism, Government of India.</ref> [[Vedic rituals]] are performed on the banks of [[Godavari River]] These include Urvashi Ghat, Ram Ghat, and Govardhan Ghat.
{{Wide image|Hazoor Sahib Gurudwara.jpg|2400px|Panoramic view of Shri Hazur Sahib Gurdwara}}

[[File:Hazur Sahib interior.jpg|thumbnail|Interior view of the gurdwara]]
[[File:Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded.jpg|thumb|Sri Hazur Sahib seen from the fountains]]
[[file:Sharda Nagar, Hyder Bagh, Dashmesh Nagar, Harsh Nagar, Nanded, Maharashtra, India - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Sri Hazur Sahib main gate]]

===Temples===
Nanded's Hindu temples include:
* Kaleshwar temple, in Vishnupuri
* Shani Temple, in Mondha on Ram Ghat
* Yagyavalkya Vedpathshala Saraswati Temple in Shree Nagar
* Rajput Sangh Renuka Mata Temple
* Shri Yadav Ahir Samaj Mahamai Mata Mandir devinagar degloor naka Nanded.
* Marwadi Dharma Shala Hanuman Temple
* Temples in Trikut village form the Nabhishthan (centre point) of the River Godavari, which is believed to be very sacred for Hindus.
* Siddheshwar Temple, Hottal {{ndash}} built during the Chalukya era, an example of Hemadpanti temple architecture.<ref>[http://nanded.nic.in/htmldocs/htmldocs/hottal.html Siddheshwar Hottal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705065841/http://nanded.nic.in/htmldocs/htmldocs/hottal.html |date=5 July 2015 }} Government of India.</ref>
* Lord Shiva Temple, Tadkhel Village (Degloor Taluka) {{ndash}} built with large stones displaying scripture by the Hindu king, Senapati.
* Jagdamba Mata Mandir, Tadkhel village

===Hazur Sahib===
[[Hazur Sahib Nanded|Hazur Sahib]] was built by [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]. It is one of the ''[[Panj Takht]]'', the five seats of higher authority for Sikhs. It is built at the site of cremation of Guru Gobind Singh. His remains and weapons are preserved at the site.<ref name="maharashtratourism.gov.in" />

===Masjids ===
There are several masjids in Nanded, serving the nearly 34 percent Muslim population in Nanded. Some of them are:

* Markaz Makkah Masjid - Barki Chowk
* Masjid e Khajgan - Nizam colony , work shop
* Masjid e Hatai
* Masjid Abedin - Shivaji Nager
* Masjid Umar Farooq Ahl e Hadees
* Makkah Shah Wali Masjid
* Masjid e Saleheen

===Nanded fort===
Nanded fort is found {{convert|4|km|mi}} from Nanded Railway Station. The Godavari river encloses the fort on three sides. There is a garden and water works.

==Transport==
[[File:Nanded Railway Platform.jpg|thumb|Nanded Railway Platform]]

===Road===
[[National Highway 61 (India)|National Highway 61]] (Kalyan–Ahmednagar–Parbhani–Nanded–Nirmal), [[National Highway 361 (India)|National Highway 361]] (Nagpur–Wardha-Yavatmal–Nanded-Latur–Solapur–Sangli–Kolhapur–Ratnagiri) and [[National Highway 161 (India)|National Highway 161]] (Akola–Washim–Hingoli–Nanded–Degloor–Sangareddy) pass through the city. The State Road Transport bus service operates to Nanded.

===Rail===
{{Main|Nanded railway station}}{{See also|Wardha–Nanded line}}
[[Hazur Sahib Nanded railway station|Nanded railway station]] is located on the [[Secunderabad–Manmad line]] of [[Nanded railway division]] of the [[South Central Railway Zone]] (SCR). Nanded railway division is one of the three railway divisions under [[South Central Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. Nanded station is the biggest station in Marathwada region. 48 trains arrive each day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/hazur-sahib-nanded-ned/1676|title=NED/Hazur Sahib Nanded (4 PFs) Railway Station – Today's Train Arrival Timings – India Rail Info – A Busy Junction for Travellers & Rail Enthusiasts|work=India Rail Info}}</ref> Maltekdi railway station is another railway station for Nanded.

===Air===
The [[Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport|Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport, Nanded]] is served by daily [[TruJet]] flights to Hyderabad, Mumbai and Tirupati.
Recently, [[Air India]] started its own operations from the city, connecting Nanded to Amritsar with flights on Saturday and Sunday. Air India also started direct flights to Delhi twice a week beginning 19 November 2018. Also the first direct flight between Chandigarh to Nanded started in January 2019. With this long standing demand of Sikh pilgrims has been fulfilled.

==Notable people==

* [[Banda Singh Bahadur]], the Sikh military commander.
* [[Datta Bhagat]], Indian Author.
* [[Ashok Chavan]] Ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra state and an Ex-MP of the Nanded Loksabha.
* [[Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar]], current Member of Parliament and former MLA
* [[Shankarrao Chavan]], the former home minister and former chief minister of Maharashtra state.
* [[Kamalkishor Kadam]], a former minister of education.
* [[Nagnath Lalujirao Kottapalle]], an educationalist and author.
* [[Narhar Ambadas Kurundkar]], the scholar, critic and author.
* [[Vaman Pandit]], the poet.
* [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the last [[Sikh Gurus|Sikh Guru]] who died in Nanded.


==See also==
* [[Make in Maharashtra]]
* [[Hyderabad Samajik Sudhar Sangh]]

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