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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Zero Mile Stone
| native_name = शून्य मैलाचा दगड
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| image_caption = Zero Mile Stone, Nagpur
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'''Zero Mile Stone''' is a monument built by [[British Raj|British]] during the [[Great Trigonometrical Survey]] of [[India]] in 1907 in [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Image of Inscription at Zero Mile Monument|url=https://www.tripadvisor.in/SavedPhotos-g2365349-i289433083-Nagpur_Nagpur_District_Maharashtra.html|website=TripAdvisor|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ganesan|first1=P|title=A method of transferring G.T.S. benchmark value to survey area using electronic total station|journal=NIO Technical Report|date=2007-12-01|issue=2007/04|url=http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1028|access-date=7 December 2017|publisher=National Institute of Oceanography|location=Vishakapatnam, India}}</ref> 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 1020.171 feet above mean sea level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Image of Inscription at Zero Mile Monument|url=https://www.tripadvisor.in/SavedPhotos-g2365349-i289433083-Nagpur_Nagpur_District_Maharashtra.html|website=TripAdvisor|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> In 2008, [[The Times of India]] undertook to maintain the monument for the next 5 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/nagpur/zero-mile-stone/articleshow/3048476.cms|title=Zero miles stone|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2008-05-16|access-date=2011-11-21}}</ref>

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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/marathi/mahInfo/nagpur.php |title=Zero Mile |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816130049/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/marathi/mahInfo/nagpur.php |archive-date=16 August 2010 }}</ref> or that the Zero Mile Stone was erected by the British to use this point to measure all the distances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindu.com/2001/08/25/stories/13251106.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204141858/http://hindu.com/2001/08/25/stories/13251106.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-04|title=Zero miles stone|author=G. V. Joshi|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2001-08-25|access-date=2011-11-21}}</ref> Nevertheless, the city of Nagpur lies geographically center to all the four major metros of India, viz. [[Chennai]], [[Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]] and [[New Delhi]].

The following table gives the distances from Zero Mile in Nagpur to places as marked on the hexagonal base of the pillar
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Place
! Distance in Miles
! Direction
|-
| [[Raipur]] || 174 || East
|-
| [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] || 318 || South-East
|-
| [[Chandrapur|Chandrapuri]] || 125 || South-East
|-
| [[Jabalpur]] || 170 || North-East
|-
| [[Seoni]] || 79 || North-East
|-
| [[Chhindwara]] || 83 || North-West
|-
| [[Betul, Madhya Pradesh|Betul]] || 101 || West
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Nagpur]]
[[Category:Geographical centres]]
[[Category:Kilometre-zero markers]]

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