Raipur
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A city of east-central India east of Nagpur. It is a trade center in an agricultural district. Population: 641,000.
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Raipur
Raipur (rī'pʊr), city (1991 pop. 462,694), capital of Chhattisgarh state, E central India, on the Kharun River. It is a district administrative center and an agricultural-processing and sawmilling town, situated on the Nagpur-Bilaspur Railway. It is the cite of Ravishankar Shukla Univ. (1964). Raipur was founded in the 14th cent.
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1st Baron Sinha of Raipur Satyendra Prassano Sinha
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