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Naihāti
Naihāti (নৈহাটি) is a city and municipality on the Hooghly River's east bank north of Kolkata, in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, and the birthplace of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, author of Vande Mataram.
Narsinghpur (नरसिंहपुर)
Narsinghpur (नरसिंहपुर), or Narsimhapur, is a district in central Madhya Pradesh, India, in the upper Narmada valley between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges; named after an 18th-century Narsimha temple, area 5125.55 sq km, population 1,092,141 (2011), headquarters at Narsinghpur town.
Orchha (ओरछा)
Orchha (ओरछा), a historic town in Niwari district, Madhya Pradesh, on the Betwa River, was the Bundela dynasty capital 1531-1783, famed for Jahangir Mahal, Ram Raja Temple, and cenotaphs, and on India's UNESCO Tentative List since 2019.
Pachmarhi (पचमढ़ी)
Pachmarhi (पचमढ़ी), "Satpura ki Rani," is Madhya Pradesh's only hill station, at 1,067 m in the Satpura Range. Discovered by Forsyth in 1857, it lies within the UNESCO Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve, known for Pandav Caves, waterfalls, rock art, and Dhoopgarh (1,352 m).
Paradip
Paradip, officially also spelled Paradeep, is a port town on the Odisha coast in eastern India, best known for Paradip Port, Odisha's only major port, and IndianOil's 15 million tonne refinery commissioned in 2016.
Patna (पटना)
Patna (पटना), ancient Pataliputra, is the capital of Bihar, India, on the south bank of the Ganga. Former Mauryan and Gupta imperial capital, renamed Azimabad in 1703; district population 5,838,465 (2011); a non-attainment air-pollution city with new airport terminal and metro.
Phusro
Phusro (फुसरो) is a coal-town Nagar Parishad in Bermo block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, India, at the center of the Bermo-Phusro coalfield; 89,178 residents in 2011, 185,555 in its urban agglomeration.
Puri (ପୁରୀ)
Puri (ପୁରୀ) is a coastal city in Odisha, India, seat of the 12th-century Jagannath Temple, one of the Char Dham pilgrimage centres, and home of the annual Rath Yatra chariot festival.
Purnia (city)
Purnia (पूर्णिया, Purnea), Bihar city, headquarters of Purnia district and Purnea division; municipal corporation of 46 wards; 2011 population 282,248 (UA 312,669); district formed 10 February 1770.
Rāiganj
Rāiganj (রায়গঞ্জ) is the headquarters town of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, on the Kulik river; a municipality since 1951, about 183,000 people in 2011, with rapid 21st-century urban growth.
Raipur (रायपुर)
Raipur (रायपुर), capital of Chhattisgarh, India, since November 2000; a Kalchuri-era city founded around the 14th century, population over 1 million, major trade hub with PM10 air-quality challenges.
Rāj-Nāndgaon
Rāj-Nāndgaon (राजनंदगांव), formerly Nandgram, is a city in central Chhattisgarh, India, capital of the former princely state of Raj Nandgaon and headquarters of Rajnandgaon district, formed 1973 from Durg district.
Rajgir (राजगृह)
Rajgir, known in ancient sources as Rajagriha, is a town in Nalanda district, Bihar, India, that served as the first capital of Magadha and remains a major Buddhist and Jain pilgrimage center.
Ranchi (राँची)
Ranchi (राँची), capital of Jharkhand, India, on the Chotanagpur plateau at 645 m; former summer capital of Bihar, municipal corporation since 1979, heavy-engineering and mining hub with about 1 million people (2011).
Ratlam (रतलाम)
Ratlam (रतलाम) is a city and district in Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, formerly a Rathore Rajput princely state founded by Ratan Singh around 1650. Known for its 1829 new town, opium and salt trade, and GI-registered Ratlami Sev namkeen.
Raurkela Industrial Township
Raurkela (Rourkela) Industrial Township, the Steel Township of Rourkela, Odisha: planned company township of the Rourkela Steel Plant, 210,412 residents (2011), Krupp-Demag master plan, administered by SAIL's RSP.
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh: city and district headquarters on the Vindhya Plateau on the Tons River; former Baghel dynasty and Vindhya Pradesh capital, home of the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar park and white tigers.
Rourkela
Rourkela, or Ispat Nagar, is Odisha's third largest city in Sundargarh district, built around SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant (est. with West German collaboration, 1 MT phase 1961). Its airport was handed to AAI in 2026 for a 4C upgrade; NIT Rourkela and Raurkela Junction anchor education and rail.
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Sagar (Saugar), city and district in north central Madhya Pradesh, India; founded about 1660 by Udan Shah, ceded to the British in 1818; 2011 district population 2,378,458, home of Dr. Harisingh Gour University.
Saharsa
Saharsa (सहरसा), a district in Bihar's Kosi Division, India, established 1 April 1954; headquarters of the division; Mithila region, Kosi river floods, 1,900,661 people (2011), agrarian and brick-making economy.
Sambalpur (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର)
Sambalpur (ସମ୍ବଲୁପୁର), city in western Odisha on the Mahanadi's eastern bank; district headquarters, Municipal Corporation since 2013, 335,761 people (2011), 41 wards, known for Samaleswari Temple, Hirakud Dam and Sambalpuri handloom.
Sasaram
Sasaram (सासाराम) is a town in Rohtas district, Bihar, India, famed for the 1540–1545 red sandstone tomb of Sher Shah Suri in an artificial lake, plus tombs of Hasan Khan Sur and Salim Shah, on NH2 with rail station SSM.
Satna
Satna: city and district in Baghelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, India; named for the Satna river; founded 1865 by Maharaja Raghuraj Singh of Rewa; known as India's cement capital for its limestone-based cement industry.
Shāntipur
Shantipur (শান্তিপুর), also spelled Santipur, is a city and municipality in Ranaghat subdivision, Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on the Hooghly River, famed for Santipuri tant handloom sarees, its 1864 municipality, and Mughal-era and temple landmarks.
Shillong
Shillong, capital of Meghalaya in northeast India, also called U-Shyllong after a Khasi deity; Assam's capital 1874-1972, hill city at 1,496 m, education and administrative hub.
Shivpuri
Shivpuri (शिवपुरी), formerly Sipri, a city and district headquarters in northern Madhya Pradesh, India; summer capital of the Scindia rulers of Gwalior, Mughal hunting grounds, site of Tatya Tope's execution, and home to Madhav National Park.
Shrīrāmpur, West Bengal
Shrīrāmpur (Serampore, Frederiksnagore), a city and municipality in Hooghly district, West Bengal, on the Hooghly River about 24 km north of Kolkata; a Danish-Norwegian trading station 1755–1845, ceded to Britain in 1845, home of Serampore College (1818).
Shyamnagar
Shyamnagar is the name of several places in Bengal: a town of about 442,000 people in West Bengal, India, and a coastal sub-district in Bangladesh.
Silchar
Silchar, headquarters of Cachar district in Assam's Barak Valley on the Barak River, is Assam's second largest town, a commercial hub for Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram, and highly flood-prone, notably in the 2022 flood.
Siliguri (শিলিগুড়ি)
Siliguri (শিলিগুড়ি), West Bengal city anchoring the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck, the roughly 20-km-wide sole land link to northeast India; gateway city built on tea, timber, tourism, transport, with rapid urban growth.