Zero Mile Stone (Nagpur)

Zero Mile Stone is a monument built by British during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1907 in Nagpur, Maharashtra.[1][2] 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.[3] In 2008, The Times of India undertook to maintain the monument for the next 5 years.[4]

Zero Mile Stone

शून्य मैलाचा दगड
Monument
Zero Mile Stone, Nagpur
Zero Mile Stone
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21.149850°N 79.080598°E / 21.149850; 79.080598
Country India
StateMaharashtra
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

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,[5] or that the Zero Mile Stone was erected by the British to use this point to measure all the distances.[6] 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

Place Distance in Miles Direction
Kowtah62South
Hyderabad318South-East
Chandah125South-East
Raipur174East
Jabalpur170North-East
Seoni79North-East
Chhindwara83North-West
Betul101West

References
  1. "Image of Inscription at Zero Mile Monument". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. Ganesan, P (1 December 2007). "A method of transferring G.T.S. benchmark value to survey area using electronic total station". NIO Technical Report. Vishakapatnam, India: National Institute of Oceanography (2007/04). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. "Image of Inscription at Zero Mile Monument". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. "Zero miles stone". The Times of India. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  5. "Zero Mile". Archived from the original on 16 August 2010.
  6. G. V. Joshi (25 August 2001). "Zero miles stone". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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