Nagpur, Nov. 24 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today described Nagpur as a centre of culture and literature, noting that the city has historically shaped the country's intellectual and cultural direction.
Speaking at the inauguration of the nine-day Nagpur Book Festival jointly organized by the National Book Trust (NBT), the Government of Maharashtra, and the Zero Mile Youth Foundation, Fadnavis termed Nagpur as a centre of culture and literature, noting that the city has historically shaped the country's intellectual and cultural direction.
He highlighted Nagpur's legacy from the RSS tradition of nationalism to Lord Gautam Buddha's first turning of the wheel of Dharma and the contribution of the Gond kings and the Bhonsl...