Central India · Chhattisgarh
Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
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About Bhilai
- Inland
Where it is
Bhilai is an industrial city in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh, on the plains of central India, forming a twin city with Durg just west of the state capital, Raipur.
History
Bhilai was a small village until 1955, when India agreed with the Soviet Union to build a steel plant here. The Bhilai Steel Plant began production in 1959, and a planned township laid out in numbered sectors grew around it. The city has since also become an education centre, home to an Indian Institute of Technology.
People
Bhilai draws families from all over India, so Hindi and Chhattisgarhi are heard alongside Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Odia and Punjabi. Life revolves around the steel plant, and the city's sectors celebrate festivals from many regions.
Known for
- Bhilai Steel Plant, India's main maker of rails
- Maitri Bagh zoo and garden
- The planned sector township
- Colleges and IIT Bhilai
Did you know?
Maitri Bagh, the garden and zoo opened by the steel plant in 1972, was created as a symbol of the friendship between India and the Soviet Union, which helped build the plant.
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