Zero Mile Stone (Marathi: ????? ?????? ???) is a Great Trigonometrical Survey (GTS) Standard Benchmark built in 1907. Other than hearsay reported in the media, there is no verifiable evidence that it is a monument locating the geographical centre of colonial India in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, or that the Zero Mile Stone was erected by the British to use this point to measure all the distances. The Zero Mile Stone consists of a pillar made up of sandstone representing the GTS Standard Benchmark, and four stucco horses that were added later. The height of the top of the pillar is 1020.171 feet above mean sea level. In 2008, The Times of India undertook to maintain the monument for the next 5 years.
It is located on the south east of Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur.
The following table gives the distances from Zero Mile in Nagpur to places as marked on the hexagonal base of the pillar
Video Zero Mile (Nagpur)
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