Nanded

This article is about the municipality in Maharashtra, India. For its namesake district, see Nanded district. For its namesake taluka, see Nanded taluka.

Nanded Nandigram
City
From top, left to right: Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Kaleshwar Mandir, Hazur Sahib, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue, Ambedkar statue, Freedom statue and Godavari River
Nicknames:  Nanditaṭa, Nandigrāma, City of Poets, City of Gurdwaras
Nanded Location within Maharashtra Nanded Location within India
Coordinates: 19.15°N 77.30°E / 19.15; 77.30
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Region	Marathwada
District	Nanded district
Founder	Nanda Dynasty
Named for	Gurudwara
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Kavita Mule (BJP)
• MLAs	Anand Shankar Tidke – Nanded South Balaji Kalyankar – Nanded North
Area
• Total	63.22 km2 (24.41 sq mi)
Elevation	362 m (1,188 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	550,439
• Rank	2nd (Marathwada) 79th (India)
• Density	8,707/km2 (22,550/sq mi)
Demonym	Nandedkar
Language
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN CODE	431601 to 606
Telephone code	02462
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH-26
Gross domestic product	IN₹ 21,257.00 crores (2013)
Website	nanded.gov.in

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Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region. It is the district headquarters of Nanded district.

Guru Gobind Singh established camp in Nanded and the Gurgaddi was transferred from him to Guru Granth Sahib. One of the Panj Takhts of Sikhi, Hazur Sahib is located in the city of Nanded. It was here that Guru Gobind Singh initiated Madho Das whom became Banda Singh Bahadur one of the famous leaders of the Khalsa Panth whom played a role during the downfall of the Mughal Empire.