Historical PlaceSitabuldi Fort
British-built hill fort in central Nagpur, site of the 1817 Battle of Sitabuldi
Nagpur

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The Raman Science Centre and Raman Planetarium in Nagpur is an interactive science centre linked to Mumbai's Nehru Science Centre and run within the network of the National Council of Science Museums. Named after the Nobel-winning physicist C. V. Raman, it opened on 7 March 1992, with the planetarium following on 5 January 1997. It faces Gandhi Sagar Lake in central Nagpur and received 582,962 visitors in 2014–15.
The centre has four interactive galleries, two fun science galleries, an information and communication technology gallery opened in 2007, a Science on a Sphere show, a prehistoric animal park and a 133-seat planetarium. An Innovation Centre for keen students opened in 2017. Science lectures, film screenings and 3D shows are held regularly, along with sessions for watching the planets and other events in the sky.
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Where it is
21.15° N 79.09° E