Editing Nanded (section)

{{Short description|City in Maharashtra, India}}
{{About|the municipality in Maharashtra, India|its namesake district|Nanded district|its namesake [[taluka]]|Nanded taluka}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Nanded
| native_name              = Nandigram
| settlement_type          = Metropolis
| image_skyline            = {{Photomontage
 | photo1a      = Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University.jpg 
 | photo2a      = Vishnupuri temple - panoramio.jpg
 | photo2b      = Hazur Sahib, Nanded, Maharashtra, September 2012.jpg
 | photo3a      = Shivajiss.jpg
 | photo3b      = Statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in Nanded.jpg
 | photo4a      = FREEDOM ( NANDED ) - panoramio.jpg
 | photo4b      = Godavari river, Trikut, Nanded.jpg
 | spacing      = 2
 | color_border = white
 | color        = black
 | size         = 280
 | foot_montage = ''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]]
 }}
| image_caption            = 
| nickname                 = Nanditaṭa, Nandigrāma, City of Poets, City of Gurdwaras
| map_alt                  = 
| map_caption              = 
| pushpin_map              = India Maharashtra#India3
| pushpin_label_position   = 
| pushpin_map_alt          = 
| pushpin_map_caption      = 
| coordinates              = {{coord|19.15|N|77.30|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{flagu|India}}
| subdivision_type1        = State
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Marathwada]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Nanded district]]
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 
| founder                  = [[Nanda Dynasty]] 
| named_for                = [[Gurudwara]]
| government_type          = ''Maha-nagar Palika''
| governing_body           = [[Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor#India|Mayor]]
| leader_name              = ''Vacant''
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader_name1             = 
*'''Mahesh Kumar Doifode''', [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title2            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLAs]]
| leader_name2             = *[[Mohanrao Marotrao Hambarde]] – [[Nanded South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanded South]]<br>
*[[Balaji Kalyankar]] – [[Nanded North (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanded North]]
| leader_title3            = City [[Police Commissioner]]
| leader_name3             = *Abinash Kumar, ([[Indian Police Service|IPS]])
| unit_pref                = Metric
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_total_km2           = 63.22
| area_rank                = 
| elevation_m              = 362
| population_total         = 550,439
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|title=Nanded Waghala City Census 2011 data|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/357-nanded-waghala.html|access-date = 13 April 2015|publisher=Indian Census 2011}}</ref>
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_rank          = 2nd ([[Marathwada]])<br>
79th (India)
| population_demonym       = Nandedkar
| demographics_type1       = Language
| demographics1_title1     = Official
| demographics1_info1      = [[Marathi Language|Marathi]]
| timezone1                = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1              = +5:30
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal Index Number|PIN CODE]]
| postal_code              = 431601 to 606
| area_code_type           = Telephone code
| area_code                = 02462
| iso_code                 = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MH]]
| registration_plate       = MH-26
| unemployment_rate        = 
| blank3_name_sec1         = Distance from Mumbai
| blank3_info_sec1         = {{convert|575|km|mi}} E ([[National highways of India|land]])
| blank4_name_sec1         = Distance from [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]]
| blank4_info_sec1         = {{convert|293|km|mi}} NW ([[National highways of India|land]])
| blank5_name_sec1         = Distance from [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]
| blank5_info_sec1         = {{convert|255|km|mi}} SE ([[National highways of India|land]])
| website                  = {{URL|https://nwcmc.gov.in/}}
| footnotes                = 
| blank_name_sec1          = [[Gross domestic product]]
| blank_info_sec1          = [[Indian rupee|INR]] 21,257.00[[crores]] (2013) <ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |last1=Records |first1=knoema |title=District Gross Domestic Product of Maharashtra 2011-12 to 2019-20 |url=https://knoema.com/NITI_DGAGRBACPFTM2019V1/districtwise-gdp-and-growth-rate-based-at-current-price-2004-05-from-2005-06-to-2012-13-maharashtra?tsId=1000360}}</ref>
}}

'''Nanded''' is a city in [[Maharashtra]] state, India. It is the [[List of cities in Maharashtra|tenth]] largest city in the state and the [[List of cities in India by population|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 Takht|Panj Takhts]] of Sikhi, [[Hazur Sahib]] is located in the city of Nanded. It was here that [[Guru Gobind Singh]] initiated Madho Daas whom became [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] one of the famous leaders of the [[Khalsa|Khalsa  Panth]] whom played a role during the downfall of the [[Mughal Empire]].