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Bhilainagar
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Bhi·lai·na·gar  (b-ln-gr) or Bhi·lai (b-l)
A city of east-central India east of Nagpur. It is the site of a large state-owned steel industry built in the 1950s with Soviet assistance. Population: 586,000.


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Jonathan Parry's essay on migrants to the steel town of Bhilai shows how a privileged section of the working class might imagine a linear transition from country to city, which less privileged sections may not.
In those difficult times, it was the Soviet Union that came to India's rescue with help in setting up the Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants.
The company has its head office at Noida and branch offices at Jamshedpur, Durgapur and Bhilai.
 
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