Location of Ahmednagar
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AhmednagarAhmednagar district is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar was the seat of the Ahmednagar Sultanate of late medieval period . This district is also known for the towns of Shirdi associated with...
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307,455 (2001[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ahmednagar&action=edit [update]])
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Ahmednagar (
MarathiMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
: अहमदनगर,
UrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
: احمد نگر) is a city of
Ahmednagar DistrictAhmednagar district is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar was the seat of the Ahmednagar Sultanate of late medieval period . This district is also known for the towns of Shirdi associated with...
in the
stateIndia is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of
MaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
,
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, on the west bank of the Sina river, about 120 km northeast of
PunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
and 120 km from
AurangabadAurangabad District is one of the 35 districts of Maharashtra state in western India. It is bordered by the districts of Nashik to the west, Jalgaon to the north, Jalna to the east, and Ahmednagar to the south. Aurangabad is the headquarters and principal city...
. Ahmednagar is the largest district in the Maharashtra state. Sugar, milk and bank co-operatives thrive here. Ahmednagar is home to 19 sugar factories and is also the birthplace of the cooperative movement. Due to scarce rainfall, Ahmednagar often suffers from drought. Though citizens learn multilingual (e.g.
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
,
HindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
,
MarathiMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
,
UrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
) education in schools, Marathi is the primary language for daily-life communication. Hindi is also widely understood and spoken, though of the Dakhani (or
Hyderabadi UrduHyderabadi Urdu is a dialect of Urdu spoken in the Indian region of Hyderabad State and its diaspora. It is also known as Deccani Urdu from its former name Hyderabad Deccan...
) dialect, with a lot of grammar and loan words from Marathi. Ahmednagar has recently published a plan of developing the city by year 2031.
Demographics
As of 2001 India
censusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Ahmednagar had a population of 307,455. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ahmednagar has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national urban average of 79.9%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
History
The town was founded in 1494 by Ahmad Nizam Shah on the site of a more ancient city,
BhingarBhingar is a census town in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Legend behind name:There is a legend that Bhringu rishi did tapsya here on a hillock where a temple is erected in his honour.The name Bhingar is derived from the sage....
. With the breakup of the
Bahmani SultanateThe Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India and one of the great medieval Indian kingdoms...
, Ahmad established a new sultanate in Ahmednagar, also known as
Nizam Shahi dynastyThe Ahmadnagar Sultanate سلطان احمد نگر was a late medieval Indian kingdom, located in the northwestern Deccan, between the sultanates of Gujarat and Bijapur. Malik Ahmad, the Bahmani governor of Junnar after defeating the Bahmani army led by general Jahangir Khan on 28 May 1490 declared...
سلطان احمد نگر
It was one of the
Deccan sultanatesThe Deccan sultanates were five Muslim-ruled late medieval kingdoms—Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, and Berar—of south-central India. The Deccan sultanates were located on the Deccan Plateau, between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range. These kingdoms became independent during the breakup...
, which lasted until its conquest by
MughalThe Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
emperor
Shah Jahan Shah Jahan Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) (Full title: His Imperial Majesty Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan...
in 1636.
AurangzebAbul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...
, the last great Mughal emperor, who spent the latter years of his reign, 1681–1707, in the Deccan, died at
KhuldabadKhuldabad Urdu: خلد آباد is a city and a Taluka of Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Initially it was known as Rauza meaning garden of paradise...
near Aurangabad in 1707, and a small monument marks the site.
In 1759 the
PeshwaA Peshwa is the titular equivalent of a modern Prime Minister. Emporer Shivaji created the Peshwa designation in order to more effectively delegate administrative duties during the growth of the Maratha Empire. Prior to 1749, Peshwas held office for 8-9 years and controlled the Maratha army...
of the
MarathaThe Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...
s obtained possession of the place and in 1790 it was ceded by the Peshwa to the Maratha chief Daulat Rao Sindhia. Ahmednagar was invaded by a British force under
General WellesleyRichard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, PC, PC , styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator....
and captured. It was afterwards restored to the Marathas, but again came into the possession of the British in 1817, according to the terms of the
Treaty of PoonaThe Treaty of Poona was signed in 1817 between the East India Company and the Peshwa of Bundelkhand. The treaty resulted in the British gaining control of the territory....
.
Numerous Mughal-era buildings dot the environs. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered the second most unimpregnable fort in India, was used by the British to house
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
(the first prime minister of India) and other Indian Nationalists before Indian independence. A few rooms there have been converted to a museum. During his confinement by the British at Ahmednagar Fort, Nehru wrote the famous book
The Discovery of IndiaThe Discovery of India was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmednagar Fort....
.
Ahmednagar is home to the Indian Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S), the Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre (MIRC), the
Vehicle Research and Development EstablishmentCenter for Vehicle Research and Development Establishment is a laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization . Located in Vahannagar, its primary function is research and development of various Light Tracked, Wheeled & Specialised Vehicles for defense applications...
(VRDE) and the Controllerate of Quality Assurance Vehicles (CQAV). Training and recruitment for the
Indian Army Armoured CorpsThe Indian Army Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army. Formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the Raj's Indian Armoured Corps. It currently consists of 63 armoured regiments, including the president's bodyguards. The naming of the regiments varies...
takes place at the ACC&S. Formerly, the city was the Indian base of the
British ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
's Royal Tank Corps /
Indian Armoured CorpsThe Indian Armoured Corps was a unit of the British Empire's Indian Army. The Corps was formed on 1 May 1941 to administer existing armoured units within the Indian Army. Its headquarters was located at Ferozepore...
, amongst other units. Currently the town houses the second-largest display of military tanks in the world. The exhibit is open to the public.
Religion
The majority of the population in Ahmednagar is
HinduHindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
, with minorities of Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists,
JainsJainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...
and Zoroastrians.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
Islam arrived in Ahmednagar during the
Tughlaq dynastyThe Tughlaq dynasty of north India started in 1321 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. The Tughluqs were a Muslim family of Turkic origin...
.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} There are many Muslim Monuments like Salabad Khan's Dome(popularly but wrongly known as
Chand BibiChand Bibi , also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana, was an Indian Muslim woman warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur and Regent of Ahmednagar...
Mahal), Faria Baug, Ground Fort and many
DargahA Dargah is a Sufi shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint. Local Muslims visit the shrine known as . Dargahs are often associated with Sufi meeting rooms and hostels, known as khanqah...
s.
Christianity arrived in the 18th century when the British took over the area. The first Protestant Christian mission in the district was opened in 1831. From the
MarathaThe Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...
empire onwards Christianity has been Ahmednagar's third-largest religion.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
Ahmednagar's Christians are
Marathi ChristiansMarathi Christians or Marathi Christi are an ethno-religious Community, resides in the state of Maharashtra. There is a unique identity of Marathi Christians, also known as Maharashtrian Christians who are distinct from East Indian Christians who are predominately Roman Catholics and original...
and majority of them are Protestant.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
Notable residents
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(RTI) Activist{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Chand Bibi
Chand Bibi , also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana, was an Indian Muslim woman warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur and Regent of Ahmednagar...
, an IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n MuslimA Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
woman warrior{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
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comedian{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Anna Leonowens
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- Shahu Modak
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(1918–1993), a Marathi/Hindi movie actor{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Anand Rishiji Maharaj
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, religious guide{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Saint Dnyaneshwar, wrote Dnyaneshwari
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- Sai Baba of Shirdi
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(died 1918), saint{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Meher Baba
Meher Baba , , born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age....
(1894–1969), religious figure{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Jawaharlal Nehru
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, wrote the book The Discovery of IndiaThe Discovery of India was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmednagar Fort....
{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- B. R. Ambedkar
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wrote the book Pakistan or Partition of India{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Abul Kalam Azad coprisoner of Pandit Nehru
- Vishnu Ramkrishna Karkare
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, a Hindu Mahasabha activist{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar
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living at village amarapur,pathardi.
- Zaheer Khan
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famous Indian cricketer
- first co-operative sugar factory established in loni,prvaranagar.
- the clean temple of lord dattatraya at devgad.
Places of interest
- Chand Bibi Palace - The place has Salabat Khan Tomb, it is a three-storey structure made of solid stone. It is 13 km from Ahmednagar city. Situated on the top of a hill, it has a view of the city lights at night. It is visible from almost anywhere in Ahmednagar City.
- Ahmednagar Fort - The fort was built by Ahmed Nizam Shah. India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
wrote a book The Discovery of IndiaThe Discovery of India was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmednagar Fort....
in this fort when he was detained by the British in 1942.
- Renuka/Durga
For the 1985 Hindi Film of Rajesh Khanna see DurgaaIn Hinduism, Durga ; ; meaning "the inaccessible" or "the invincible"; , durga) or Maa Durga "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress" is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having eighteen arms, riding a lion...
Goddess Temple - This temple is located in KedgaonKedgaon is a part of Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation. divided by Nagar-Pune highway in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra state of India. Kedgaon is around 3 km from Ahmednagar Railway Station and 5 km from Ahmednagar ST old bus-stand. The village has a famous Durga/Renuka goddess temple...
(around 3 km from Ahmednagar Railway Station, 5 km from Ahmednagar ST bus-stand) which is near Nagar-Pune highway. Navaratri (nine nights) festival is a celebration of nine nights of battle between the Goddess Durga and demon-king MahishasuraIn Hindu mythology, Mahishasura was an asura.Mahishasura's father Rambha was king of the asuras, and he once fell in love with a water buffalo ; Mahishasura was born out of this union...
. Eventually Goddess Durga killed Mahishasura on the ninth night and thus the festival signifies the triumph of good over evil.
- Alamagir - Alamgir is situated near Bhingar on Pathardi road. Aurangzeb
Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...
died at the age of 91 at the very same place, his body was taken to Khultabad, near Aurangabad and buried there. This historical place also houses a Masjid & Baradari where meetings used to take place. The library near the masjid has rare Qurans, dating back to the time of emperor Aurangzeb. One of the Qurans here was written by the emperor himself.
- Vishal Ganpati Mandir - This Ganeshji
Ganesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...
temple is located in Maliwada area in Ahmednagar City. This temple has a great importance to the people of Ahmednagar.
- Siddhatek Siddhivinayak - Temple of God Ganesh
Ganesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...
.
- Shirdi - home to the late Sai Baba
Sai Baba of Shirdi , also known as Shirdi Sai Baba , was an Indian guru, yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim devotees as a saint....
, revered by Hindus and Muslims alike, about 83 km from Ahmednagar City.
- Meherabad
Meherabad was originally an ashram established by Meher Baba near Arangaon Village, India in 1923 about south of Ahmednagar. It is now the site of Meher Baba's samadhi as well as facilities and accommodations for pilgrims...
, where the samadhi (tomb) of the spiritual master Meher BabaMeher Baba , , born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age....
is a place of pilgrimage, visited by thousands each year, particularly on the anniversary of his death, AmartithiAmartithi is the day which commemorates Meher Baba's death on January 31, 1969.The word "Amartithi" appears to have been coined by Meher Baba and means "deathless day"...
. His later residence was at MeherazadMeherazad was the last residence of the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba and is today a place of spiritual pilgrimage outside Pimpalgaon village, approximately north of Ahmednagar, India. More accurately, it is located at . Meherazad estate comprises about .Meher Baba lived at Meherazad from...
(near Pimpalgaon village), approximately nine miles north of Ahmednagar.
- Ralegaon Siddhi - a village which is a model for environmental conservation. Social activist Anna Hazare
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is from Ralegoan Siddhi.
- Shingnapur - Shingnapur is known for Shani (planet Saturn) temple and all houses with absolutely no door. This is probably the only village in world where you don't need locks.
- Harishchandragarh - a hilly fort.
- Avhane
Avhane is a village of Shevgaon Tahsil, Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India, about northeast of Ahmednagar and from Aurangabad....
, ShevgaonShevgaon is a city in Shevgaon tehsil of Ahmednagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra.Avhane - Temple of Ganesh .Ghotan- Ancient Temple of Lord Shiva...
- Temple of GaneshGanesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...
(Nidrista/Sleeping).
- Pimpalner - Samadhi Temple of Shri Sant Nilobaraya, in Parner Taluka, 2 km west of Ralegan Sindhi, Parner Taluka. Also called Prati Pandharpur. Every Ekadashi, thousands of devotees visit this place chanting Abhangas.
- Pedgaon
Pedgaon is in a Shrigonda Taluka of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra State, India.Pedgaon is a small village in Ahmeadnagar district in Maharashtra on the bank of Bhima river. Pedgaon is situated on Shrigonda Rashin road. Another road is Pune-Daund-Siddhatek-Rashin Fata-Pedgaon fata-Pedgaon....
- Baleshwar Temple, Temple of Laxmi Narayan
- Trimbakji Dengale's Wada : Nimgaojali, a small village in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar district, came into limelight in the last phase of the Maratha empire
The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was an Indian imperial power that existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire covered much of South Asia, encompassing a territory of over 2.8 million km²....
. Trimbakji's spacious wada has now lost its former glory. Some of the portions of this two-centuries old structure are in dilapidated condition. The seventh or the eighth generation descendants of Trimbakji are now residing in this Wada.
- Haregaon
Haregaon is a village in Shrirampur, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India. It is approximately 5 k.m. from Shrirampur city on altitude.-History:...
- Place in Ahmednagar where majority of people is CatholicThe word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
and the feast of Mother Mary Celebrates every year by the local Church.
- Jamgaon
Jamgaon , is a village in Parner taluka in Ahmednagar district of state of Maharashtra, India....
- Place in parner taluka where a historical palace built by Shri. Mahadaji shinde around 375 years back.
- Bhingar
Bhingar is a census town in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Legend behind name:There is a legend that Bhringu rishi did tapsya here on a hillock where a temple is erected in his honour.The name Bhingar is derived from the sage....
- Radha Krishna Temple built by Shri. Narayan Prasad Tiwari with the help of local people in 1942. Post independence, this temple was taken over by Indian Army.
- Shri Datta Devasthan Trust, Vedantnagar- Sadguru Shri Ramakrishna Saraswati Swamiji founded Shri Datta Devasthan Trust in 1974 at Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, with a view to protect and preserve the Vedic Traditions and Vedic culture. The trust runs a gurukul university for vedic education called "Vedant Vidyapeetham".
- Saint Mahipati Maharaj Temple, Taharabad, Rahuri- Saint Mahipati Maharaj in 1700 century has written Histories of nearly 285 Indian saints, which is now the only ref. to study taken by many phillosopers and Justine E Abbott having his book "Stories of Indian Saints" from Sant Mahipati's Bhaktivijay Book.
- Shree Kshetra Korthan Khandoba Devastan
Shree Kshetra Korthan Khandoba Devasthan is a temple situated at the height of 951 meters on the hills of Pimpalgaon Rotha, which is located 50 km from the city of Ahmednagar and 30 km from the city of Parner.-History:...
very popular temple of Lord Khandoba.
- Buhranagar -In Buhranagar, there is a Goddess Temple(Goddess named AMBABAI). It is near about 5 km from Ahmednagar city. Buhranagar is also called as AMBIKANAGAR. This temple is of great importance to people from Ahmednagar.
- DARGAH DAIRA - This Holy place is near Ahmednagar city (03 km) where the Tomb of Sufi Saint Hazrat Shah Sharif is situated. Hazarat Shah Sharif is well known & mentioned in the history for his miracles. Shahaji, Father of Shivaji Maharaj was born after seeking the blessings from Saint Shah Sharif & in the honor of the Peer Shah Sharif, Maloji named his sons as Shahji and Sharifji.
- Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth,Rahuri
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth is an agricultural university at Rahuri in Ahmednagar district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is named after Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, an activist and social reformer of 19th century....
: Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth is an agricultural university at Rahuri. It is named after Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, an activist and social reformer of 19th century. The basic mandate assigned to this University are advancement in teaching, research and imparting extension education to the farmers of the State. There are four Agricultural Universities in the State, catering the similar services in their locality. The jurisdiction of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri extends over Western Maharashtra covering ten districts.
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