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Ahmednagar | |
|---|---|
City | |
| Ahilya Nagar | |
 Ahmednagar railway station | |
  Ahmednagar  Ahmednagar | |
| Coordinates: 19°05′N 74°44′E / 19.08°N 74.73°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Ahmednagar |
| Division | Nashik |
| Founded | 1490 |
| Founded by | Ahmad Nizam Shah I |
| Named for | Ahmad Nizam Shah I (formerly) Ahilyabai Holkar (present) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Rohini Shendage (SS) [citation needed] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.30 km2 (15.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 649 m (2,129 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 350,905 |
| • Rank | 124th |
| • Density | 8,900/km2 (23,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ahmednagarkar / Ahmednagari /Nagarkar (Marathi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 414001, 414003 |
| Telephone code | 0241 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-16, MH-17 |
| Website | ahmednagar |
Ahmednagar (officially Ahilya Nagar)[3][4] is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India, about 120 km (75 mi) northeast of Pune and 114 km (71 mi) from Aurangabad.
Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period.[5] Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost impregnable, was used by the British to house Jawaharlal Nehru (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 in 1944, Nehru wrote book The Discovery of India.[6] Ahmednagar is home to the Indian Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S), the Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre (MIRC), the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE) and the Controllerate of Quality Assurance Vehicles (CQAV). Training and recruitment for the Indian Army Armoured Corps takes place at the ACC&S.[7]
Ahmednagar is a relatively small town and shows less development than the nearby western Maharashtra cities of Mumbai and Pune. Ahmednagar is home to 19 sugar factories and is also the birthplace of the cooperative movement.[citation needed] Due to scarce rainfall, the city often suffers from drought. Marathi is the primary language for daily-life communication. The city administration has recently published a plan of developing the city by year 2031.[8]
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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ToI-13Mar24was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sohoni, Pushkar (2015). Aurangabad with Daulatabad, Khuldabad, and Ahmadnagar. London; Mumbai: Deccan Heritage Foundation; Jaico. ISBN 9788184957020.
- ^ Moraes, Frank (1 January 2007). Jawaharlal Nehru. Jaico Publishing House. p. 319. ISBN 978-81-7992-695-6.
- ^ Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces. 1988. p. 14.
- ^ Nagarick (6 June 2007). "Ahmednagar by year 2031". Nagarick.blogspot.com. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
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