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Ahmednagar Fast Facts
- State: Maharashtra
- District: Ahmednagar
- Famous for/as: Fort, Temple
- Population: 350,905 (2011)
- Area: 39.30 km2 (15.17 sq mi)
- Language: Marathi, Hindi, English
- Best Season: October to March – provides for the most ideal time to take in the city in the cool and inviting weather
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- Local Transport: Rail, Bus, Taxi
- Pincode: 414001
- STDCode: 0241
Ahmednagar Info
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation
C.D.O. Hutments,Opp. L.I.C.(Yogakshema) Building, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai-400 020. Tel: +91 22 2204 4040
Nagpur
West Highcourt Road, Near Tahasil (Gramin) Office, Civil Lines, Nagpur-440 001.
Tel: (0712) 2533 325
Fax: 2560 680
Pune
'I' Block, Central Building,
Pune-411 001.
Tel: (020) 2612 6867 / 8169
Fax: 2611 943
Ahmadnagar, India Overview
Ahmednagar is a city in the Ahmednagar District that comes under the state of Maharashtra. Lying on the west bank of the river Sina, the Ahmednagar District by itself is the largest district in Maharashtra.
Ahmednagar is located centrally in Maharashtra and hence is equidistant from Pune and Aurangabad. Aurangabad falls to its north alongside Nashik, while Pune lies to its south along with the district of Sholapur. The east side sees the Beed and Osmanabad District while Thane lies on the west side.
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Ahmednagar, India History
Ahmednagar has a track record of more than a half a millennium worth of history, starting right back in the 1490s. Ahmednagar was established as a town back in 1494 by the Ahmed Nizam Shah. The district hence derives its name from its founder. The region’s history goes right back to the time when Ahmed Nizam Shah founded the district under the Nizami Shahi dynasty right before it was taken over by the great Mughal ruler, Shah Jahan, around 150 years later in 1636.
Ahmednagar later went on to the Peshwas and the Maratha, in and around 1759 post which it was handed over to Daulat Rao Sindhia – the Maratha Chief. The British, under the leadership of Lord Wellesley, were the last of its conquerors, when Ahmednagar came as per the Treaty of Poona in 1817.
The last of the great lineage of rulers of the Mughal Empire, Aurangzeb spent his last years in this very place. A small monument in Ahmednagar commemorates his noteworthy reign over the region.