Wardha Tourism, Maharashtra India
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Wardha Fast Facts
- State: Maharashtra
- District: Wardha
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- Population: 1,300,774 (2011)
- Religions: Hindu, Muslim
- Area: 6,310 km2
- Altitude: 234 m
- Language: Marathi, Hindi
- Best Season: October to March
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- Local Transport: Bus, Auto Rikshaw
- Pincode: 442001
- STDCode: 07152
Wardha, India Overview
Wardha district lies in the Vidharba region of Maharashtra state of India. Wardha derives its name from the Wardha River which flows in its three directions North, South and West Directions. The town is prominent Cotton trading center of the region, and also has importance of Gandhi era attached to it. After leaving Sabarmati Ashram of Gujrat Mathma Ghandhi shifted in Sewagram Ashram in 1936 and stayed here till his death in 1948. Vinobha Bhave the contemporary of Mahatma Ghandhi also lived here at Paramdham Ashram, Bhoodan movement was started from here; also ‘Bhgarat Chhodo Andolan’ started from here.
Tourist from all over the world come here as Gandhiji started his freedom movement from here. Mahatmaji came here in the year 1934 and Jamnalal Bajaj requested him to select Segaon for his Kuti or Ashram. Accordingly, a Kuti was established here. The Ashram premises have Adi Niwas, Ba Kuti, Akhari Niwas, Kishor Kuti, Mahadeo Kuti and other historical places. Many things used by Mahatma Gandhi are on display here. A permanent exhibition of Gandhijis rare photos is also a hit among tourists visiting the Ashram.
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Wardha, India History
The History of Wardha dates back to prehistoric period. It has a unique place in the Indian Natural History, since the Ostrich egg-shell has been found at Sindi (Railway) in Wardha district. It was included in the empire of Mauryas, Sungas, Satavahanas and Vakatakas Pravarpur, modern Pavnar was once the capital of the Vakataka dynasty. Vakatakas were contemporary of Imperial Guptas. The daughter of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya) was married with Vakataka ruler Rudrasena. The period of Vakatakas was the 2nd to 5th centuries AD and their empire stretches from Arabian sea in west to Bay of Bengal in east, Narmada river in north to Krishna-Godavari delta in south.
Later on, Wardha was ruled by Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadavas, Delhi Sultanate, Bahamani Sultanate, Muslim ruler of Berar, Gonds and Maratha. Raja Buland Shaha of Gonds, Raghuji of Bhonsale were the prominent rulers in Medieval period. Nearby 1850s Wardha, (then a part of Nagpur) fell into the hands of British. They included Wardha in the Central Provenance. Wardha is a sister city for Sevagram, and both were used as major centers for the Indian Independence Movement, especially as headquarters for an annual meet of the Indian National Congress in 1934, and Mahatma Gandhi's Ashram.
The existing Wardha district was part of Nagpur district till 1862. Further it was separated for convenient administrative purpose and Kawatha near Pulgaon was the district Head quarter. In the year 1866, the district headquarter moved at Palakwadi village which is the existing place and then Wardha city was developed there. In Wardha there is one village called Pavanar where Acharya Vinoba Bhave lived.
Recently this district has been in news because of a number of suicides that have been committed by the farmers owing to the agricultural loans they can not repay, with the major reasons being bad crops, droughts and lack of irrigation facilities in the region. The Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh visited this district, review the situation and announced the economic help package for farmers.