Ahmednagar

This article is about the city in Maharashtra. For other uses, see Ahmednagar (disambiguation).

Ahmednagar
City
Ahilya Nagar
Ahmednagar railway station
Ahmednagar railway station
Map
Ahmednagar in Maharashtra
Coordinates: 19°05′N 74°44′E / 19.08°N 74.73°E / 19.08; 74.73
Country India
State Maharashtra
DistrictAhmednagar
Founded1490
Founded byAhmad Nizam Shah I
Named forAhmad Nizam Shah I (formerly)
Ahilyadevi Holkar (present)
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • BodyAhmednagar Municipal Corporation
 • MayorRohini Shendage (SS) [citation needed]
Area
 • Total39.30 km2 (15.17 sq mi)
Elevation
649 m (2,129 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total350,905
 • Rank124th
 • Density8,900/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
DemonymAhilyaNagari / Ahilyanagarkar / Ahmednagarkar / Ahmednagari /Nagarkar (Marathi)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
414001, 414003
Telephone code0241
Vehicle registrationMH-16, MH-17
Official languageMarathi[2]
Websiteahmednagar.gov.in

Ahmednagar (officially Ahilya Nagar)[4][5] is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period.[6] 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 the book The Discovery of India.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

  1. ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. ^ National Commissioner Linguistic Minorities 50th report, page 131 Archived 8 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Government of India. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference EconomicTimes-13Mar23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ToI-13Mar24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Sohoni, Pushkar (2015). Aurangabad with Daulatabad, Khuldabad, and Ahmadnagar. London; Mumbai: Deccan Heritage Foundation; Jaico. ISBN 9788184957020.
  7. ^ Moraes, Frank (1 January 2007). Jawaharlal Nehru. Jaico Publishing House. p. 319. ISBN 978-81-7992-695-6.
  8. ^ Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces. 1988. p. 14.
  9. ^ Nagarick (6 June 2007). "Ahmednagar by year 2031". Nagarick.blogspot.com. Retrieved 23 November 2011.