Shaniwar Peth, Pune

Shaniwar Peth
Locality in Pune City
Shaniwar Peth is located in Maharashtra
Shaniwar Peth
Shaniwar Peth
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18°31′15.15″N 73°51′5.43″E / 18.5208750°N 73.8515083°E / 18.5208750; 73.8515083
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPune
Named forSaturday
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Shaniwar Peth is a historic ward in the centre of the Indian city of Pune. Shaniwar means Saturday in Marathi and other Indian languages.

Under the Muslim rule this place was known as Murujabad/Murtuzabad.[1]

Shaniwar Wada, the palace and administrative headquarters built by Baji Rao I in 1730
  1. ^ "Punediary". Punediary. Retrieved 15 January 2011.