Ahmednagar is a city located in the Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India, about 120 km northeast of Pune and 114 km from Aurangabad. Ahmednagar takes its name from Ahmad Nizam Shah I, who founded the town in 1494 on the site of a battlefield where he won a battle against superior Bahamani forces. It was close to the site of the village of Bhingar. With the disintegration of the Bahmani Sultanate, Ahmad established a new sultanate in Ahmednagar, also known as the Nizam Shahi Dynasty.
Ahmednagar has several monuments which are a testament to the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost impregnable, was used by the British to house the first prime minister of India, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, and other Indian Nationalists before Indian independence. A few rooms there have been converted into a museum. During his confinement by the British at Ahmednagar Fort in 1944, Nehru wrote the famous book, 'The Discovery of India'.
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).
Ralegansiddhi is known as Adarsh village in Parner taluka, which has established norms of Adarsh Gram Yojana. Representatives of various state administrations and social workers, public representatives, government officials, social workers and representatives of various indigenous and foreign organizations / organizations are visiting and visiting the workplace. Water conservation, clean fuel etc. Through the people’s participation in the society of sustainable development has given Hivre Bazar in Nagar taluka in the state.
Shirdi of Shree Saibaba and Avtar Meherbaba’s Mehrabad are religious places in Ahmednagar district. In addition, the pilgrims of Shree Dnyaneshwar Temple (Nevasa), Shri Shani Shinganapur, Shree Dutt Mandir (Devgad) and Choundi (birth place of Punyashlok Ahilya Devi), Bhagwangad(Pathardi) and Siddhi Vinayaka Sidhtek, have built a unique place of Ahmednagar district in the heart of the devotees.
THE CITY OF AHMEDNAGAR
