- Ahmednagar District
Ahmednagar district (अहमदनगर in Marathi/Hindi) is the largest district of
Maharashtra state in westernIndia . The historicalAhmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar was the seat of the Ahmednagar Sultanate of late medieval period (1496 – 1636 CE). This district is also known for the town ofShirdi associated with Sai Baba. Ahmednagar district is part ofNashik Division .The neighbouring districts to Ahmednagar district are - Solapur (South East- SE), Osmanabad (SE), Beed (SE), Aurangabad (NE), Nashik (NW), Thane (NW), and Pune (SW).Origin of name
The name of the district is derived from the headquarters of the district,
Ahmednagar . The city of Ahmednagar was named after the founder of the city, Malik Ahmed Shah Bahri, the first ruler of the Nizam Shahi dynasty (1490 ? 1509 CE) who laid the city's foundation in 1494 CE.History
Ahmednagar District was created after the defeat of the
Maratha Confederacy in theThird Anglo-Maratha War in 1818, when most of thePeshwa 's domains were annexed toBritish India . The district remained part of the Central division ofBombay Presidency until India's independence in 1947, when it became part ofBombay State , and in1960 the new state of Maharashtra.Demography
Population (2001 census): 4,040,642. The district is 19.89% urban as of 2001.
Divisions
Ahmednagar district consists of fourteen talukas (tahsils). These talukas are
Akole ,Jamkhed , Karjat,Kopargaon ,Nevasa ,Nagar ,Parner ,Pathardi ,Rahata ,Rahuri ,Sangamner ,Shrirampur ,Shevgaon andShrigonda [ [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Indian Census] ] .The district has thirteen Vidhan Sabha constituencies. These are Karjat (SC), Shrigonda, Ahmednagar North, Ahmednagar South, Pathardi, Sheogaon, Shrirampur, Shirdi, Kopargaon, Rahuri, Parner, Sangamner and Nagar Akola (ST). The 2 Lok Sabha constituencies from the district are Ahmednagar and Kopargaon. Nagar Akola (ST) constituency is a part of Nashik Lok Sabha constituency.
Ralegaon Siddhi is a village in the district that is considered a model of environmental conservation. [cite web
url=http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/renew/rallegan.htm
title=A model Indian village- Ralegaon Siddhi
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accessdate=2006-10-30 ]Notes
External links
* [http://ahmednagar.gov.in Ahmednagar district official website]
* [http://nagarick.blogspot.com/2007/06/travel-to-ahmednagar.html Travel to Ahmednagar]
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