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unusual facts about Pedgaon, Ahmednagar


Daund

He had been given Daund as a jagir, including the Bahadurgad fort in Pedgaon (which is still extant on the banks of the Bhima River).


AES Bhausaheb Firodiya High School

When the Ahmednagar Education society was established by Mahadev Govind Ranade, the school was named as A.E. Society High School in 1889.

Ahmednagar College

Ahmednagar College was founded in 1947 by the late Dr. B.P.Hivale with the support and co-operation of the American Marathi Mission, Bombay, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Boston, Minnepolis, Minnesota, the late Mr. William H. Danforth of St. Louis, Missouri and a number of other individual friends and groups.

Automotive Industry Standards

The test agencies are – Automotive Research Association of India, Pune (ARAI), Vehicle Research & Development Establishment, Ahmednagar, Central Farm Machinery Testing and Training Institute, Budhni, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, Central Institute of Road Transport, Pune and International Centre for Automotive Technology, Manesar.

DRDO light tank

In May 1993, a year after the project left Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Avadi, to come under the governance of Vehicle Research and Development Establishment, Ahmednagar, the Army again announced that the light tank was unnecessary.

History of Hyderabad

In 1518, when the Bahmani Sultanate disintegrated into five different kingdoms, with the others based in Ahmednagar, Berar, Bidar and Bijapur.

Integrated Guided Missile Development Program

Nag was test fired for the 45th time on 19 March 2005 from the Test Range at Ahmednagar (Maharastra), signalling the completion of the developmental phase.

Kasare

Kasare, Parner, a village in Parner Taluka, Ahmednagar District

Kasare, Sangamner, a village in Sangamner Taluka, Ahmednagar District

Kedgaon

Kedgaon is around 3 km from Ahmednagar railway station and 5 km from Ahmednagar ST (state transport) old bus-stand.

Lyn Ott

The 17 murals that he and his wife Phyllis painted in 1975 can be seen on permanent exhibit in the Meher Pilgrim Center in Meherabad, near Ahmednagar, India.

Nashik division

The Ahmednagar district is under proposal to be divided and a separate Shrirampur District be carved out of existing Ahmednagar district with the inclusion of the northern parts of Ahmednagar district which include Rahata, Rahuri, Shrirampur, Sangamner, Akole, Kopargaon, and Nevasa talukas in the proposed Shrirampur district.

Pettah

Pettah of Ahmednagar, A fortified town outside the Fort of Ahmednagar stormed by British soldiers in 1803 during Second Anglo-Maratha War

Pramod Kamble

During calamities he collected donations from common people sketching them on the streets of Ahmednagar city and donated the amounts to relief funds of Killari earthquake, Bhuj earthquake and Kargil war respectively.

Salabat Jung

With cool audacity the French general unfolded his plan and such was his influence that he overcame the fears of Salabat Jung.Leaving Aurangabad to its fate, the Mughal prince moved on to Golkonda, and, after some days spent there in preparation, he marched through Pabal, Khedal and Ahmednagar to Bedar on the road to Poona.

Savedi

Savedi is a locality with a population of about 100,000 in the northern part of the city of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.

Shree Kshetra Korthan Khandoba Devastan

Shree Kshetra Korthan Khandoba Devasthan is a temple situated at the height of 951 meters on the hills of Pimpalgaon Rotha, which is located 50 km from the city of Ahmednagar and 30 km from the city of Parner.

Takht Singh

The son of Sagram Singh, a Maharaja of Idar, who himself was the son of Anand Singh, the first Maharaja of Idar and a younger son of Maharaja Ajit Singh, Raja of Jodhpur), however, he had to cede Ahmednagar back to the state of Idar to be recognized in Jodhpur by the British.

Thakar tribe

The Thakars were originally living in all the hilly areas of Sahyadri in Maharashtra,Karjat Khalapur, Panvel, Sudhagad and Pen talukas of Raigad district, Kannad, Khultabad,and Soegaon Talukas of Aurangabad Akole taluka in Ahmednagar districts etc. in the Indian state of Maharashtra in India.


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