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82 unusual facts about Pune


Abasaheb Garware College

Abasaheb Garware College, commonly referred to as Garware College, is located in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Adolf Just

His main work was in India resonance and led there to set up a still existing natural medicine hospital in Pune.

Anjuman Haideri Hallaur

This procession was the very first one to be carried out in entire Maharashtra State of India by Anjuman Massomiyah Haideri Hallaur and since then it has been attracting attendants from all parts of city, at some instances from neighboring cities like Nasik, Pune etc.

Arihant Group of Institutes

The Arihant Education Foundation was established in 2005 in Camp, Pune, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Balaji Mandir

Balaji Mandir is a well-known Indian temple and landmark in Pashan, Pune.

Balaji Temple, Ketkawla

Balaji Temple of Ketkawla, is copy of the real Tirumala Venkateswara Temple located 60 km from Pune, Maharashtra.

Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce

It received the 'Best College Award' of the University of Pune in February, 2002 under the Quality Improvement Programme.

The Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC) is a pioneering, premier degree commerce college in western India, situated in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.

Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology

The Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, in Pune, India, was founded by the Modern Education Society of Pune.

D.S.K. School

D.S.K School is an I.C.S.E. Syllabus school located at the D.S.K Vishwa in Dhayari, Pune, India.

Deccan Education Society

Deccan Education Society came into existence after Shri Vishnushastri Chiplunkar founded New English School along with Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, in year 1880 in its present location of Tilak Road in Pune, India

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital

This is one of the prefeered private hospitals in Pune.

Dhodap

From Pune the route can be as Pune to Nashik (road/rail, 202 km)- Dhodambe (road, 40 km) - Hatti (road, 3 km).

Dhol

In the city of Pune locals come together to form dhol pathaks or troups.

Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Pune

D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Pune, is part of the Padmashree Dr.D.Y. Patil Group of Institutions in India.

G H Raison college of engineering and management

G H Raisoni College of Engineering and Management (GHRCEM) is an educational institute located in Pune, India, which is affiliated to Pune University (RTMNU).

Ghorpuri

St. Mary's Church, Pune is located in Ghorpuri, and is the oldest church in the Deccan region.

Girivan

Girivan happens to be a hill station in Hotale village near Kolvan of Mulshi taluka of Pune district.

Good Shepherd Homes

The main bases of the organisation are found in the cities of Pune, Talegaon and Nasik.

Government College Of Engineering And Research, Avasari Khurd

The college is situated in the village of Avasari Khurd, 3 kilometers from a town Manchar on the Pune-Nashik highway, 65 kilometers from Pune.

Hardikar Hospital

Hardikar Hospital is a district general type hospital in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Hubtown Limited

Hubtown Limited (BSE:532799, NSE:HUBTOWNEQ), formerly known as Ackruti City Limited, is an Indian real estate development corporation with projects located in Mumbai, Pune, Gujarat and Bangalore.

International Institute of Information Technology

:* International Institute of Information Technology, Pune

Internet backbone

It is India's largest provider in data center services and also operates India's largest data center in Pune.

Joshi Hospital

Dr. L. B. Joshi started The Joshi hospital in 1950 who was an eminent surgeon in Pune.

Kavyen Temperley

At the age of thirteen, he accompanied his mother on a trip to India, where they stayed at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune.

Keshavasuta

He attended high schools in four different towns at different times: Baroda, Wardha, Nagpur, and Pune.

Khanderao Dabhade

The Deccan College in Pune, the third oldest educational institution in India, was originally founded by the Dakshina Fund bequeathed by Sarsenapati Khanderao Dabhade.

Koderma railway station

Koderma has a rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Pune, Guwahati etc.

Koregaon Park

The famous German Bakery, Chabad house, Osho Ashram and Bund Garden are located in Koregaon Park.

Landmark quiz

The 20th edition of the Landmark Quiz was held in 6 cities Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai.

The 20th edition of the landmark quiz was once again held in each of the 4 cities Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai and the winner and runner up from each city went onto to the national finals which was held on 15 August 2011 after the Chennai Regional finals.

The 19th edition of the quiz was held with a Regional Finals held each at Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai respectively.

Mahadaji Pant Guruji

In the Peshwa’s court in Pune, Mahadaji Pant joined as a clerk and gradually reached at the post of ‘Auditor General’.

Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research

Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research (MIMER) is located in Talegaon, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Maharashtra Institute of Technology

Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune, is an engineering college affiliated to the University of Pune, India.

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education, Pune came into existence on January 1, 1966 to regulate certain matters pertaining to secondary education in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha

On 14 June 1896, Maharshi Karve started "Home for widows" along with the school for widows in a small village named Hingne in Pune.

Today, the 113 year old institution that had its foundation and establishment in a small hut in Hingne is now expanded and is presently running 60 numbers of educational units having diversified branches all over Maharashtra with units located at Pune, Wai, Ratnagiri, Nagpur, Kamshet, etc.

Mahindra Two Wheelers

Mahindra Two Wheelers Limited has a Research and Development unit located at Chinchwad, Pune, equipped with necessary design and development facilities right from renderings to prototype manufacture and testing.

MANTRA-Rajbhasha

The system is based on the MANTRA Technology developed by the Applied Artificial Intelligence Group (AAI) of C-DAC, Pune.

Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Commerce

Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Commerce is a college situated in Pune.

MIT College of Engineering

MIT College of Engineering (MITCOE) is a private self-financed institution affiliated to the University of Pune and located in Kothrud, Pune.

MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women

MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW) is an engineering college in Pune, Maharashtra, India run by the Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha.

Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai

Saying so she asks Joshi to accompany her to a famous local garden-temple, Sarasbaug after which they proceed to the local ‘Tulsi Baug’ market, and other local attractions thereafter.

Ness Wadia College of Commerce

It was with a firm belief that the movement against the alien power cannot take firm roots in the mind of young people educated in the schools and colleges established by the British that Lokamanya Tilak and a few of his colleagues established the Deccan Education Society in Pune in 1884.

Ness Wadia College is a college affiliated with the University of Pune, run by the Modern Education Society.

Nowrosjee Wadia College

While Pune was known ever since the advent of the British rule as a prominent center of education, the eastern parts of the city were virtually devoid of any educational facilities.

Nowrosjee Wadia College is a college affiliated with the University of Pune, run by the Modern Education Society.

Online book rental in India

Cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata and Ahmedabad have small start-ups with a few thousand books in their collections.

Oxford of the East

The city of Pune, due to its popularity as a student destination and the number of educational institutions

PES Modern College of Engineering, Pune

P. E. Society’s Modern College of Engineering is located in the heart of Pune city at Shivajinagar, off Jangli Maharaj Road.

The PES Modern College of Engineering, Pune (Marathi: मोडर्न कॉलेज ऑफ इंजीनियरिंग), popularly known as Modern or MCOE, is an engineering institute located in Pune.

Poona College

The Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce is a Muslim minority academic institution in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

It consists of a Junior College (11th and 12th standard) which is under the jurisdiction of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), and a Senior College, which is affiliated to the University of Pune.

Pune Institute of Computer Technology

Pune Institute of Computer Technology, (or PICT) is an private engineering college located in Dhankawadi,Pune, India.

Pune-Okayama Friendship Garden

It was built in inspiration of 300-year-old Okayama's Kōraku-en Garden, so it is also called as Pune-Okayama Friendship Garden.

R. P. Paranjpe

-- American ambassador to India during Kennedy administration Prof. John Kenneth Galbraith has described him as a mathematician of most wonderful appearance and vigour in his book Ambassador's Journal. (They met during the function to welcome the ambassador when he visited University of Pune). He was also a classmate of noted Cambridge economist A.C. Pigou. -->

R.K.Khadilkar

Raghnath Keshav Khadilkar was an Indian National Congress politician from Pune Maharashtra.

Ranade Institute

Built in 1910, the building contains the University of Pune's Department of Communication & Journalism and Department of Foreign Languages.

Ranade Industrial and Economic Institute, or the Ranade Institute as it is popularly known, is situated at Fergusson College Road, Pune.

Ryan Napoleon

At the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India, Napoleon won gold in the 200 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley relays as well as silver in the 100 m freestyle.

Sam Baines

At the III Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India he placed 1st in a Commonwealth Youth record time of 13.77s.

Sarasbaug Ganpati

A sacred ground of faith for millions of devotees in Pune and around the world, on an average the Sarasbaug temple receives ten thousand visitors a day and this figure goes up to eighty thousand devotees per day on Ganesha Chaturthi and other special occasions.

SBPV Junnar

Shankarrao Butte Patil Vidyalaya (SBPV formerly New English School Junnar) is a secondary and senior secondary School in western India, situated in the city of Junnar near Pune district.It was founded in 1935 by the Junnar Education Society.

Shaheer Sheikh

He completed his studies from New Law College, and Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune.

Shamkant Navathe

Navathe completed his S.S.C. from Modern High School, Pune in 1961 and F.Y.Bsc (Inter Science) in 1963 and at B.Sc.

Shanta Shelke

She retired after long service from Dayanand College, Mumbai and settled in Pune.

Shree Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje College of Engineering

Shree Chhatrapati Shivajiraje College of Engineering is an engineering college located on the Pune-Satara Highway, Pune, India.

Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi

Born November 12, 1904, in Junnar, Pune, Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi (S.M. Joshi, in short), is considered as a distinguished personality among the stalwarts of the days of Social movement in India.

SSC College, Junnar

Shri Shiv Chhatrapati College (SSC College) is a degree college in western India, situated in the city of Junnar in Pune district.

St. Josephs Boys' High School

Joseph High School, Boys’ is a day school located in Khadki of Pune district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Sudarshan Rangmanch

The Sudarshan Rangamanch is a theatre organization located in Pune, Maharashtra.

Supinfocom

Supinfocom (école SUPérieure d'INFOrmatique de COMmunication, roughly University of Communication Science) is a computer graphics university with campuses in Valenciennes, Arles (France) and Pune (India).

A second campus in Arles opened in 2000, while a third one opened in 2008 in Pune, India.

Suresh Tendulkar

He died on 21 June 2011, as a result of cardiac arrest at Prayag Hospital, Pune (India).

Tanaji Malusare

At Shivaji's request, he pledged to recapture the fortress of Kondana near Pune.

Tirur railway station

Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and so forth.

Tractors in India

In 2000, John Deere set up production in a joint venture with Larsen & Toubro Ltd in Sanaswadi, in a rural area near Pune, Maharashtra.

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (Marathi : विश्वकर्मा अभियांत्रिकी महाविद्यालय, पुणे ) is an Autonomous Institute of engineering in Pune, India.

The college is the only college in Pune to provide Honors and Minors course in addition to normal undergraduate course.

William Leonard Courtney

William Leonard Courtney (1850 – 1 November 1928) was an English author, born at Poona, India, and educated at Oxford.


2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

India will have to choose six host cities from a shortlist of eight, they are New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi and Guwahati.

Ankita Raina

Raina is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree at Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in Pune.

ARDE

Armament Research and Development Establishment, An Indian national defense laboratory under DRDO, located in Pune

Arun Shridhar Vaidya

General Arun Shridhar Vaidya, MVC(Bar), AVSM (27 January 1926 Alibag – 10 August 1986 Pune) was the 13th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army.

Asha Pande

She passed higher secondary in 1971 from Pune and moved to Delhi with her eldest brother, the late Dr. M.P. Pande, who had a doctorate degree in Russian and was an assistant professor of the language at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

Ayodhyecha Raja

After the 2003 fire at the National Archives of India, Pune in which prints of first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931) were lost, it is also the earliest surviving talkie of Indian cinema.

Bhor Ghat

Later, Mountstuart Elphinstone and John Malcolm laid a railway line from Mumbai to Pune through Bhor Ghat, making it a rail route with 28 tunnels, old bridges and magnificent views.

Central Railway zone

12221/12222 Duronto ExpressPune to Howrah Super Fast Non-stop Express & run in LHB Coaches (Managed by South Eastern Railway (S.E), 2 days)

D. R. Kaprekar

Kaprekar received his secondary school education in Thane and studied at Fergusson College in Pune.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

J. W. Bhore

J W Bhore was born in Nasik in 1878 as the son of Rao Saheb R. G. Bhore and was educated at Bishop’s High School and Deccan College in Pune and University College, London.

Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project

These studies include Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Pre-operational Baseline Radiological Survey of the Area around JNPP Site, Central Water and Power Research Station Pune, Thermal Dispersion Studies for Condenser Cooling Water (CCW) Discharges, Konkan Krishi Vidyapith, College of Forestry, Dapoli, Baseline Biodiversity Study of the area around JNPP Site.

JDV

Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pontifical University of Philosophy and Religion, Pune, India

Jhelum Express

Moreover, the train is strategically important; as is connects the Headquarters of the Southern Command of the Indian Army, Pune, with an important border city.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Lason

Recently, Lason was acquired by HOV Services Limited, a global business process outsourcing company that operates in North America with multiple locations in the U.S. and headquarters in Pune, India.

Malhargad

The Sahyadri range to the west of Pune in Velha taluka is split, and the forts Rajgad and Torna are on one branch while Forts Sinhagad, Purandar, Vajragad and Malhargad on the other.

Mumbai-Bangalore economic corridor

Mumbai-Bangalore corridor is expected to pass through different cities, Pune, Satara, Kolhapur, Belgaum, Dharwad, Davangere, Haveri, Chitradurga and Tumkur.

Nashik Road

The Mumbai-Agra highway (NH3), Nashik-Pune highway (NH 50),Peth Road, Wani road, Bhagur-Nashik road (Lam road), Jail Road are some of the major roads in the city, alongside the residential and commercial neighbourhoods.

Norbert D'Souza

Norbert D'Souza is a railway engineer and trainer from Pune who was president of the All India Catholic Union (AICU) for four years.

Nutan Vidyalaya Education Society

Around 1857 the Bombay-Madras railway track was laid, the track passed through Gulbarga, the youth took the advantage of the railways to pursue higher studies at Mumbai and Pune.

Rama Raghoba Rane

Major Rama Raghoba Rane, PVC (Konkani: रामा राघोबा राणे), was born on 26 June 1918 at Chendia, Karwar, Karnataka, India and died July 11, 1994 at Southern command Hospital in Pune.

Scientific plagiarism in India

A controversy erupted in National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune in 2006 when an anonymous mail alleged that the authors (H. Rangaswami and Colleagues from the group of Dr. Gopal Kundu) may have misrepresented data (especially through Western blots) in a paper published in Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Skybus Metro

Cities such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Ranchi, Shimla, Thane etc. are considering Sky Bus although the system has not been adopted anywhere.

Sunil Tatkare

He was born in Kolad on 10 July 1955 and studied up to Inter science from Ferguson college in Pune.

Tata Marcopolo

Tata Marcopolo products are currently being used or inducted in several Indian cities as part of the local transports fleet like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mysore, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Pune, South Kanpur, Kochi, Madurai, Hyderabad, Thane, Trivandrum etc.

Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

This was a decrease in the number of athletes from the nation's last appearance at the Games, when nine athletes were sent to the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune.

Urmila Mahanta

A student of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Urmila appeared in various plays, short films and television series, before making her feature film debut in the critically acclaimed 2012 Tamil crime thriller Vazhakku Enn 18/9.

Vasant Shankar Kanetkar

Kanetkar spent most of his early life in Pune, and later, Sangli, where his father was a professor at Willingdon College.

Vidya Niketan School

PMC Vidya Niketan School, a group of schools in Pune run by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)