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Koregaon Bhima is a panchayat village [1] and census town [2] in the state of Maharashtra, India, [3] on the left (north) bank of the Bhima River. [4] Administratively, Koregaon Bhima is under Shirur Taluka of Pune District in Maharashtra. [2] There is only the single town of Koregaon Bhima in the Koregaon Bhima gram panchayat. [2]
Koregaon Bhima village was the site of a major battle between British East India Company and Peshwas in 1818. In early 1920s, British settled a neighbourhood on the lands of Ghorpuri village, which was just outside of Pune. This neighbourhood was named Koregaon Road Estate, since this was in proximity to then Koregaon road (today's Ahmednagar ...
Koregaon Assembly constituency of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha is one of the constituencies located in the Satara district, in the Koregaon area. It is a part of the Satara (Lok Sabha constituency) , along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Wai , Karad North , Karad South , Satara and Patan from the Satara district .
Koregaon is a census town [4] and headquarters for the surrounding Koregaon Taluka in the Satara subdivision of Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated on the NH-548C Satara-Baitul National Highway [5] about 18 km east of Satara city, about 120 km from Pune and 267 km from Mumbai. The Koregaon railway station ...
Shirur is an administrative subdivision of the Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located on the eastern boundary of the district, on the banks of the Ghod River . The town is also called Ghodnadi to distinguish it from other locations that have the same name.
Tulapur is about 40 Kilometres north-east of Pune. It is situated at the confluence of the Bhima and Indrayani rivers and was originally known as 'Nagargaon'. The Sangameshwar temple built on their banks is a popular site for tourists and devotees.
The Bhima River, the Indrayani River and the Mula-Mutha River are the major tributaries of the Bhima that drain western Pune. After the Indrayani, about 4 km downstream, the Dhomal River enters from the right, [13] at the village of Wadhu Budruk. [14] Shortly thereafter (3.5 km), the Bhima passes under the SH 60 bridge at the town of Koregaon ...
Bhima Koregaon Victory Pillar During the colonial period, large numbers of Mahars and dhors were recruited for military duties by the East India Company and the British Raj . The Battle of Koregaon (1 January 1818) is commemorated by an obelisk known as the Koregaon pillar—which was erected at the site of the battle—and by a medal issued in ...