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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 ...
The Elgaar Parishad was an event held on 31 December 2017 to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon Bhima. It was organised by a coalition of 260 non-profit organisations at Pune's Shaniwar Wada Fort, [1] and had approximately 35,000 people in attendance. The program consisted of a number of cultural performances ...
The Battle of Koregaon was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima.. A 28,000-strong force [citation needed] led by Peshwa Baji Rao II whilst on their way to attack the company-held Pune, were unexpectedly met by an 800-strong Company force that was on its way to reinforce the British troops in Pune.
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 ...
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 .
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 ...
The 2018 battle of Bhima Koregaon refers to violence during an annual celebratory gathering on 1 January 2018 at Bhima Koregaon to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. [1] The violence and stone pelting by a crowd at the gathering resulted in the death of a 28-year old youth and injuries to five others. [ 2 ]