56-632: Akolner is a village near Ahmednager in Maharashtra , India . Akolner is 16 km from its District Main City Ahmednagar. It is 105 km away from Pune and 250 km from the state capital, Mumbai . The National award -winning Marathi film Fandry , released on 14 February 2014, was shot in Akolner. In its pre-independence era, Akolner was governed by Dabholkars after 1920s. Oil depots belonging to Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum are situated in
112-623: A copy of the catalogue, annotated with prices and buyers' names, is held at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.149(1)). The Township of Wellesley , in Ontario , Canada, was named in Richard Wellesley's honour, despite the many references (e.g.: Waterloo , Wellington County ) to his brother, Arthur Wellesley in the surrounding area, as was Wellesley Island , located in the St. Lawrence river at Alexandria Bay . Wellesley Island also serves as
168-721: A museum. During his confinement by the British at Ahmednagar Fort in 1944, Nehru wrote the book The Discovery of India . Ahmednagar is home to the Indian Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S), the Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre (MIRC), the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE) and the Controllerate of Quality Assurance Vehicles (CQAV). Training and recruitment for
224-535: A plan of developing the city by year 2031. Ahmednagar took its name from Ahmad Nizam Shah I , who founded the town in 1494 on the site of a battlefield where he won a battle against superior Bahamani forces. It was close to the site of the village of Bhingar . With the breakup of the Bahmani Sultanate , Ahmad established a new sultanate in Ahmednagar, also known as Nizam Shahi dynasty . The town Ahmednagar
280-696: A teacher's training program. Farrar was from America and spent his entire life in Ahmednagar running her schools, these girls' schools were one of the first such kind in the country. During the First World War, Ahmednagar was the site of a camp for Prisoners of War, mainly for German and Austrian civilian internees and the captured crews of German ships, but also some Turkish soldiers captured in Mesopotamia. On 31 May 2023, Eknath Shinde (the chief minister of Maharashtra ) announced that Ahmednagar would be renamed "Ahilya Nagar", in honour of Ahilyabai Holkar who
336-514: Is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district , Maharashtra , India. Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort , once considered almost impregnable, was used by the British to house Jawaharlal Nehru (the first prime minister of India) and other Indian Nationalists before Indian independence. A few rooms there have been converted to
392-488: Is also getting explored. Ahmednagar railway station will become an important railway junction in future to the level similar to Daund railway junction. A Kalyan-Murbad-Ahmednagar line is also possible in future. Ahmednagar is well connected by road with major cities of Maharashtra and other states. It has four lane road connectivity to: National Highway 222 from Kalyan to Nirmal near Adilabad in Telangana passes through
448-645: The British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu , the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War . Wellesley was the eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington , an Irish peer, and Anne, the eldest daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon . His younger brother, was Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . Wellesley
504-651: The Deccan , died in Ahmednagar and is buried at Khuldabad , near Aurangabad in 1707, with a small monument marking the site. In 1759, the Peshwa of the Marathas obtained possession of the place from Nizam of Hyderabad and in 1795 it was ceded by the Peshwa to the Maratha chief Daulat Rao Sindhia . In 1803 Ahmednagar was besieged by a British force under Richard Wellesley and captured. It
560-581: The Indian Army Armoured Corps takes place at the ACC&;S. Ahmednagar is a relatively small town and shows less development than the nearby western Maharashtra cities of Mumbai and Pune. Ahmednagar is home to 19 sugar factories and is also the birthplace of the cooperative movement. Due to scarce rainfall, the city often suffers from drought. Marathi is the primary language for daily-life communication. The city administration has recently published
616-538: The Indian Railways . Ahmednagar has rail connectivity with Pune , Manmad , Kopargaon , Shirdi , Daund , Goa , Nasik and other metro-cities like New Delhi , Mumbai , Chennai , Kolkata , Bangalore , Ahmedabad . 41 express trains stop at this station. There is still a demand for direct rail connectivity to other major cities of India. Ahmednagar station will now be a part of the Pune railway division. 24 stations of
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#1732937416031672-531: The Irish House of Commons as the member for Trim until the following year when, at his father's death, he became 2nd Earl of Mornington , taking his seat in the Irish House of Lords . He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland in 1782, a post he held for the following year. Due to the extravagance of his father and grandfather, he found himself so indebted that he was ultimately forced to sell all
728-634: The Palais Royal . She had three sons and two daughters with Wellesley before he married her on 29 November 1794. He moved her to London, where Hyacinthe was generally miserable, as she never learned English and she was scorned by high society: Lady Caroline Lamb was warned by her mother-in-law, Elizabeth Milbanke , a noted judge of what was socially acceptable, that no respectable woman could afford to be seen in Hyacinthe's company. Their children were: Through his eldest daughter Lady Charles Bentinck, Wellesley
784-595: The Samajwadi Party in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly) said that "The Maha Yuti government is implementing the 'Yogi pattern' of creating an illusion of development by changing the names of cities without doing anything for development" and accused the government of "distorting history". On 13 March 2024, the Maharashtra state cabinet announced that they had approved the renaming of Ahmednagar at
840-411: The British soon forced both allies to retreat after French counter-attacks. A few months later, after a dispute between George Canning and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh led to a duel and soon led to the resignation of both ministers, Spencer Perceval offered Wellesley the post of Foreign Secretary in his cabinet , which he accepted. Unlike his brother Arthur, he was an eloquent speaker, but
896-509: The Daund-Ankai section will be merged with Pune railway division. The Daund-Ankai section is currently under the management of the Solapur railway division. The change to the Pune division will increase the chances of starting demu services between Ahmednagar and Pune stations. One of the oldest and important railway projects of Ahmednagar railway station was kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project which
952-700: The Irish estates. However, in 1781, he was appointed to the coveted position of Custos Rotulorum of Meath . In 1784, he joined also the British House of Commons as member for the rotten borough of Bere Alston in Devon. Soon afterwards he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury by William Pitt the Younger . The 1792 Slave Trade Bill passed the House of Commons. Mangled and mutilated by
1008-464: The Natural History' in 1801 at Barrackpore near Calcutta. The institution was supervised by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton . As a part of this endeavor 'Barrackpore Menagerie' was founded which survived till 1878 when animals and birds were transferred to Alipore which later became Calcutta Zoo . A motion by James Paull (MP) to impeach Wellesley due to his expulsion of British traders from Oudh
1064-580: The action of the Sultan and ordered preparations for war. The first step was to order the disbandment of the French troops employed by the Nizam of Hyderabad . The capture of Mysore followed in February 1799, and the campaign was brought to a swift conclusion by the capture of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799 and the death of Tipu Sultan, who was killed in action. In 1803, the restoration of the Peshwa , Baji Rao II , proved
1120-499: The autumn of 1805. He reached England just in time to see Pitt before his death. He had been created a Peer of Great Britain in 1797 as Baron Wellesley , and in 1799 became Marquess Wellesley in the Peerage of Ireland . He formed an enormous collection of over 2,500 painted miniatures in the Company style of Indian natural history. He founded short-lived 'The Institution for Promoting
1176-547: The central and state legislatures by the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha and Ahmednagar City Vidhan Sabha seats respectively. The sitting MP was Dr.Sujay Vikhe Patil as of 2022, while the sitting MLA was Sangram Jagtap. Internet facilities are provided by several service providers. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley , KG , KP , PC , PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842)
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#17329374160311232-400: The city. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and different private transport operators provide bus service connecting the city to all parts of the state. Ahmednagar has three main bus stands: Ahmednagar Municipal Council was upgraded to a municipal corporation in 2003. As of 2022, Rohini Shendage of Shiv Sena was the incumbent mayor. Ahmednagar city is represented in
1288-587: The failure of whose issue in 1863 they fell to Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington . He and Arthur, after a long estrangement, had been once more on friendly terms for some years: Arthur wept at the funeral and said that he knew of no honour greater than being Lord Wellesley's brother. Wellesley was buried in Eton College Chapel , at his old school. Wellesley's library was sold at auction in London by R. H. Evans on 17 January 1843 (and three following days);
1344-656: The fall of the Ministry of All the Talents in 1807, Wellesley was invited by George III to join the Duke of Portland's cabinet, he declined, pending the discussion in parliament of certain charges brought against him in respect of his tenure as governor-general and because of criticism of his administration. Resolutions condemning him for the abuse of power were moved in both the Lords and Commons but defeated by large majorities. In 1809, Wellesley
1400-482: The family circle they were nicknamed "The Parasites". Following his first wife's death in 1816, he married, on 29 October 1825, the widowed Marianne (Caton) Patterson (died 1853), whose mother Mary was the daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton , the last surviving signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence ; her former sister-in-law was Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte . Wellington, who
1456-592: The head of coalition after coalition against the French, made Mornington aware of the necessity of ensuring French power did not reign supreme in India. On the voyage out, he formed the design of curbing French influence in the Deccan . Soon after his arrival, in April 1798, he learned that an alliance was being negotiated between Tipu Sultan and France . He soon after was appointed Governor-General of India on May 12, replacing Lord Cornwallis . Mornington resolved to anticipate
1512-559: The immediate service of their chief. He endeavoured to remove some of the restrictions on the trade between Europe and Asia. He took the time to publish an appreciation of British composer Harriet Wainwright 's opera Comala in the Calcutta Post on 27 April 1804. Both the commercial policy of Wellesley and his educational projects brought him into hostility with the court of directors, and he more than once tendered his resignation, which, however, public necessities led him to postpone till
1568-607: The largest in Asia. Situated in the rain shadow region of the Western Ghats , Ahmednagar has a hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSh ). The climate is hot throughout the year and sweltering during the pre-monsoon months from March to mid-June, whilst monsoon rainfall averages less than a third of that received in Mumbai and about a tenth what is received in Mahabaleshwar on the crest of
1624-634: The last point exiting the United States before crossing to Hill Island, in Canada. Province Wellesley , in the state of Penang , Malaysia, was named after Richard Wellesley. It was originally part of the state of Kedah . It was ceded to the British East India Company by Sultan Dziaddin Mukarram Shah II of Kedah in 1798, and has been part of the settlement and state of Penang ever since. It
1680-577: The modifications and amendments of Pitt , the Earl of Mornington, Edward James Eliot and the Attorney General , it lay for years in the House of Lords. In 1793, he became a member of the Board of Control over Indian affairs; and, although he was best known for his speeches in defence of Pitt's foreign policy, he was gaining the acquaintance with Oriental affairs which made his rule over India so effective from
1736-551: The moment when, in 1797, he accepted the office of Governor-General of India . Mornington seems to have caught Pitt's large political spirit in the period 1798 to 1805. That both had consciously formed the design of expanding their influence in the Indian subcontinent to compensate for the loss of the American colonies is not proven; but the rivalry with France, which in Europe placed Britain at
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1792-555: The mountains. As of 2011 Indian census , Ahmednagar had a population of 350,859. Ahmednagar has a sex ratio of 961 females per 1000 males and an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national urban average of 79.9%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Languages of Ahmednagar city (2011) At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 68.01% of the population spoke Marathi , 9.43% Hindi , 8.59% Urdu , 4.86% Telugu , 4.31% Marwari , 1.35% Sindhi and 0.95% Gujarati as their first language. Ahmednagar has 1 airport,
1848-602: The nearest domestic airport at Shirdi at 90 km. While the nearest International Airport is at Pune . Ahmednagar city has air connectivity by seaplane service. The seaplane port is located at the Mula Dam water reservoir, 30 minutes away from Ahmednagar City. The service has been offered by Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Pvt. Ltd. (MEHAIR) from 22 September 2014. Ongoing flights are available from Juhu, Mumbai to Mula Dam . Ahmednagar railway station (station code:ANG) belongs to Solapur Division of Central Railway zone of
1904-641: The original Knights of St Patrick , he surrendered that order on being made a Knight of the Garter on 31 March 1812. Upon Perceval's assassination he, along with Canning, refused to join Lord Liverpool's administration, and he remained out of office until 1821, severely criticising the proceedings of the Congress of Vienna and the European settlement of 1814, which, while it reduced France to its ancient limits, left to
1960-699: The other great powers the territory that they had acquired by the Partitions of Poland and the destruction of the Republic of Venice . He was one of the peers who signed the protest against the enactment of the Corn Laws in 1815. His reputation never fully recovered from a fiasco in 1812 when he was expected to make a crucial speech denouncing the new government , but suffered one of his notorious "black-outs" and sat motionless in his place. Wellesley lived together for many years with Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland , an actress at
2016-481: The prelude to the war against Daulat Rao Sindhia of Gwalior and the raja of Berar , Raghoji II Bhonsle in which his brother Arthur took a leading role. The result of these wars and of the treaties which followed them was that French influence in India was reduced to Pondicherry , and that Britain acquired increased influence in the heartlands of central India. He proved to be a skilled administrator, and picked two of his talented brothers for his staff: Arthur
2072-444: The problem. His successor, Canning, died only a few months after taking up office as Prime Minister, to be succeeded briefly by Lord Goderich . On the assumption of office by Wellington, his brother resigned the lord-lieutenancy. He is said to have been deeply hurt by his brother's failure to find a Cabinet position for him (Arthur made the usual excuse that one cannot give a Cabinet seat to everyone who wants one). He had, however,
2128-528: The same time as they announced the renaming of seven railway stations in Mumbai . Ahmednagar is home to: Training and recruitment for the Indian Army Armored Corps take place at the ACC&S. Formerly, the city was the Indian base of the British Army 's Royal Tank Corps / Indian Armored Corps , amongst other units. The town houses the second-largest display of military tanks in the world and
2184-524: The satisfaction of seeing the Catholic claims settled in the next year by the very statesmen who had declared against them. In 1833, he resumed the office of Lord Lieutenant under Earl Grey , but the ministry soon fell, and, with one short exception, Wellesley did not take any further part in official life. On his death, he had no successor in the marquessate, but the earldom of Mornington and minor honours devolved on his brother William, Lord Maryborough , on
2240-417: The village, which is accessible by railway and by road. It is also famous for milk production, peacocks found in farms & floriculture . Akolner is the birthplace of Das Ganu, a follower of Sai Baba of Shirdi . This article about a location in the Indian state of Maharashtra is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ahmednager Ahmednagar (officially Ahilya Nagar )
2296-407: The war in Europe and its domination by Napoleon Bonaparte . The growing French influence threatened Britain and its empire to the extent of causing high tensions in the country. While the crisis abroad wasn’t enough, the British government had been led by weak and unsuited men from 1806-1809 with two short-lived ministries under Lord Grenville and the Duke of Portland respectively. But when on
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2352-514: Was Rani of Indore , within the Maratha Confederacy in the late 18th-century. Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke at the same meeting, referring to Shinde's government as "pro- Hindutva ", and asked Shinde to rename the district "Ahilyanagar"; Shinde replied: "The state government has accepted your demand to rename Ahmednagar as Ahilyadevi Holkar Nagar". The BJP demanded that Ahmednagar be renamed. Rais Shaikh (group leader of
2408-486: Was a great-great-great-grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II . Wellesley also had at least two other illegitimate sons by his teenage mistress, Elizabeth Johnston, including Edward (later his father's secretary), born in Middlesex (1796-1877). Wellesley's children were seen by Richard's other relatives, including his brother Arthur, as greedy, unattractive and cunning, and as exercising an unhealthy influence over their father; in
2464-751: Was afterward restored to the Marathas, but again came into the possession of the British in 1817, according to the terms of the Treaty of Poona , and was known as Ahmednuggur . In 19th century American Christian missionaries opened first modern schools in this town. According to a report there were four girls' school running under the superintendence of Cynthia Farrar around the 1850s. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule visited them and got inspired to open school for girls in Poona. Later, he enrolled his wife Savitribai Phule in Farrar's school in
2520-501: Was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator . He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington . In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley of Norragh. He was also Lord Wellesley in the Peerage of Great Britain . Richard Wellesley first made his name as fifth Governor-General of Bengal between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in
2576-578: Was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Catholic emancipation had now become an open question in the cabinet, and Wellesley's acceptance of the viceroyalty was believed in Ireland to herald the immediate settlement of the Catholic claims but they would remain unfulfilled. Some efforts were made to placate Catholic opinion, notably the dismissal of the long-serving Attorney-General for Ireland , William Saurin , whose anti-Catholic views had made him bitterly unpopular. Lord Liverpool died without having grappled with
2632-627: Was born in 1760 in Dangan Castle in County Meath , Ireland , where his family was part of the Ascendancy , the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy . He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh , Harrow School and Eton College , where he distinguished himself as a classical scholar, and at Christ Church, Oxford . He is one of the few men known to have attended both Harrow and Eton. In 1780, he entered
2688-468: Was defeated in the House of Commons by 182 votes to 31 in 1808. Mornington also disapproved of liaisons between Company officials and soldiers and locals, seeing them as improper. After his governorship ended in 1808, he returned to Britain and began to join British politics yet again. The few years back in Parliament were quite uneventful, despite the overwhelming crisis the British government faced with
2744-431: Was founded in 1494 by Ahmad Nizam Shah I on the site of a more ancient city, Bhingar . With the breakup of the Bahmani Sultanate , Ahmad established a new sultanate in Ahmednagar, also known as Nizam Shahi dynasty . It was one of the Deccan sultanates , which lasted until its conquest by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1636. Aurangzeb , the last Mughal emperor, who spent the latter years of his reign, 1681–1707, in
2800-404: Was his military adviser, and Henry was his personal secretary. He founded Fort William College , a training centre intended for those who would be involved in governing India. In connection with this college, he established the governor-general's office, to which civilians who had shown talent at the college were transferred, in order that they might learn something of the highest statesmanship in
2856-413: Was in planning stage since British regime. It was referred to as 3rd ghat project. The survey of this project was carried out in 1973, 2000, 2006, 2014 etc. This project was in pink book in 2010. Unfortunately this project could not be completed. The alignment length of this project was 184 km and it could have been shortest route for Marathwada, Andhra and Telangana. The major challenge for this project
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#17329374160312912-421: Was proposed 18.96 km tunnel in malshej ghat section. Malshej Kriti Samiti is following for Kalyan Ahmednagar railway project. Kalyan-Murbad section, the first phase of this project, is already under survey stage. A survey of Ahmednagar-Aurangabad Railway line with 120 km length was also carried out in March 2021. The DPR Report of this project is under preparation. Ahmednagar-Karmala railway option
2968-506: Was renamed Seberang Perai ("across the Perai " in the Malay language ) not long after independence within Malaya. The Wellesley Islands off the north coast of Queensland , Australia, were named by Matthew Flinders in honour of Richard Wellesley, as was the largest island in the group, Mornington Island . Flinders is believed to have done this during his imprisonment by the French on Mauritius as Wellesley had tried to secure his release. Mornington Peninsula , south of Melbourne,
3024-430: Was soon appointed as the British ambassador to Spain by Spencer Perceval . He landed at Cádiz just after the Allies victory at the Battle of Talavera , and he tried to bring the Spanish government into an effective co-operative agreement to support the campaign against the French with his brother, Sir Arthur Wellesley who was commander-in-chief of the British Forces. However,the failure of his allies to cooperate with
3080-576: Was subject to inexplicable "black-outs" when he was apparently unaware of his surroundings. He held this office until February 1812, when he retired, partly from dissatisfaction at the inadequate support given to Wellington by the ministry, but also because he had become convinced that the question of Catholic emancipation could no longer be kept in the background. From early life, Wellesley had, like his brother Arthur, been an advocate of Catholic emancipation , and from then on he publicly supported that cause. Twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and one of
3136-434: Was very fond of Marianne (rumour had it that they were lovers) and was then on rather bad terms with his brother, pleaded with her not to marry him, warning her in particular that "The Parasites" would see her as an enemy. The Duke's concern seems to have been misplaced; they had no children, but the marriage was a relatively happy one - "much of the calm and sunshine of his old age can be attributed to Marianne". In 1821, he
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