Why visit Ahilyanagar
Townapedia lists 6 museums and landmarks, 21 parks and trails, 10 places to eat and 6 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Ahmadnagar Fort.
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About Ahilyanagar
Ahmednagar, officially Ahilyanagar, 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 detain Jawaharlal Nehru (the first prime minister of India) and other Indian Nationalists before Indian independence. A few rooms there have been converted to a museum.
From the Wikipedia article Ahmednagar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Ahilyanagar on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks6
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Parks, trails and playgrounds21
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Restaurants and cafes10
FRULLATO Thickshakes & Desserts
Cafe · Dessert, Shakes, Coffee · 4.2 km
shop no. 5&6 shraddha Pipeline Road, Ahmednagar
Mo-Su 11:00-23:00
Jai Shankar Bakery
Bakery · 1.5 km
Rajsuman Tower, Kanadenagar, Near sarasnagar Bridge, Ahilyanagar
Mo-Su 09:00-21:00
royal fast food
Fast food · Regional, Sandwich, Breakfast, Burger · 2.3 km
zhopdi canteen road, Ahilyanagar
Mo-Su 07:00-22:00
Where to stay6
History
The town Ahmednagar 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. The establishment of the city is described in major contemporary historical works.
One account, from Sayyid ‘Ali b. ‘Aziz Allah Tabataba’i's Burhān-i ma’āsir, notes the planned nature of the construction:
An auspicious day was selected, and the surveyors, architects and builders obeyed the king’s commands, and laid out and began to build the city in with its palaces, houses, squares and shops, and laid around it fair gardens.
Another chronicler, Muhammad Qasim Hindushah Astarabadi, known as Firishta, discusses the founding in his Tārīkh-i Firishta. His work suggests the design, particularly the inclusion of gardens with palaces and pavilions both inside and outside the city walls, followed the conventions of a post-Timurid city. Firishta describes:
“In 900, he laid the foundation of a city in the vicinity of the Sina river, to which he gave the name of Ahmadnagar. So great exertions were made in erecting buildings by the king and his dependents, that in the short space of two years the new city rivalled Baghdad and Cairo in splendour.”
From the History section of Ahmednagar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship73
Shopping7
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries20
College Ground An playing area for childern,
School · 0.8 km
New Arts College Road
Healthcare153
Globus Diagnostic Centre
Hospital · 2.4 km
Mahalaxmi garden chowk, Balikashram Rd, Ahmednagar
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Getting there and nearby towns
Shirdi Airport (SAG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 76 km away.
- Ārangaon 8 km south, about 8 min by car
- Nagapur 8 km northwest, about 8 min by car
- Rāhuri 34 km north, about 34 min by car
- Deolali 44 km north, about 44 min by car
- Pāthardi 47 km east, about 47 min by car
- Sirūr 48 km southwest, about 48 min by car
- Shrīgonda 53 km south, about 53 min by car
- Āshti 56 km southeast, about 56 min by car
- Shrirampur 59 km north, about 59 min by car
- Daund 72 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Ahmednagarrailwaystation, Rohit8596, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ahmednagar Fort Main Gate, SafarNama, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bara Imam Kotla, taherali123, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ahmad Nizam Shah Tomb corner view, Kiranpawar3210, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ahmad Nizam Shah tomb Front view, Kiranpawar3210, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nilay Khandelwal - finally overshadowed... (by), Nilay Khandelwal from New Delhi, India, CC BY 2.0
- Fortification of Ahmednagar fort, Kiranpawar3210, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aurangabad Fort Door, Theanayjoshi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Main entrance passage, Kiranpawar3210, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Brass Howitzer Ahmednagar Fort, Naga rick, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bastion and fortification of Ahmednagar fort, Kiranpawar3210, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Secondary gate of Ahmednagar fort, Kiranpawar3210, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Inscription in Persian language at Ahmednagar fort, Kiranpawar3210, CC BY-SA 4.0
- जागरण गोंधळ, उज्ज्वला संजय पवार, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hazrat Shah Sharif Dargah हजरत शाह शरीफ दर्गा अहमदनगर, Amitbhokse, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Faria Bagh, Anahgem, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS062-E-133452 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS062-E-133453 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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