Why visit Koregaon
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 2 places to eat in and around town.
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About Koregaon
Koregaon Bhima is a panchayat village and census town in the state of Maharashtra, India, on the left (north) bank of the Bhima River. Administratively, Koregaon Bhima is under Shirur Taluka of Pune District in Maharashtra. There is only the single town of Koregaon Bhima in the Koregaon Bhima gram panchayat. The town of Koregaon Bhima is 10 kms along the SH 60 motorway southwest of the village of Shikrapur, and 28 kms by road northeast of the city of Pune.
From the Wikipedia article Koregaon Bhima (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Restaurants and cafes2
Pandharinath Misal
Restaurant · Breakfast, Coffee Shop · 3.3 km
Pune Nagar Road, Lonikand
Mo-Su 09:00-21:00
Sandesh sweet Mart
Bakery · 3.4 km
Pune Nagar Road, Lonikand
Mo-Su 09:00-20:00
Churches and places of worship3
Dharmaveer Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Samadhi Vadhu Budruk
Place of worship · 3.0 km
Shopping1
History
The Battle of Koregaon took place on 1 January 1818 between the army of Peshwa Baji Rao II and an East India Company force, composed of mainly Mahars. The Peshwa, with some 28,000 troops encamped at Phulgaon nearby, dispatched about 2000 of his soldiers to attack the Company force of some 800. The Company troops successfully defended themselves against the attack, and the Peshwa withdrew at night fearing the arrival of a larger British force. After the British victory in the War, the Company commissioned a victory obelisk in Koregaon to commemorate its fallen soldiers. 22 of the 49 names of the slain soldiers on the pillar are that of Mahar caste. Today, the Mahars, who were formerly considered as untouchable, regard it as a symbol of their victory over the high-caste Peshwa, and gather in large numbers at the site on the anniversary of the battle.
This battle has attained legendary status in Dalit history. The Dalits who follow Dr BR Ambedkar view this battle as a victory of Mahars over the injustice and torture meted out to them by the Brahminical Peshwas.
From the History section of Koregaon Bhima on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gas and EV charging1
Healthcare4
Map of Koregaon
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Getting there and nearby towns
Pune International Airport (PNQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 16 km away.
- Sanaswadi 6 km east, about 6 min by car
- Vagholi 11 km southwest, about 11 min by car
- Lohogaon 15 km west, about 15 min by car
- Alandi 17 km west, about 17 min by car
- Khadki 24 km southwest, about 24 min by car
- Pune 26 km southwest, about 26 min by car
- Pimpri 27 km west, about 27 min by car
- Pimpri-Chinchwad 27 km west, about 27 min by car
- Lonavla 70 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ahilyanagar 87 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Bhima Koregaon Victory Pillar, Knitin777, CC BY-SA 3.0
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