Ahmednager

Ahmednagar
city
Tomb of Salabat Khan
Ahmednagar
Coordinates: 19°05′N 74°44′E / 19.08°N 74.73°E / 19.08; 74.73Coordinates: 19°05′N 74°44′E / 19.08°N 74.73°E / 19.08; 74.73
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmednagar
Founded by	Ahmad Nizam Shah I in 1490.
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Mayor	Surekha Sambhaji Kadam (Shiv Sena)
Area
• Total	39.30 km2 (15.17 sq mi)
Elevation	649 m (2,129 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	350,905
• Rank	124th
• Density	8,900/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Nagarkar / Nagari (Marathi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	414001 , 414003
Telephone codethe	0241
Vehicle registration	MH 16,17
Website	ahmednagar.gov.in

Ahmednagar  pronunciation  is a city in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India, about 120 km northeast of Pune and 114 km from Aurangabad. Ahmednagar takes 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.

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 a museum. During his confinement by the British at Ahmednagar Fort in 1944, Nehru wrote the famous 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 the Indian Army Armoured Corps takes place at the ACC&S.