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Amravati
Coordinates: 20°56′N 77°45′E / 20.93, 77.75
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Amravati
Mayor
Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle	• 444 60x • +0721 • MH 27
Website: amravati.nic.in

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Amravati (also known as Amrawati or Amraoti) is a city in the state of Maharashtra in India. It is believed to be the city of Lord Indra, the king of all gods. It has very historical temples of Goddess Ambadevi and Mahanubhava's Lord ShriKrishna Temple. , Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , IPA:  , translation: Great Nation) is Indias third largest state in area and second largest in population after Uttar Pradesh. ... For other uses, see Indra (disambiguation). ...

Geography

Amravati is located at 20.93° N 77.75° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 343 metres (1125 feet). It lies 156 km (97 miles) west of Nagpur, and serves as the administrative center of Amravati District and of Amravati Division. As with so many other small cities in India, Amravati is growing rapidly in terms of living quality. New flyovers and roads are being built to renovate the city, and other improvements like new traffic signals are underway under IRDP (Integrated Road Development Programme)implemented by government of Maharashtra This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... , Nāgpur   (Marathi: नागपुर) Third largest city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune with a population of 2. ... Amravati is a district in Maharashtra, India. ... Amravati Division is one of the six divisions of Maharashtra state in India. ...

The town is located near the passes through the hills that separate the cotton-growing regions of the Purna basin to the West and the Wardha basin to the East. Amravati is a growing industrial center, with cotton mills as an important industry. The Purna River is a river of central India. ... The Wardha river is one of the biggest rivers in Vidarbha region in India. ... For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). ...

The town is expanding toward Badnera, 10 km to the south, which is the location of the railway junction where the branch railway line serving Amravati joins the main Mumbai - Bhusawal - Wardha - Nagpur - Howrah rail route. Badnera is a part of district of Amravati of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in India. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... , Bhusawal is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India. ... Wardha is a city in Maharashtra, India. ... , Nāgpur   (Marathi: नागपुर) Third largest city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune with a population of 2. ... Howrah (also spelled Haora) is an industrial city in West Bengal, India. ...

National Highway 6 from Hajira (Surat) to Kolkatta passes through the city, which is part of Asian Highway 6. National Highway 6, commonly referred to as NH_6, is an busy freeway that runs through of south Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand and West bengal state in India. ... Hajira INA is a town and a industrial notified area in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... AH46 is a route of the Asian Highway Network, running 946 miles (1,513km) from Kharagpur on Asian Highway 45 in West Bengal state of India to Dhule on Asian Highway 47 in Maharashtra State, India. ...

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Amravati had a population of 549,370. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amravati has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ...

Amravati Mythological

Amravati Mythological: Temple of goddess Amba is one of the famous spiritual in Amravati. In Navaratri there is a fare for 9 days where in people from all near by towns and cities participate. Elder tell that when Lord Krishna Ran away with Rukhamini from her wedding ceremony, he used a tunnel laying from Amba Devi temple to Koundynapur- another spiritual place, This tunnel is still there and is now closed. researching team tried to investigate about length of this tunnel but in vain.

Amravati Historical

Freedom fighter Bhagat singh was hiding for 3 days in Amravati during his underground tenure and he frequently visited Hanuman Akhada ( A Gym) during that time.

Education

Amravati has emerged as an educational center offering many programs including medical and engineering courses. In addition to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University (http://www.sgbau.ac.in/), Government College of Pharmacy (http://www.gcopamravati.org), Government College of Engineering, Amravati and a Government Polytechnic are located in Amravati. V.Y.W.S.'s Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research (http://www.coebadnera.com/) is located at Badnera. V.Y.W.S`s College of Engineering Badnera (now, V.Y.W.S.'s Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research)is also one of the good engineering colleges which also has a C-DAC center with Super Computer in it. The name of the college recently changed. New engineering colleges are coming up with every year, the latest additions being HVPM's Engg. College and the Sipna College of Engg. and Technology. There are some excellent high schools around the area with Takhatmal English High School,Deepa English Primary School,Manibai Gujrathi High School, New High School, Latebai School, Golden Kids English High School, Holy Cross, Dyanmata (St. Joseph), and St. Francis High School being the pioneers in providing quality English medium education.DRS kids english school in Devrankar nagar. in Fulor is a famous 35 years old art institute in Sangani Nagar. Many artists in India start drawing and develop skills from this institute. Mr. Shrikant Joshi is founder of the institute. Now his son Mr. Piyush Joshi, famous artist & cartoonist is running this institute. For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University is a prominent University in the Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra. ... The Government College of Engineering, Amravati is one of the oldest Engineering colleges in Maharashtra. ...

There are lots of Junior Colleges helping in education for the students from various parts of Maharashtra, they are:

A) Medical/Dental Colleges:- [1]

Dr. Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College

Shri Takhatmal Shrivallabh Homeopathic Medical College, Amravati

Vidarbha Youth Welfare Society's Dental College, Amravati

D. M. Majithiya Ayurved College (Affiliated to Amravati University)

B) Science and ARTS Colleges:-

Brijlal Biyani Science College (Provides Junior as well as Senior level education)

Shri Shivaji Science College (Provides Junior as well as Senior level education)

Kesharbai Lahotie (College of Commerce)

Vidyabharti Science College (Provides Senior Level education also)

Vidarbha Mahavidyalaya college (Provides Junior as well as Senior level education)

Bartiya Mahavidyalaya (Provides Arts and Science education)

Shri Shivaji Arts College

"Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal" is a sports school of Amravati where thousands of students from all over India come to learn sports, which is in fact one of very few sports schools in India, teaching almost all sports. The institution was founded as an akhara (gymnastic club) in 1914, by Vaidya Brothers, Shri Anant Krishna and Ambadas Krishna Vaidya.

Industry

Many of them have offices near Jai-Stambh, essentially the midpoint of the city. The city has lots of millionaires, most of them movie distributors and textile mill owners. Since it is located centrally in the country, Service Industry also growing in city. Winsome advertising is famous name for best & creative service in region. Amravati has remained one of the most important commercial cities.

Amravati is also known for the famous health Education Institution the Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal (popularly known as HVPM) founded by Late Dr. Shivajirao Patwardhan. This institution was established in the year 1928. This institute trains in most sports, including some foreign sports such as Taikwando. It is located in the old part of the city. HVPM has two large running track and also stadium, an international level swimming pool and two indoor stadiums. Students all over India come to train in various athletic disciples. The institution was founded as an akhaaraa (Gymnastic Club)) in 1914, by Vaidya Brothers, Shri Anant Krishna and Ambadas Krishna Vaidya.this is the one of the biggest college of physical education it proide the so many studend in the phusical education and give their service in allover the india .

Amravati is home to "Tapovan", society for leprosy affected people established by late Dr. Shivajirao Patvardhan in 1968. The campus of Sant Gadgebaba Amravati University is located near to it.

Amravati district has been traditionally a cotton growing area with the climate suited to textile production. It is also home to "Shivtekdi", a popular hilltop place with hundreds of people jogging in that area. Efforts are being done to revamp the "Maaltekdi", to make it a healthy destination for all early exercisers. Students and professionals from Amravati are scatterred all over the world and contributing towards globalization.

Though Amravati is improving it still has a long way to go to become one of the dominant cities in the state. Amravati has excellent grade of two pharmacy colleges, One is Vidybharti Pharmacy college and other is Government Pharmacy college. Both the colleges providing good educational, experimental and research facilities.

Amravati is having a FIVE-STAR MIDC and some major industries have been sactioned over there. It is well-connected to Nagpur and hence Amravati will grow rapidly in the near future with expansion of Nagpur.

Governance

The current President of India is Sau. Pratibatai Patil belongs to Amaravati. Born on December 19, 1934, in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, Pratibatai Patil practised as a lawyer before joining politics.She married Amaravati based Educationist by profession Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat on July 7, 1965. Shekhawat had been a mayor of Amravati. A social worker by profession, Patil is associated with various cultural, educational and social welfare organisations. Together with her husband, she set up an educational institute, Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal at Amaravati. Pratibha Patil joined politics at an early age, and won her first elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1962. At the age of 27, she was among the youngest MLAs at the time. She was a member of Maharashtra Assembly from 1962 to 1985 during which she was a minister holding portfolios like urban development and housing education, tourism, parliamentary affairs, public health and social welfare, cultural affairs, working her way up from the rank of deputy minister to Cabinet as also in Congress hierarchy.In 1985 she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. She was Maharashtra Congress chief from 1988 to 1990 before being elected to Lok Sabha from Amravati in 1991. It was in November 2004 that the Congress leadership recalled her to become the governor of Rajasthan. Now Pratibhatai Patil is the First woman President of India. is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

The current Member of Legislative Assembly is Dr. Sunil Deshmukh of the Indian National Congress (INC). He is also a Minster of State for Finance and Planning, Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and Command Area Development in the Government of Maharashtra. He is the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara Districts of Vidarbha, Maharashtra. He also serves as the present Vice-Chairman of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC). Dr. Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh (born 28th May, 1958) is the current Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati, Maharashtra. ...

The current Member of Legislative Council is Mr. Jagdish Motilal Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The current Member of Parliament is Mr. Anant Gudhe of the Shivsena.

The current Mayor is Mr. Ashok Dongre of the Indian National Congress (INC), while Chetan Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is the Deputy Mayor.

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Amravati
2. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

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External Links

Collectorate of Amravati (Official website) - http://amravati.nic.in/

Amravati's Online Web Portal - http://www.eamravati.com/