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Pune is a well known manufacturing and industrial center of India. With an estimated nominal GDP of Rs. 3,31,478 crores for year 2019–20, Pune District is the third largest contributor to the economy of Maharashtra, after Mumbai and Thane. Pune has the fifth largest metropolitan economy and the sixth highest per capita income in the country.
Pune is the second largest city of Maharashtra state, India and is surrounded by the Sahyadri Mountain range. It occupied an important place during the Maratha Empire between 1674 and 1881. Hence, it homes numerous forts and wadas highlighting typical Maratha architecture. [ 1 ]
Pune is the 9th most populous city in India and one of the largest in the state of Maharashtra. Although area around Pune has history going back millennia, the more recent history of the city is closely related to the rise of the Maratha empire from the 17th–18th century.
In 1970s, due to increased industrialisation on Mumbai–Pune Highway, many villages around the highway were merged to form PCMC, Pune.The earliest villages which were absorbed were Pimpri, Chinchwad, Dapodi, Bhosari etc. Till 2018, below villages have been absorbed in the city.
Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) is the metropolitan region around the city of Pune. According to practical purposes, PMR comprises two Municipal Corporations of PMC, PCMC and three Cantonment Boards, spread over an area of 7,256.46 km 2. [1] [5] [6] The population of the region as per 2011 census was 7,541,946. [3]
Pune and the region's forts frequently changed hands between the Mughals and Shivaji. [42] In the Treaty of Purandar (1665), signed by the Mughal general Mirza Jaisingh and Shivaji, Shivaji ceded control of a number of forts in the district to the Mughals. [43] Shivaji recaptured many of these forts when the truce ended.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is the civic body that governs the inner limits of Pune, India. It is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis , which is spread over an area of 500 sq. km. and has 3.4 million residents.
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