Parner, is a historic town in
Ahmednagar District
Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ™É¦(É™)mÉ™d̪nəɡəɾ is the largest districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. ...
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, India. It is the headquarters town for
Parner Taluka. Parner was named after Rishi Parashar, whose son Maharishi Ved Vyas wrote famous epic ''"
Mahabharat"''.
Geography
The town of Parner is located at coordinates 19° 0' 0" North, 74° 26' 0" East,
Parner Map
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Notable residents
* Senapati Pandurang Mahadev Bapat (12 November 1880 – 28 November 1967) was revolutionary and Indian freedom fighter. He was born in Parner village. Nathan and Grace also are Parners and live in their own parner village.
References
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Villages in Ahmednagar district
Villages in Parner taluka