Parner, is a historic town in

Ahmednagar District Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: �ɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar and Sangamner are largest cities in ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

, India. It is the headquarters town for

Parner Taluka Parner taluka is a taluka in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Geography Area The following are area details: Population The table below shows the population of the taluka by sex. The data is taken from the 2001 ...

. Parner was named after Rishi Parashar, whose son Maharishi Ved Vyas wrote famous epic ''"

Mahabharat The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuru ...

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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 A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objectives ...

. He was born in Parner village. Nathan and Grace also are Parners and live in their own parner village.

References

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