Raviwar Peth is one of the Peths in the city of Pune, India. The ancient name of this place was Malkapur. This area was developed by Nilopant Mujumdar in 1670. It was an important business center for merchants, bankers and jewelers, who also resided here. At its peak in the 1790s, the peth was the richest and thickly populated with about 1500 houses. Bohri merchants, who specialised in tin and iron, also settled here when they were invited by the government. Raviwar Peth is famous for shops of

Gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

and

Silver Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...

ornaments and for its plastic products market. This area also has a wholesale textile market, well known in

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

. Raviwar Peth has various cinema halls like Alpana, Vikas, Prabhat, Shree Krishna and Apollo. It is bordered by

Budhwar Peth Budhwar Peth is a general term, in the Marathi language, for a locality in the Indian cities. These include cities like Pune, Solapur, Madhavnagar, Karad, Ahmednagar etc. The term Budhwar has derived from the day Wednesday in Marathi Marathi m ...

, Shukrawar Peth, Rasta Peth and

Kasba Peth Kasba Peth in the Marathi language, is mostly used in Maharashtra. Its general key term is for "locality" in English. This term is currently used in Indian cities, for example cities like Pune, Solapur, Madhavnagar, Karad, Ahmednagar Ahmedn ...

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