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Pune or
Punyanagari as it is called has had a glorious past of nearly 600years both illustrious
and romantic.
Long time ago who would have known that a Deccan plateau 2500 mts above the sea level
surrounded by hills ,valleys and historic forts would emerge as a district named PUNE. A
small village inhabited by musicians and artists in 613 A.D grew into the Deccan Capital
to rival Delhi.
In 750A.D The Rashtrakut Dynasty ruled the Punewadi, now called Pune Poona to the old
diehards.
In 1856 the Pune-Mumbai rail track and the Khadakwasla Dam in 1857 was
constructed.Later many colleges were established gradually, the Deccan college, the
college of Engineering and the Ferguson college. In 1857, the offices of the Department of
Meteorology was shifted from Simla to Pune.The first Textile Mill was built in 1893 by
Raja Bahadur Motilal Pittie.
Pune was home to some of the fiery personalities who wrote the eventful pages of India's
freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi rightly said that " Pune is a bee-hive of dedicated
workers for a noble cause."
At present Pune is the 7 th ranking industrial metro of India. Infact Kothrud has achieved
a place in the Guinness book of world records for having the fastest urban growth rate.
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