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Amalner, India
Amalner, India is a city and a municipal council
in Jalgaon district
in the state of Maharashtra
, India
, situated on the bank of the Bori River.
Amalner is birthplace of Wipro
which used to produce vanaspati ghee from sunflower seeds. That's why it has sunflower on its logo.
Amalner is a tehsil
in Jalgaon district. Prominent villages under Amalner's administration include Shirsale, Nagaon BK
, Eklahare
, Pimpali, Dahiwad
, Amalgaon
, Gandhali
, Mehergaon
, Javkhede
, Vavade, Patonde and Mangrul.
The northern part of Amalner is called Pratapnagar, after Srimant Pratap Shethji. Institutes named after him are Pratap College and Pratap Highschool.
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, popularly known as Sane Guruji, was one of the famous teachers of Pratap Highschool, who fought for the independence of India. He was a teacher, a poet and a writer, having written many famous books including Shyamchi Aai and Bhartiya Sanskriti.
"Nyayacharya Shriram Shankar Upasani" was also from Amalner. He was a great Sanskrit Teacher and eminent Scholar in Amalner.
On the industrial front, Azim Premji
's father had started its first dalda factory at Amalner, which is now known as a mother plant of giant Wipro Company. You can still find out a highest numbers of Wipro share holders in Amalner city.
On the religious front, Amalner is regarded as Pandharpur
of Khandesh
. Centuries ago, Sant Muktai stay in the district has made it a holy place. The great Shri Sant Sakharam Maharaj is from Amalner. There is a myth (whoever noted this fact as "myth" on this page - please note this is Truth that Shri Sakharam Maharaj travels Pandharpur every year with a procession called Palakhi. This procession takes place in the month of Ashadh (Indian Calendar). The honour of first procession (dindi) to visit Lord Vitthal in Pandharpur goes to Amalner. In every Vaishakh month there is huge Fun-Fare in the bori river. It is the biggest fun fare in nearby towns. At that time there is a Rath-Yatra at Vaishakh Ekadashi as well as Palakhi at pornima in that month. As mark of Solidarity among communities, first mogari (wooden log used as breaks for stopping Rath) is always put by Muslims and before Rath reaches its destination, Rath stops at a Mosque for Aarati and Dohe. Amalner is second PANDHARPUR, in Maharashtra. Two times visit to Amalner is equally beneficial as one visit to Pandharpur.
There are three main historic places of reference in the Eastern Khandesh
region, now known as Jalgaon district. The oldest one, situated at the confluence of river Tapti and river Poorna
, is known as Muktainagar
. Famous Marathi poetess Saint Muktabai, sister of Saint Dnyaneshwar
, resided here, to explain Bhaktimarga to yogi ascetic Changdev Maharaj
. The other two are Amalner Fort and Shendurni
. Saint Shree Sakharam Maharaj of Amalner was a devotee of Lord Vithal. In his commemoration, the Ashadhi Ekadashi celebrations take place at Amalner parallel to the celebrations at the magnificent temple of Lord Viththal in Pandharpur
. Amalner, Shendurni and Pimprala (Jalgaon) are known as Prati-Pandharpur meaning as holy as Pandharpur. Mandal is village of amalner taluka & situated on the bank of Panzara river. It is located around 20 km from Amalner. It is famous for Jain Temple of "Lord Chandraprabhu" who was 8th Thirthankar of Jain's & temple of "Kshetrapal Maharaj". It is believed that temple will fulfill all wishes if we visit on the day of Amavsya. It is the biggest village of Amalner taluka. Patonada is a village in Amalner taluka and Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located around 18 kilometres from Amalner. Patonda is home to Shri Datta Vidya Mandeer Pantonda & Junior College. Another emerging place, Ratnapimpri, 11 km from Amalner and 7 km from Parola tahsil. It is situated on the bank of Gopi river where famous Shivdham temple is located. And, 2 km away from it, Tapovan is situated where farmers are experimenting organic farming. This place is emerging as a tourist and religious place for devotees. It is calm and peaceful, because away from the city business.The myth is, at Ratnapimpri, people used to find out pearls (Ratnna). Therefore, it is known as 'Ratnapimpri'.
There are only two temples of Mangalgrah in India and worldwide, one at Calcutta and one at Amalner. The premises are so well developed nowadays that they are becoming a picnic spot.
Another famous temple is "shri akkalkao swami samarth kendra". It is believed that this temple fulfills all wishes. Thousands of people visit this temple every day. It has power of THE GREAT SWAMI MAHARAJ.
The history of Name of Amalner is interesting and important as information. In 11th century Rishi Ambarishi pray to god Varun (God of Wind). God Varun then build the temple of God Shiv that temple called Varuneshwar is famous in the area. Amabarishi then named that village Amalnir which means the village with pure water or where there is no mal(impurity)in water is Amalnir, it get changed to Amalner.
, Amalner had a population of 91,456. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amalner has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
and a number of other small scale units. It was a strong market particularly in the edible oil and cotton segment. The first oil mill setup by Wipro, was later acquired by Kalra family from Sargodha
(Pak) and renamed it as Amalner Oil and General Mills (AOGM). Amalner also had a number of other striving oil mills in the past and even today this small town has at least 4 oil expellers all in closed condition. Amalner also had at least 20 cotton mills in the past all closed now. In last ten years WIPRO has expanded vastly all over India and abroad but not in Amalner. Amalner, being a small town, owns around 1% of Wipro shares.
Pratap Shethji started Pratap Mill in Amalner, producing clothes, as response to "स्वदेशी चळवळ" initiated by Bal Tilak. This mill was later taken over by state government before closing operations towards end of the previous century. This mill had larger employee base and turnover than Wipro till about 8th decade.
Amalner boasts a glorious past of industrial revolution. Once in the history this town was led in politics by the Late Shri Sane Guruji. Many of the cotton mills in Amalner were run by Bhandarkar's.
गोल्ड बँक ओआरजि युके
Pratap Shethji founded a well known School and College in Amalner, both named after him, Pratap Highschool and Pratap College respectively. Shri Sane Guruji served in Pratap Highschool as teacher.
Pratap College once had the largest library in Maharashtra
and hosted 1000s of books.
He also founded "तत्वद्न्यान मंदिर" (Philosophy hall) in 1966 hosting books on the subject of Philosophy. Earlier in India, the studies of philosophy were based on western philosophy books only. This hall gave an opportunity to bring traditional books based on Dharmashastra under one roof.
At present Khandesh Education Society manages the day to day operations of these institutes along with G. S. Highschool, D. R. Kanyashala and English Medium school.
Amalner, India is a city and a municipal council
Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
in Jalgaon district
Jalgaon District
Jalgaon district is a district of Maharashtra. It was formerly known as East Khandesh district. It has an area of 11,765 km², and a population of 3,682,690 of which 71.4% were rural....
in the state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, situated on the bank of the Bori River.
Amalner is birthplace of Wipro
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...
which used to produce vanaspati ghee from sunflower seeds. That's why it has sunflower on its logo.
Amalner is a tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
in Jalgaon district. Prominent villages under Amalner's administration include Shirsale, Nagaon BK
Nagaon BK
Nagaon BK is a small but prosperous village in Amalner Taluka, Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India.It is located on the bank of the river Chikhali, accommodating over 6,000 residents. It is surrounded by four small villages, viz. Gadkhamb, Kachare, Dhupi and Manjardi. Nagaon BK has a community of...
, Eklahare
Eklahare
Eklahare is a census town in Nashik district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Demographics: India census, Eklahare had a population of 12,010. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Eklahare has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...
, Pimpali, Dahiwad
Dahiwad
Dahiwad is a village in Amalner taluka and Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located around 19 kilometers from Amalner.Dahiwad is home to Navbharat Secondary & Higher Secondary High School....
, Amalgaon
Amalgaon
Amalgaon is an average sized village on the north side of the Indian city of Amalner.It has a primary health centre and a telephone exchange tower. This village has educational facilities up to 12th grade. Population is around 6,000 ....
, Gandhali
Gandhali
Gadhali is village in Gadhada taluka in Bhavnagar district. Gujajrat, India.Gadhali , six miles north-east of Amalner, is the first place in Khandesh at which Gujarat Shravak Vanis settled...
, Mehergaon
Mehergaon
Mehergaon is a small village in India, located in the north-west region of the state of Maharashtra. The primary language is Ahirani. Mehergaon has a diverse climate. The temperature varies from 10 to 48 degrees Celsius. It is exceptionally hot and dry during summer with temperature reaching as...
, Javkhede
Javkhede
Javkhede is village in Jalgaon district, tehsil Amalner in state of Maharashtra, India. Population of Javkhede is about 5,000.theIt is situated on banks of a nullah. It lies on Border of Dhule and Jalgaon districts and located between villages Mohadi and Vavade.Majority of people speak Ahirani...
, Vavade, Patonde and Mangrul.
History
Amalner has historical importance in the fields of education, industrialization and independence movements. It is host to one of the oldest philosophical centres in India, the Pratap Tatwadnyan Mandir, formerly the Indian Institute of Philosophy. Many foreigners take admission here for its quality education and strict discipline. It gives some of the highest results from the Jalgaon district.The northern part of Amalner is called Pratapnagar, after Srimant Pratap Shethji. Institutes named after him are Pratap College and Pratap Highschool.
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, popularly known as Sane Guruji, was one of the famous teachers of Pratap Highschool, who fought for the independence of India. He was a teacher, a poet and a writer, having written many famous books including Shyamchi Aai and Bhartiya Sanskriti.
"Nyayacharya Shriram Shankar Upasani" was also from Amalner. He was a great Sanskrit Teacher and eminent Scholar in Amalner.
On the industrial front, Azim Premji
Azim Premji
Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, guiding the company through four decades of diversification and growth to emerge as one of the Indian leader in the software industry...
's father had started its first dalda factory at Amalner, which is now known as a mother plant of giant Wipro Company. You can still find out a highest numbers of Wipro share holders in Amalner city.
On the religious front, Amalner is regarded as Pandharpur
Pandharpur
Pandharpur is an important pilgrimage city on the Bhimā river in Solāpur district, Maharashtra, India. The Vithoba temple attracts about half a million Hindu pilgrims during the major yātrā in the month of Ashadh ....
of Khandesh
Khandesh
Khandesh is a region of central India, which forms the northwestern portion of Maharashtra state.Khandesh was the terminal territorial part under the rule of Mughals. The Start of Deccan region demarcated by the boundary of Khandesh....
. Centuries ago, Sant Muktai stay in the district has made it a holy place. The great Shri Sant Sakharam Maharaj is from Amalner. There is a myth (whoever noted this fact as "myth" on this page - please note this is Truth that Shri Sakharam Maharaj travels Pandharpur every year with a procession called Palakhi. This procession takes place in the month of Ashadh (Indian Calendar). The honour of first procession (dindi) to visit Lord Vitthal in Pandharpur goes to Amalner. In every Vaishakh month there is huge Fun-Fare in the bori river. It is the biggest fun fare in nearby towns. At that time there is a Rath-Yatra at Vaishakh Ekadashi as well as Palakhi at pornima in that month. As mark of Solidarity among communities, first mogari (wooden log used as breaks for stopping Rath) is always put by Muslims and before Rath reaches its destination, Rath stops at a Mosque for Aarati and Dohe. Amalner is second PANDHARPUR, in Maharashtra. Two times visit to Amalner is equally beneficial as one visit to Pandharpur.
There are three main historic places of reference in the Eastern Khandesh
Khandesh
Khandesh is a region of central India, which forms the northwestern portion of Maharashtra state.Khandesh was the terminal territorial part under the rule of Mughals. The Start of Deccan region demarcated by the boundary of Khandesh....
region, now known as Jalgaon district. The oldest one, situated at the confluence of river Tapti and river Poorna
Poorna
Shamna Kasim, also known as Poorna, is an Indian film actress and model. She started her career as a classical dancer and got into media when she was participating at the reality-based dance competition Super Dancer on Amrita TV. She made her acting debut in the 2004 Malayalam film Ennittum and...
, is known as Muktainagar
Muktainagar
Muktainagar is a small town situated on National Highway No. 6 and now become the Ashian Highway 46 at the northern border of Maharashtra in India...
. Famous Marathi poetess Saint Muktabai, sister of Saint Dnyaneshwar
Dnyaneshwar
Dnyāneshwar , also known as Jñanadeva , was born into a Deshastha Brahmin Kulkarni family.He was a 13th century Maharashtrian Hindu saint , poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath tradition whose works Bhavartha deepika teeka ,...
, resided here, to explain Bhaktimarga to yogi ascetic Changdev Maharaj
Changdev Maharaj
Changdev Maharaj was a mystical yogi turned saint who is believed to have lived in the village of Vateshwar along the banks of the Tapti River for 1,400 years...
. The other two are Amalner Fort and Shendurni
Shendurni
Shendurni is important pilgrimage city on the banks of the Son river in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India.-History and Religious importance:Shendurni belonged to Patankar Dikshit, the family priest of Baji Rao II, the last of the Peshwas...
. Saint Shree Sakharam Maharaj of Amalner was a devotee of Lord Vithal. In his commemoration, the Ashadhi Ekadashi celebrations take place at Amalner parallel to the celebrations at the magnificent temple of Lord Viththal in Pandharpur
Pandharpur
Pandharpur is an important pilgrimage city on the Bhimā river in Solāpur district, Maharashtra, India. The Vithoba temple attracts about half a million Hindu pilgrims during the major yātrā in the month of Ashadh ....
. Amalner, Shendurni and Pimprala (Jalgaon) are known as Prati-Pandharpur meaning as holy as Pandharpur. Mandal is village of amalner taluka & situated on the bank of Panzara river. It is located around 20 km from Amalner. It is famous for Jain Temple of "Lord Chandraprabhu" who was 8th Thirthankar of Jain's & temple of "Kshetrapal Maharaj". It is believed that temple will fulfill all wishes if we visit on the day of Amavsya. It is the biggest village of Amalner taluka. Patonada is a village in Amalner taluka and Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located around 18 kilometres from Amalner. Patonda is home to Shri Datta Vidya Mandeer Pantonda & Junior College. Another emerging place, Ratnapimpri, 11 km from Amalner and 7 km from Parola tahsil. It is situated on the bank of Gopi river where famous Shivdham temple is located. And, 2 km away from it, Tapovan is situated where farmers are experimenting organic farming. This place is emerging as a tourist and religious place for devotees. It is calm and peaceful, because away from the city business.The myth is, at Ratnapimpri, people used to find out pearls (Ratnna). Therefore, it is known as 'Ratnapimpri'.
There are only two temples of Mangalgrah in India and worldwide, one at Calcutta and one at Amalner. The premises are so well developed nowadays that they are becoming a picnic spot.
Another famous temple is "shri akkalkao swami samarth kendra". It is believed that this temple fulfills all wishes. Thousands of people visit this temple every day. It has power of THE GREAT SWAMI MAHARAJ.
The history of Name of Amalner is interesting and important as information. In 11th century Rishi Ambarishi pray to god Varun (God of Wind). God Varun then build the temple of God Shiv that temple called Varuneshwar is famous in the area. Amabarishi then named that village Amalnir which means the village with pure water or where there is no mal(impurity)in water is Amalnir, it get changed to Amalner.
Geography
Amalner is located at 18°56′N 75°20′E / 18.93°N 75.33°E / 18.93; 75.33[1]. It has an average elevation of 700 metres (2296 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Amalner had a population of 91,456. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amalner has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Industries
Amalner has seen its up and downs in the industrial field. This little town had two famous factories, a cotton mill and first ever plant of WiproWipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...
and a number of other small scale units. It was a strong market particularly in the edible oil and cotton segment. The first oil mill setup by Wipro, was later acquired by Kalra family from Sargodha
Sargodha
Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan.Sargodha is located in the northwest of Pakistan. It is the eleventh largest city of Pakistan and also known as Pakistan's best citrus-producing area. It is an agricultural trade centre with various industries...
(Pak) and renamed it as Amalner Oil and General Mills (AOGM). Amalner also had a number of other striving oil mills in the past and even today this small town has at least 4 oil expellers all in closed condition. Amalner also had at least 20 cotton mills in the past all closed now. In last ten years WIPRO has expanded vastly all over India and abroad but not in Amalner. Amalner, being a small town, owns around 1% of Wipro shares.
Pratap Shethji started Pratap Mill in Amalner, producing clothes, as response to "स्वदेशी चळवळ" initiated by Bal Tilak. This mill was later taken over by state government before closing operations towards end of the previous century. This mill had larger employee base and turnover than Wipro till about 8th decade.
Amalner boasts a glorious past of industrial revolution. Once in the history this town was led in politics by the Late Shri Sane Guruji. Many of the cotton mills in Amalner were run by Bhandarkar's.
गोल्ड बँक ओआरजि युके
Education
Amalner has seen ups and downs in the educational field, just as in the industrial field.Pratap Shethji founded a well known School and College in Amalner, both named after him, Pratap Highschool and Pratap College respectively. Shri Sane Guruji served in Pratap Highschool as teacher.
Pratap College once had the largest library in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
and hosted 1000s of books.
He also founded "तत्वद्न्यान मंदिर" (Philosophy hall) in 1966 hosting books on the subject of Philosophy. Earlier in India, the studies of philosophy were based on western philosophy books only. This hall gave an opportunity to bring traditional books based on Dharmashastra under one roof.
At present Khandesh Education Society manages the day to day operations of these institutes along with G. S. Highschool, D. R. Kanyashala and English Medium school.