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Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The administrative headquarter of Wardha district is situated here. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows on the northern, western and southern boundaries of the district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an important centre for cotton trade.

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Place details

Locality
Wardha
Region
Maharashtra
Country
India
Population
113,759
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Wardha
Settlement.native_name_lang
ISO 15919
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_caption
Vishwashanti Stoop , Collector office
Settlement.map_caption
Wardha in Maharashtra
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Maharashtra
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wardha
Settlement.established_date
1866
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_rank
East Vidarbha: 3rd
Settlement.area_total_km2
75
Settlement.elevation_m
234
Settlement.population_total
106,444
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_rank
East vidarbha: 3

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Wikidata facts

Area
11.84
Elevation
234
Image
Viswasanthi Stupa, Wardha.JPG
Dialing code
7152
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postal code
442001
inception
1866-00-00
Commons category
Wardha
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Travel guide

Get in

The easiest way to get to Wardha is via Nagpur. Wardha is 75 km from Nagpur and would take about an hour and a half to reach.

See

thumb|Magan Sangrahalaya, a museum about rural innovations, technologies. thumb|The Viswasanthi Stupa in Wardha.

Eat

The best bakery of the town is "Nirmal Bakery". This bakery offers oven fresh breads, cookies and cakes. You can easily reach by addressing Nirmal Bakery in Wardha.

Samadhan is a snacks shop for samosas and aloo-bonda (best at its taste) also next to it there is a novelty juice shop with speciality of badam-shake.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

21 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography and climate
  • Demographics
  • Religion
  • Culture
  • Transport
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Important places
  • Gitai Mandir
  • Vishwa Shanti Stupa
  • Magan Sangrahalaya
  • Sevagram Ashram
  • Paramdham Ashram/ "Brahma Vidya Mandir"
  • Kelzar Ganpati Mandir
  • Shree Sant Kejaji Maharaj Mandir
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The administrative headquarter of Wardha district is situated here. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows on the northern, western and southern boundaries of the district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an important centre for cotton trade.

== History == Wardha was included in the empire of the Mauryas, Shungas, Satavahanas, and Vakatakas. Pravarapura, modern Pavnar, was once the capital of the Vakataka dynasty. The Vakatakas were contemporaries of the Imperial Guptas. Prabhavatigupta, the daughter of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya), was married to the Vakataka ruler Rudrasena. The period of the Vakatakas was from the 2nd to the 5th century CE. The empire stretched from the Arabian Sea in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east, and from the Narmada River in the north to the Krishna-Godavari delta in the south.

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