Wardha
Sign in to saveWardha 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
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
Key dates
- Inception
- 1866
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Wardha district
- Area
- +11.84
- Elevation
- +234
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Wardha district
- Image
- Viswasanthi Stupa, Wardha.JPG
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- 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.