Ahmednag'ar

Ahmednag'ar (Ahmadnagar), a town of the province of Bombay, 122 miles E. of Bombay, is the third city of the Deccan. It was founded in 1494 by Ahmed Nizam Shah. In 1797 it fell into the hands of the Mahrattas, and in 1817 became British. It consists mainly of houses built of sunburnt bricks, but retains numerous specimens of Mohammedan architecture. It became a municipality in 1855; and possesses a good supply of water by means of aqueducts. Strong carpets, cotton and silk cloths, and copper and brass pots, are manufactured here. There are several smaller places of the same name in India. Pop. (1891) 46,189, almost all Hindus in faith. Area of the district, which is partly bounded by the Godavari River, 6645 sq. m.; pop. 888,755.