Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Pune description & Facts:
Pune is in Maharashtra, India. It is second largest city in the state and is considered the state's cultural capital. The city contains the headquarters of an administrative division officially known as the Pune division. The large student population in the city makes for a lively nightlife and vibrant atmosphere. Pune also houses fantastic restaurants, good museums and is well known for its surrounding hill forts which offer panoramic bird's-eye views. Pune has a glorious history of nearly 1600 years. Pataleshwar caves (Near Jangli Maharaj Road) from the 5th century is an evidence to Pune???s old settlements. Rashtrakut (?????????????? ?????????) Kings had built a beautiful temple of Shiva called Punyeshwar, which was unfortunately destroyed during Sultan???s attack on city in 13th century. Since Pune is in the state of Maharashtra, most of the residents are Marathas (or Maharashtrians).
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Description:
India is the largest country in the Indian Subcontinent and shares borders with Pakistan to the west, China and Nepal to the north, Bhutan to the north-east, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. Sr... More
Capital: New Delhi
Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)
Government: Federal Republic
Population: 1,147,995,898 (2008 est.)
Religion: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
Time zone: UTC+5.5
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