Amalner is a town and a

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in Jalgaon district in the state of

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, situated on the bank of the Bori River. Amalner is the birthplace of the

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company, which started business by producing vanaspati ghee from

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s there. Amalner is a

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Jalgaon Jalgaon () is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra in the subregion of Khandesh, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. In the subregion of ...

district. Amalner lies on the Western Railway between

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and

Bhusawal Bhusawal is a city in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India. Situated along the Tapti River, it lies between the Satpura Range and the Ajanta range, Ajanta Hills of the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau. The city is a significant hub for the ...

. Amalner is well connected to the Central Railway through Jalgaon / Bhusaval as well as the Western through Surat.

History

Amalner has a historical importance in the fields of education, industrialisation 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. Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, popularly known as Sane Guruji, was one of the famous teachers at Pratap high school. He fought for the

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, was a teacher, poet and writer, and wrote many books, including ''Shyamchi Aai'' and ''Bhartiya Sanskriti''. Shriram shastri Upasani was also resident of Amalner. He studied the Vedas, Upanishads and other Shastras in Kashi i.e. Varanasi in Gurukul system. Then he came back to Amalner and served as a teacher in Pratap high school and college. He also served to teach religious and philosophical studies to newly initiated Sanyasis of Hindu Jain and Buddhist society. Due to his knowledge in philosophy various intellectual were coming to meet him. He was having close intellectual relations with dr.

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(former President of India). In 1945,

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's father started the first

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factory at Amalner, which is now known as a mother plant of the giant

company. Amalner city is still densely populated with Wipro shareholders. Azim Premji visited Amalner's Wipro plant on 12 February 2013, to address the employees of the company.

Geography

Amalner is located at 18°56′N 75°20′E / 18.93°N 75.33°E / 18.93; 75.33 It has an

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of 344

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s. It is 36 km from Dhule.

Demographics

As of the Indian

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of 2011, Amalner had a population of 95,994. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. The average literacy rate is 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 57% of the males and 43% of females being

literate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

. Some 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Jalgaon district Talukas in Maharashtra