Ashwi Khurd is one of the villages in Sangamner Taluka in

Ahmednagar District Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: �ɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ, officially Ahilyanagar district, is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical city of Ahmednagar is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

State. Ashwi Khurd is from its district main city

Ahmednagar Ahmednagar, officially Ahilyanagar, is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost impre ...

, from

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and from state capital

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

. The nearest towns are

Akole Akole is a city and taluka in the Akole tehsil of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India. It is situated within the Sahyadri Mountains of the Western Ghats. The city has several historical sites that reflect its connection to the history an ...

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Rahata Rahata is a city and a municipal council in Ahmadnagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Demographics As of the 2001 Indian census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, rec ...

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Kopargaon Kopargaon is a town and municipality located in the Ahmednagar district of the Indian state of Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It i ...

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Shrirampur Shrirampur () is a city and a municipal council located in the Ahmednagar district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Climate Shrirampur has a tropical wet and dry climate with average temperatures ranging between . Shrirampur experiences ...

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Notable people

Indian cricketer

Ajinkya Rahane Ajinkya Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian cricketer and former Indian captain in all formats and former vice-captain of the Indian team in Test cricket, who has played for Indian cricket team in all formats as a batsman. He currently capta ...

was born in the village.

External links

Zimbabwe tour: Ajinkya Rahane to lead India

References

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