Akola is located north-central of Maharashtra state, western India, on the banks of the Morna River. Although it is not considered a common tourist destination, Akola is an important city due to its history, culture, politics, and agriculture. It also has a prominent road and rail junction in the Tapti River valley that functions as a commercial trading center.
Akola is an important educational center with several colleges affiliated with the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. The city is developing into a market center. The primary language spoken by the people of Akola is Marathi.
Akola is mentioned to be a part of Berar province and the legendary kingdom of Vidarbha in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata.[3] Berar also formed part of the Mauryan Empire during the reign of Ashoka (272 to 231 BCE), before being ruled by the Satavahana dynasty (2nd century BCE – 2nd century CE), the Vakataka dynasty (3rd to 6th centuries), the Chalukya dynasty (6th to 8th centuries), the Rashtrakuta dynasty (8th to 10th centuries), the Chalukya dynasty (10th to 12th centuries), and the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri (late 12th to early 14th centuries-old
Late medieval history
A period of Muslim rule began when Alauddin Khalji, Sultan of Delhi, conquered the region in the early 14th century. The region was part of the Bahmani Sultanate, which broke away from the Delhi Sultanate in the middle of the 14th century. The Bahmani Sultanate itself broke up into smaller sultanates at the end of the 15th century, and in 1572 Berar became part of the Nizam Shahi sultanate, based at Ahmednagar. The Nizam Shahis ceded Berar to the Mughal Empire in 1595, and the Mughals ruled the Berar province during the 17th century. The Akola fort was heavily fortified during the Mughal king Aurangzeb's rule.[4] As Mughal rule started to unravel at the start of the 18th century, Asif Jah I, Nizam of Hyderabad seized the southern provinces of the empire (including Berar) in 1724 to form an independent state.[5]
Maratha Empire
The region came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and later his sons as the Maratha Empire rose from 1674 to 1760. When Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj I died in 1749, he appointed Peshwa as the head of the Maratha Empire with certain conditions. The third battle of Panipat in 1761 crippled the Maratha Empire and weakened the power of Peshwa, but Berar remained under Maratha rule.
The Battle of Argaon in 1803 was fought in Akola between the British and the Marathas during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. In the third Anglo-Maratha War, the last Peshwa, Baji Rao II, was defeated. In 1853, the Akola district together with the rest of Berar came under the administration of the British East India Company.[6] Berar was divided into East and West Berar with the Akola district being included in the west. In 1903, Berar was leased to the Nizam of Hyderabad by the British East India Company in return for the debt.
Post-independence
After India's independence in 1947 from the British Government, the newly formed country was divided into different states. The Congress's proposed linguistic provinces plan before the Independence of India had positioned Akola as the headquarters of the Berar region.[7][8]
The states and provinces of India were reorganized in 1956, and the region of Berar was divided among different states. Akola became a part of bilingual state of Bombay which was further divided into two states in 1960 when Akola became a part of the new state of Maharashtra.
According to the 2011 Census of India,[10] Akola City had a population of 427,146 and an area of about 128 square kilometres (49 sq mi). After the city's municipal limits were extended in Aug 2016, it was recorded to have a population of 537,137.
Akola Police maintains eight police stations in the Akola city subdivision that cover the metropolitan area of the city.[15]
The government also approved the creation of a new Railway Police Akola subdivision that will include Akola, Wardha, and Badnera railway police units. The Akola Police subdivision falls under the Nagpur District of Railway.[16]
Akola Airport (also known as Shioni Airport) (IATA: AKD, ICAO: VAAK) is the domestic airport of Akola and is 304 metres (999 ft) above sea level. It was built by British authorities in the 1940s and regularly sent flights to Mumbai. Now it is non-functional and has one runway (4,600×145 ft). The airport's expansion and use have been delayed as it is unable to get land from the university of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth.[17]
Road
National Highway No. 6 passes through Akola.
NH-6, which connects Surat to Kolkata, passes through the city. State Highways No. 68 and 69 also pass through the municipal limits. Other highways include State Highway 204, State Highway 200: Akola – Amravati, and State Highway 197. NH-161 begins from Akola and reaches in Telangana near Hyderabad.[18]
^"Akola Railway Police". 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^"AAI red flags Akola airport extension – Times of India". The Times of India.
^"अकोला जिल्हा शासकीय संकेत स्थळ". akola.nic.in. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^"Jurisdiction eg: Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Vidyapeeth, Akola".
^"C-1 Population By Religious Community – Maharahstra". Census. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
External links
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Official website
Akola Regional Transport Office
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For other uses see Akola disambiguation Akola e ˈ k oʊ l ɑː is a major city in Vidarbha Region it is governed by a Municipal Corporation it is the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati is located about 580 kilometres 360 mi east of the state capital Mumbai and 250 kilometres 160 mi west of the second capital Nagpur Akola is the administrative headquarters of the Akola district located in the Amravati division AkolaCityClockwise from top Salasar Balaji Temple Akola Fort Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Headquarters ClocktowerNicknames The Cotton City 1 Rajrajeshwar NagariAkolaLocation of Akola City Show map of MaharashtraAkolaAkola India Show map of IndiaAkolaAkola Asia Show map of AsiaCoordinates 20 42 N 77 00 E 20 7 N 77 00 E 20 7 77 00Country IndiaStateMaharashtraDistrictAkolaGovernment TypeMayor Council BodyAkola Municipal Corporation MayorArchana Masne District CollectorMs Nima Arora IAS Municipal CommissionerKavita Dwiwedi IAS Area Total124 km2 48 sq mi Highest elevation324 m 1 063 ft Lowest elevation287 m 942 ft Population 2016 Total537 137 RankIN 84thMH 14th Density5 065 km2 13 120 sq mi DemonymsAkolekarLanguage OfficialMarathiTime zoneUTC 5 30 IST PIN444001 444002 444003 444004 444005 444006 444007 444104 444109 444302Telephone code0724Vehicle registrationMH 30Literacy91 9 Sex ratio0 958HDIHigh 2 Websitehttps akola gov in Akola is located north central of Maharashtra state western India on the banks of the Morna River Although it is not considered a common tourist destination Akola is an important city due to its history culture politics and agriculture It also has a prominent road and rail junction in the Tapti River valley that functions as a commercial trading center Akola is an important educational center with several colleges affiliated with the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University The city is developing into a market center The primary language spoken by the people of Akola is Marathi Contents 1 History 1 1 Early medieval history Classical 1 2 Late medieval history 1 3 Maratha Empire 1 4 Post independence 2 Demographics 3 Geography and climate 4 Governance 4 1 Police administration 5 Transportation 5 1 Air 5 2 Road 5 3 Rail 6 Education 6 1 Agricultural university 6 2 Medical science colleges 7 Notable people 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditEarly medieval history Classical Edit Akola is mentioned to be a part of Berar province and the legendary kingdom of Vidarbha in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata 3 Berar also formed part of the Mauryan Empire during the reign of Ashoka 272 to 231 BCE before being ruled by the Satavahana dynasty 2nd century BCE 2nd century CE the Vakataka dynasty 3rd to 6th centuries the Chalukya dynasty 6th to 8th centuries the Rashtrakuta dynasty 8th to 10th centuries the Chalukya dynasty 10th to 12th centuries and the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri late 12th to early 14th centuries old Late medieval history Edit A period of Muslim rule began when Alauddin Khalji Sultan of Delhi conquered the region in the early 14th century The region was part of the Bahmani Sultanate which broke away from the Delhi Sultanate in the middle of the 14th century The Bahmani Sultanate itself broke up into smaller sultanates at the end of the 15th century and in 1572 Berar became part of the Nizam Shahi sultanate based at Ahmednagar The Nizam Shahis ceded Berar to the Mughal Empire in 1595 and the Mughals ruled the Berar province during the 17th century The Akola fort was heavily fortified during the Mughal king Aurangzeb s rule 4 As Mughal rule started to unravel at the start of the 18th century Asif Jah I Nizam of Hyderabad seized the southern provinces of the empire including Berar in 1724 to form an independent state 5 Maratha Empire Edit The region came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and later his sons as the Maratha Empire rose from 1674 to 1760 When Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj I died in 1749 he appointed Peshwa as the head of the Maratha Empire with certain conditions The third battle of Panipat in 1761 crippled the Maratha Empire and weakened the power of Peshwa but Berar remained under Maratha rule The Battle of Argaon in 1803 was fought in Akola between the British and the Marathas during the Second Anglo Maratha War In the third Anglo Maratha War the last Peshwa Baji Rao II was defeated In 1853 the Akola district together with the rest of Berar came under the administration of the British East India Company 6 Berar was divided into East and West Berar with the Akola district being included in the west In 1903 Berar was leased to the Nizam of Hyderabad by the British East India Company in return for the debt Post independence Edit After India s independence in 1947 from the British Government the newly formed country was divided into different states The Congress s proposed linguistic provinces plan before the Independence of India had positioned Akola as the headquarters of the Berar region 7 8 The states and provinces of India were reorganized in 1956 and the region of Berar was divided among different states Akola became a part of bilingual state of Bombay which was further divided into two states in 1960 when Akola became a part of the new state of Maharashtra Demographics EditHistorical populationYearPop 1981225 412 1991328 043 45 5 2001400 520 22 1 2011427 146 6 6 Source Census of India 9 According to the 2011 Census of India 10 Akola City had a population of 427 146 and an area of about 128 square kilometres 49 sq mi After the city s municipal limits were extended in Aug 2016 it was recorded to have a population of 537 137 Year Male Female Total Population Change Religion Hindu Muslim Christian Sikhs Buddhist Jain Other religions and persuasions Religion not stated2001 11 206649 193871 400520 57 429 27 309 0 476 0 164 12 859 1 603 0 071 0 0892011 12 217393 208424 425817 0 063 54 928 29 935 0 419 0 204 12 914 1 456 0 025 0 119Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Geography and climate EditClimate data for Akola 1981 2010 extremes 1901 2012 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 38 2 100 8 40 5 104 9 44 4 111 9 47 0 116 6 47 8 118 0 47 2 117 0 40 6 105 1 40 0 104 0 40 0 104 0 40 0 104 0 38 9 102 0 36 7 98 1 47 8 118 0 Average high C F 30 0 86 0 32 9 91 2 37 2 99 0 41 0 105 8 42 2 108 0 37 6 99 7 32 3 90 1 30 6 87 1 32 3 90 1 33 5 92 3 31 8 89 2 30 0 86 0 34 3 93 7 Average low C F 14 2 57 6 16 2 61 2 20 2 68 4 24 8 76 6 27 9 82 2 26 3 79 3 24 5 76 1 23 7 74 7 23 5 74 3 20 9 69 6 17 0 62 6 13 7 56 7 21 1 70 0 Record low C F 3 9 39 0 2 2 36 0 5 6 42 1 11 1 52 0 11 9 53 4 19 8 67 6 20 0 68 0 18 3 64 9 15 4 59 7 10 0 50 0 5 6 42 1 3 9 39 0 2 2 36 0 Average rainfall mm inches 12 2 0 48 8 6 0 34 12 9 0 51 3 4 0 13 13 1 0 52 139 4 5 49 213 6 8 41 195 2 7 69 132 1 5 20 46 9 1 85 17 6 0 69 6 8 0 27 801 7 31 56 Average rainy days 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 4 1 2 6 8 10 8 9 9 6 3 2 9 1 1 0 5 42 7Average relative humidity at 17 30 IST 37 26 22 18 22 45 66 71 63 46 43 40 42Source India Meteorological Department 13 14 Climate data for Akola Airport 1981 2010 extremes 1961 2002 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 35 4 95 7 40 5 104 9 43 0 109 4 45 9 114 6 47 7 117 9 46 9 116 4 40 5 104 9 36 8 98 2 38 4 101 1 39 0 102 2 35 5 95 9 35 7 96 3 47 7 117 9 Average high C F 29 9 85 8 32 4 90 3 37 2 99 0 41 0 105 8 42 4 108 3 37 7 99 9 32 3 90 1 30 6 87 1 32 5 90 5 33 7 92 7 31 6 88 9 29 7 85 5 34 2 93 6 Average low C F 14 0 57 2 15 8 60 4 20 2 68 4 25 1 77 2 27 8 82 0 26 2 79 2 24 1 75 4 23 5 74 3 23 1 73 6 20 2 68 4 16 1 61 0 12 9 55 2 20 8 69 4 Record low C F 4 9 40 8 7 7 45 9 9 0 48 2 12 6 54 7 18 6 65 5 18 3 64 9 17 7 63 9 19 6 67 3 12 5 54 5 10 8 51 4 5 1 41 2 4 4 39 9 4 4 39 9 Average rainfall mm inches 13 8 0 54 9 9 0 39 11 9 0 47 3 9 0 15 13 0 0 51 150 4 5 92 212 6 8 37 183 3 7 22 122 4 4 82 68 0 2 68 15 9 0 63 7 0 0 28 812 1 31 97 Average rainy days 0 8 0 8 1 0 0 4 1 4 7 2 10 8 9 9 6 0 3 0 0 9 0 6 42 9Average relative humidity at 17 30 IST 37 32 23 18 21 44 66 71 62 47 40 39 41Source India Meteorological Department 13 14 Governance EditPolice administration Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Akola Police maintains eight police stations in the Akola city subdivision that cover the metropolitan area of the city 15 The government also approved the creation of a new Railway Police Akola subdivision that will include Akola Wardha and Badnera railway police units The Akola Police subdivision falls under the Nagpur District of Railway 16 Mahabeej Bhavan AkolaTransportation EditAir Edit Main article Akola Airport Akola Airport also known as Shioni Airport IATA AKD ICAO VAAK is the domestic airport of Akola and is 304 metres 999 ft above sea level It was built by British authorities in the 1940s and regularly sent flights to Mumbai Now it is non functional and has one runway 4 600 145 ft The airport s expansion and use have been delayed as it is unable to get land from the university of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth 17 Road Edit National Highway No 6 passes through Akola NH 6 which connects Surat to Kolkata passes through the city State Highways No 68 and 69 also pass through the municipal limits Other highways include State Highway 204 State Highway 200 Akola Amravati and State Highway 197 NH 161 begins from Akola and reaches in Telangana near Hyderabad 18 Rail Edit The city is served by the Akola Junction railway station Education Edit Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University College of Engineering amp Technology Akola Government Medical College Akola See also List of schools in Akola Agricultural university Edit Akola houses Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth PDKV whose jurisdiction covers all eleven districts of Vidarbha 19 Medical science colleges Edit Government Medical College AkolaNotable people EditVasantrao Deshpande Anand Modak Vijay P Bhatkar Patrick Barr Vitthal Wagh Sudharak Olwe Shivdeep Lande Ranjit Patil Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre T S Korde Vallabhdas Aidan Mohta lt div style border solid transparent background color initial position absolute width 100px line height 0 Religion in Akola 2011 20 Hinduism 58 51 Islam 21 32 Buddhism 18 53 Jainism 1 01 Christianity 0 32 Others 1 Raj Rajeshwar Temple Akola This church is an 1873 British establishment It has Christmas decorations See also EditAkola railway station Akola Airport Vidarbha Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Varhadi language List of cities in MaharashtraReferences Edit List of Nicknames of Indian Cities 23 November 2021 Economic survey of Maharashtra PDF maharashtra gov in Retrieved 30 April 2023 Mahabharat Map Come let us create a Mahan Bharat www mahanbharat net Retrieved 30 April 2023 Friends of Forts Archived from the original on 5 April 2009 Retrieved 4 February 2009 Berar region India Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved 6 August 2020 Akola District Gazetteer Mediaeval Period History Maharashtra State Gazetteers Akola District Retrieved 24 July 2020 101 Retrieved 19 September 2014 101a Retrieved 19 September 2014 Mahapopulation PDF Census of India in Marathi maharashtra gov in Archived from the original PDF on 3 March 2009 Retrieved 4 June 2008 Census of India 2001 Data from the 2001 Census including cities villages and towns Provisional Census Commission of India Archived from the original on 16 June 2004 Retrieved 1 November 2008 Census India 2001 Census India 2011 a b Climatological Normals 1981 2010 PDF India Meteorological Department January 2015 pp 21 24 Archived from the original PDF on 5 February 2020 Retrieved 30 March 2020 a b Extremes of Temperature amp Rainfall for Indian Stations Up to 2012 PDF India Meteorological Department December 2016 p M135 M136 Archived from the original PDF on 5 February 2020 Retrieved 30 March 2020 Akola Police akolapolice gov in Akola Railway Police 13 November 2020 Retrieved 13 November 2020 AAI red flags Akola airport extension Times of India The Times of India अक ल ज ल ह श सक य स क त स थळ akola nic in Retrieved 5 November 2017 Jurisdiction eg Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Vidyapeeth Akola C 1 Population By Religious Community Maharahstra Census Retrieved 29 December 2019 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Akola Official website Bharat Krushak Samaj Akola Regional Transport Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Akola amp oldid 1155947250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
