Kirloskarwadi
Kirloskarvadi | ||
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City and town | ||
Vidhan Sabha constituencyPalus-Kadegaon | |
Kirloskarvadi is India's second oldest industrial township that developed around the
History
The town of Kirloskarwadi was founded by
During Indian independence struggle, some of the militant revolutionary fighters who went underground to escape arrest took refuge in Kirloskarwadi. The workers from the factory took part in protests and satyagraha against the British rule. Two workers from the factory—Umashankar Pandya and Sadashiv Pendharkar—were killed when police opened fire on one such protest. An obelisk (Marathi: स्तंभ) and park in the town commemorate the sacrifices of these workers.
Geography
Kirloskarvadi is located at 17°05′06″N 74°24′50″E / 17.085°N 74.414°E. Kirloskarvadi is located in the
are the nearest cities.INDUSTRIES AND NEAREST MIDC
Kirloskarvadi is founded in 1910 by laxmanrao kirloskar in palus taluka. Kirloskarvadi has biggest industrial hub and it is only 4.3km from palus . There are many types of foundries and industries are located in kirloskarvadi. Nearest midc like Palus MIDC and kupwad (sangli) MIDC. kirloskar Group main manufacturing plant is situated in kirloskarvadi it is very fast growing and developed area in palus
Transportation
The Kirloskarvadi railway station (KOV) is one of the important station on the Mumbai–Bangalore railway line managed by Central Railway, Pune division. This place is projected as Commercial Capital of South Maharashtra by Shri. Suresh Prabhu, Commerce Minister - Govt.of India. Currently double line electrification is in construction between Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur and expected to be start first electric run trials from March 2019. There are trains to major cities like Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad. Trains having stoppage here are Dadar Hubli Express, Sahyadri Express, Mahalaxmi Express, Maharashtra Express, Koyna Express, Pune-Miraj Express, Dadar-Satara express via Kurduvadi, Pandharpur, Sangli route. There is long time demand to have a halt for Chalukya Express and Ernakulum Express to Kirloskarwadi station as it will give good service to Vita, Islampur, Palus and Tasgaon Taluka residing Passengers. Sangli railway station is the nearest major railway station where all long distance trains stop and is around 33km from Kirloskarvadi.
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