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Wardhapronunciation (help·info) is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the north, west and south boundaries of the district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an important centre for the cotton trade. It was an important part of the Gandhian era.
Wardha district is in the state of Maharashtra in western India. This district is a part of Nagpur Division. The city of Wardha is the administrative headquarters of the district. Hinganghat, Arvi and Wardha are the major cities in the district. The district had a population of 1,300,774, of which 26.28% were urban as of 2011.
Vasant Purushottam Sathe was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He was a lawyer by training and became a parliamentarian in 1972 and a cabinet minister during the 1980s. He was a socialist and came to prominence in the congress after Indira Gandhi split the party for a second time in 1978. He was also known for his tenure as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting when he initiated the process which led to Indian television moving into colour broadcasting for the Asian Games 1982 and Hum Log the first colour Indian soap-opera.
Datta Raghobaji Meghe is an Indian politician and currently a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to Lok Sabha as a member of Congress Party four times : 10th Lok Sabha from Nagpur, 11th (1996-1998) from Ramtek, 12th Lok Sabha from Wardha, and 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) from Wardha constituency in Maharashtra state.
Wardha Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is spread over Amravati and Wardha districts.
Prabha Rau was an Indian politician and the Governor of Rajasthan state of India when she died. She was appointed Governor of Rajasthan after she was transferred from Governor of Himachal Pradesh after Urmila Singh took charge on 25 Jan 2010 at Shimla. Initially following the death of previous governor of Rajasthan S.K. Singh, she got additional charge as Governor of Rajasthan along with charge of Governor of Himachal Pradesh. She was the governor of Himachal Pradesh since 19 July 2008. She was the former president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. She hailed from Wardha. She has a brother named Arun Wasu.
Deoli-Pulgaon Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the state of Maharashtra in the western India. This constituency is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Wardha district and comprises the entire Deoli tehsil including Pulgaon town and parts of the Wardha and Hinganghat tehsils of this district.
Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is part of the eight constituencies located in the Amravati district.
Hinganghat Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the Wardha district.
Wardha Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India, and is a segment of Wardha Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the Wardha district and comprises parts of the Wardha and Seloo tehsils of this district.
Melghat Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the eight which are located in the Amravati district. It is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidate.
Arvi Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Wardha district.
Wardha Junction railway station is a railway station serving Wardha city in the Wardha district, Maharashtra, India. The station is under the Nagpur railway division of the Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. Wardha Junction is an important station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line and Wardha–Chitoda line.
Virendra Jagtap is a current member of 13th Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, representing the Dhamangaon Railway Constituency. A member of the Indian National Congress Party, he was elected for the first time in 2004 as the member of 11th Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha representing the erstwhile Chandur Constituency. He was previously the president of Amravati District Congress Committee (Rural) and served as the Chairperson of the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) Committee of the Maharashtra Legislature.
Ramdas Tadas is member of 16th Lok Sabha representing Wardha in Maharashtra state of India. He was member of Maharashtra Legislative Council as member of Nationalist Congress Party. Later he moved to BJP in 2009 and contested Deoli Assembly seat of Maharashtra and loss by Ranjit Kamble. He was Vice President of Bhartiya Janata Party Maharashtra State Unit with President and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
HinganiHingni is a village in Seloo Tehsil of Wardha district, Maharashtra, India. The village is situated on Seloo Bordharan Road, 25 km away from Wardha. Population in the village is about 25000. There is a Bor River passing through the west side of village. The entire village is surrounded by "Bor National Centurion Park. The Bor National Centurion Park and "Bor Dam" is just 5 km away from this village.
Shri Santoshrao Vyankatrao Gode was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress party. He was a Member of the Parliament of India having been elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Wardha Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra in 1977.
Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Wardha Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bhoyar's election victory has resulted in BJP winning two seats in Wardha district for the first time ever. In 2014, Bhoyar has been a newcomer to the BJP, and is considered as being from the Datta Meghe group. Bhoyar has been president of Wardha district Indian Youth Congress.
Ramchandra Ghangare was a member of the 10th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Wardha constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Communist Party of India political party. He was also member of legislative assembly from 1967 to 1972. In his political career he fought for upliftment of poor people. As an ardent communist he sticks whole life to his principal. He contested many elections for Loksabha and vidhansabha with the popular support. He was motivational guru of famous social activist Sindhutai sapkal.
Sunil Baburao Mendhe is an Indian Politician and a Member of Parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency, Maharashtra. He won the 2019 Indian general election being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.