Short answers, pulled from the story.
Ahmednagar was founded in 1494 by Ahmad Nizam Shah I on the ashes of a battlefield where he defeated superior Bahmani forces. The city was established as a new sultanate that would stand as one of the most formidable Deccan powers for over a century.
In 1944, the Ahmednagar Fort became the confinement site for Jawaharlal Nehru during the British colonial rule. While detained there, Nehru wrote The Discovery of India, a seminal work that would shape the vision of independent India.
Ahmednagar serves as the heart of India's armored warfare by housing the Indian Armoured Corps Centre & School, the Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre, and the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment. The city is home to the second-largest display of military tanks in the world and the largest in Asia.
On the 31st of May 2023, Eknath Shinde announced that Ahmednagar would be renamed Ahilyanagar in honor of Ahilyabai Holkar. The decision was officially approved by the Maharashtra state cabinet on the 13th of March 2024 and notified to the state revenue and forest department on the 4th of October 2024.
Ahmednagar experiences a hot semi-arid climate situated in the rain shadow region of the Western Ghats with monsoon rainfall averaging less than a third of that received in Mumbai. The city had a population of 350,859 residents as recorded in the 2011 Indian census.
Ahmednagar is home to the Samadhi of Meher Baba, the Shani Shingnapur Temple, and the Tomb of Salabat Khan II located 13 kilometers from the city center. The Meherabad residence of Meher Baba is situated nine miles north of Ahmednagar and serves as a place of pilgrimage.