Koregaon Park (Pune)

India / Maharashtra / Pune Cantonment / Pune
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Koregaon Park is a prime neighbourhood in city of Pune.

Earlier Ahmednagar road was known as Koregaon road, since Koregaon Bhima village also falls on this road. Koregaon Bhima village was the site of a major battle between British East India Company and Peshwas in 1818.

In early 19th century, British settled a neighbourhood on the lands of Ghorpadi village, which was outside of Pune. This neighbourhood was named Koregaon Road Estate, since this was in proximity to then Koregaon road (today's Ahmednagar road). The estate was divided into various numbers of plots, many of which were auctioned and purchased mostly by rich merchants or princely/royal families of India. Some specific plots were also kept reserved for the Military and Postal Department. This caused Koregaon Road to become the most up-market area in Pune which continues till today.

Later, when the road was renamed to Ahmednagar road, the neighbourhood was also renamed to Koregaon Park to avoid confusion with Koregaon Bhima village.
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Coordinates:   18°32'11"N   73°53'39"E

Comments

  • Too many hawkers and too much litter due to neglect....park??? no way....but its still got trees in the lanes
  • Koregaon Park needs to be saved from hawkers, rampant commercialization and traffic control. Please do something!
  • Koregaon Park used to be one of the most beautiful places in Pune, the glamour, the beauty, the Moghul Gardens, I mirgrated to USA about 19 years ago, when I went back to Koregaon Park, it is all a mess now, too many hawkers, slums are seen around, trash all over, the Pune authorities need to do something about it especially build some good lasting roads. Anil Chavan USA
  • Osho 'ashram' is now more like a high priced holiday resort....very little Osho left there now, even his Buddha field is not to be felt.
  • Hello I visited Koregaon Park from this wikimapia with my close friend Ravi Varma.. Quite amazing..So I put this wikimapia widget on my simplycity.tv video magazine. If you are curious just visit this link and sign up as a citizen..to visit many places in Pune virtually Cheers Pankaj Sampat Simplycity.tv
  • I lived in KP for a while but, when i went there the last time... it`s not the same, people waiting to just somehow cheat you.
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