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ANJI
Anji, with in 1961 a population of 2,956, is a large village on the Dham river in Wardha tahsil lying nine miles north-west of Wardha and connected with it by a good motorable road. It was included in the Gavilgad paragana of the Moghal Emperor Akbar, but was quite a small village until the time of the Bhosle rule when a mud fort was erected and the government officials exerted themselves to attract settlers. The remains of the mud fort can be seen even today. It then became the principal place of a paragana, but the Kamavisdar posted here subsequently made Arvi his headquarters. The Pendhari depredations impoverished Anji. There is a small handloom industry weaving cotton cloth and the nevar tape which is widely used in making country cots. Some handloom co-operatives exist at Anji. The dyeing industry which once thrived well here is almost extinct. On every Thursday a weekly market is held. Anji has a middle school, a dispensary, a post office and a rest house.
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