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PLACES
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NACHANGAON
Nachangaon, once the headquarters of a paragana with an area of 310 square miles and 150 villages, [Central Provinces District Gazetteers, Wardha District, Vol. A, 1906, p. 251.] is a large village in Wardha tahsil, 21 miles south-west of Wardha and two miles south of Pulgaon railway
station with which it is connected by a good road. In 1961 it had a population of 6,513. The village has a ruinous old fort which was successfully defended against the Pendhari attacks. In the month of Ashvin (October) a small local fair is held. On Thursdays a weekly market is held at which oil-seeds, yarn, agricultural implements and provisions are brought for sale. Nachangaon has educational facilities upto the higher secondary school stage, a post office and a dispensary. There is a taluka seed multiplication farm.
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