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ROHNA
Rohna, said to derive its name from the rohan tree (Soymida febrifuga),is a large village in Arvi tahsil having a railway station on the Pulgaon-Arvi route of the Central Railway. It lies 14 miles south of Arvi and
contains the ruins of an old fort built in the 14th century by Krishnaji
Shinde who held it rent-free from the Bhosles and the Nizam in return for maintaining a troop of 200 horse. A weekly market is held here on Tuesday at which cattle are also sold. The village has a primary health centre, a middle school, a post office and a police out-post. There is a leather workers' co-operative. In 1961, its population was 2,474.
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