Introduction

Ahmednagar District is the Largest District in the State of Maharashtra having 5.66% of the area of the state . Ahmednagar is a city of Ahmednagar District in the state of Maharashtra, India, on the west bank of the Sina river, about 120 km northeast of Pune and 120 km from Aurangabad.The district has historical heritage.The name of the District Ahmednagar has come from the name of the founder of the town Ahmednagar by Ahmed Shah Nizam Shah. The District place Ahmednagar has many places of Historical importance including Ahmednagar fort where many national heroes of Indian Freedom Struggle including Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru were detained during Indian freedom movement. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote his famous book "Discovery Of India" in Ahmednagar Fort.

In todays context Ahmednagar is most advanced district having maximum number of sugar factories, perhaps to spread the message "rural prosperity through cooperation". The first cooperative sugar factory in Asia was established at Pravara Nagar. Role Model of water conservation work can be seen at Ralegan-Siddhi and Hivare Bazar which are also called ideal Villages.