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PUNE

or Poonaboth: pooˈnə, city (1991 pop. 2,493,987), Maharashtra state, W central India. It is a district administrative and commercial center with automotive vehicle works and other factories. There are several palaces and temples from the 17th and 18th cent., when Pune was the capital of the Marathas. Under British rule it was an important military center. Pune Univ., a meteorological observatory, a national chemical laboratory, and a national-defense academy are in the city. It was also the original center of the transcendental meditation movement.

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Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India
Book by Nalini Natarajan; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects:	India--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Indic Literature (English)--History And Criticism--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Indic Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Indic Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
-----. Panyavarachi Akshare. Pune: Suvichar Prakashan Mandal, 1979. -----. Aajakalache Sahityaka. Pune: Utkarsha Prakashan, 1980. -----. Palana. Pune: Suparna Prakashan, 1981. -----. Amhi Aaple Dhaddhopanta. Pune...

World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia - Vol. 4
Includes: India (pt. 2); Bangladesh; Bhutan; Maldives; Nepal; Sri Lanka
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2007
Subjects:	Bangladesh--Geography, Bhutan--Geography, India--Geography, Maldives--Geography, Nepal--Geography, Sri Lanka--Geography
Pune Once known as Poona, Pune has been called the Oxford and Cambridge of India. The city is a...Maharashtra. There are references from the tenth century CE thilt reler to Pune as Punakii. but the city did not develop rapidly until the seventeenth...

Regional Cultures, Managerial Behavior, and Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective
Book by Joseph W. Weiss; Quorum Books, 1988
Subjects:	Culture, Entrepreneurship, High Technology Industries--Management, Organizational Behavior
...has primarily a public sector culture, Pune has mainly a private sector culture. Bangalore...high- technology industries. Although Pune has fine educational institutions, it...by student unrest, whereas Bombay and Pune have been affected. In addition, the...

The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India
Book by Thomas Blom Hansen; Princeton University Press, 1999
Subjects:	Hinduism And Politics--India, India--Politics And Government--1977-, Nationalism--Religious Aspects--Hinduism
...The following account of the dense RSS networks in Pune points to the environment of social narcissism and...born and later consolidated. THE SANGHA CITADEL IN PUNE From the early 1930s, Pune became an important center for RSS activities and...

Water and Womanhood: Religious Meanings of Rivers in Maharashtra
Book by Anne Feldhaus; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects:	Goddesses--India--Maharashtra, Maharashtra (India)--Religious Life And Customs, Rivers--India--Maharashtra--Folklore, Rivers--Mythology--India--Maharashtra, Rivers--Religious Aspects--Hinduism, Women In Hinduism
...the Bharat Itihas Sam sodhak Man d al , Pune. Gautami Mahatmya . 1906. Printed separately...the Bharat Itihas Sam sodhak Man d al , Pune. Godavari Mahatmya . 1872 Sake 1794...avinayak Yatra Katha va Samagra Mahitisaha . Pune: Anamol PrakaSn. Janardansvami. 1959...

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Correlates of Premarital Relationships among Unmarried Youth in Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Journal article by Mallika Alexander, Laila Garda, Savita Kanade, Shireen Jejeebhoy, Bela Ganatra; International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 33, 2007
Subjects:	Domestic relations--Evaluation, Family relations--Evaluation, Romantic love--Social aspects, Romantic love--Statistics, Teenagers--Behavior, Teenagers--Social aspects, Unmarried couples--Behavior, Unmarried couples--Social aspects, Youth--Behavior, Youth--Social aspects
...Relationships among Unmarried Youth in Pune District, Maharashtra, India. by Mallika...olds in urban slum and rural settings in Pune District, Maharashtra. Multivariate analyses...youth in one slum and one rural setting in Pune, India, and by identifying factors associated...

Mobility and Subsistence Strategies: A Case Study of Inamgaon, A Chalcolithic Site in Western India
Journal article by Sheena Panja; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 38, 1999
Subjects:	Archaeology--Research, Bronze age--Research, Human behavior--History, India--History, Migration, Internal--India, Subsistence hunting--Research
...is located 89 km east of the city of Pune (Fig. 1). The ancient mound, 3 km...1988 The First Farmers of the Deccan. Pune: Ravish Publishers. 1994 Chalcolithic...Excavations at Inamgaon, Vols. 1 and 2. Pune: Deccan College Post-graduate Research...

Subsistence Strategies and Burial Rituals: Social Practices in the Late Deccan Chalcolithic
Journal article by Teresa P. Raczek; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 42, 2003
Subjects:	Archaeology--Research, Archaeology--Social aspects, Burial--History, Burial--Research, Deccan (India)--History, Deccan (India)--Research, Subsistence economy--History, Subsistence economy--Research
...a tributary of the Bhima River, in the Pune District of Maharashtra, India. Employing...S. B. 1969 Songaon Excavation 1965. Pune: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research...D. ANSARI 1965 Chalcolithic Chandoli. Pune: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research...

Who Inspired Panini? Reconstructing the Hindu and Buddhist Counter-Claims
Journal article by Madhav M. Deshpande; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 117, 1997
Subjects:	Buddhism--History, Grammar, Comparative and general--Religious aspects, Hinduism--History, Historical linguistics--Analysis, Indian literature--Religious aspects
...Bombay Sanskrit Series, nos. XLIV and L. Pune: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute...I. Ed. Kshitish Chandra Chatterji. Pune: Deccan College, 1953. Dhatupradipa...ed. by K. V. Abhyankar, 1962-72. Pune: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute...

Commemorating the "golden Age" of Shivaji in Maharashtra, India and the Development of Maharashtrian Public Politics
Journal article by Daniel Jasper; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 31, 2003
Subjects:	Bhosale, Shivaji, Cultural identity, Festivals, Fund raising, Kings, Maharashtra India, Personal profiles, Politics
...these forts, and both laid claim to the Pune region, where Shivneri was located. Shivajis...Jijabai, on the familys jagir lands3 near Pune, in the present-day state of Maharashtra...over the administration of his fathers Pune holdings after the death of Dadaji Khondev...

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Queen Mary's Institute, Pune
Magazine article by Paul Murphy; History Today, Vol. 45, November 1995
Subjects:	Disabled veterans--Buildings, facilities, etc., Historic buildings--Italy, Poona, India--Buildings, facilities, etc.
Queen Marys Institute, Pune by Paul Murphy Painted on a red-and...School for Disabled Ex-Servicemen at Pune, a military town south of Bombay. Their...be shifted. Lady Willingdon decided on Pune (then Poona) whose pleasant climate...

Memoirs of a Spiritual Refugee
Magazine article by Mary Garden; The Humanist, Vol. 69, November 2009
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Breaking the Spell: My Life as a Rajneeshee and the Long Journey Back to Freedom (Autobiography)--Book reviews
...of the movement during the early days in Pune, India, but while Stork rapidly rose...time there. (Indeed, after a visit to Pune in April of 1980, Bernard Levin, one...footsteps, off she went to the ashram in Pune for a month to see Bhagwan (Sanskrit for...

The State of Mission Studies in India: an Overview and Assessment of Publications and Publishing
Magazine article by Siga Arles; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 34, July 2010
Subjects:	Bible, Christianity, Citizenship, Councils, New Testament, Religious missions, Research, Studies, Theology
...were preparing to leave the country. At Pune in 1942 the Indian Theological Conference...of Union Biblical Seminary (UBS), in Pune, published by ISPCK. Begun in 1982...LZBS Journal, Union Biblical Seminary, Pune Individually, the impact of these journals...

The Growing Economic Power of Indian Cricket
Magazine article by Alex Ninian; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Autumn 2010
Subjects:	Cricket (Sport)--Appreciation, Cricket (Sport)--Economic aspects, Cricket (Sport)--Forecasts and trends, Cricket--Appreciation, Cricket--Economic aspects, Cricket--Forecasts and trends, Professional sports--Economic aspects, Professional sports--Forecasts and trends, Professional sports--India, Professional sports--International aspects, Sports associations--Economic aspects, Sports associations--Forecasts and trends, Sports associations--International aspects, Sports tournaments--Economic aspects, Sports tournaments--International aspects, Tournaments--Economic aspects, Tournaments--International aspects
...held in early 2010. The choice of cities included Pune, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Dharamsala, Vizag, Rajkot...they originally considered Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune before deciding on Pune. They eventually won it with a bid of $370 million...

Calendar of Events
Magazine article; AI Magazine, Vol. 26, Summer 2005
...E-mail: kpr_tmrf@sancharnet.in URL: pune.sancharnet.in/kpr_tmrf/iccis05.html...Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-05). Pune, India * Sponsors: IEEE SMC, NIA Pune, UCAI * Contact: Bhanu Prasad, Florida A M...

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PILGRIM'S CUP QUEST; Kacey Bags Medals, Games Record and a Personal Best Time at Pune in India
Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), October 22, 2008
...Kacey Bags Medals, Games Record and a Personal Best Time at Pune in India. Byline: ADAM HICKS adam.hicks@northernstar...high following her hugely successful campaign at the Games in Pune. Although the youngest member of Australias swim team for the...

The Truth about 'Doctor' Joshi
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 19, 2005
...medical degree in Mumbai (elsewhere he says Pune University in India) before ending up...Joshi: I got it from the University of Pune, but I never came to this country to work...Yes. I finished my degree in 1989. At Pune University. The Mail: But you were doing...

The Bollywood Billionaires of Blackburn; One BROTHER Wears His Hair in a Pony-Tail, Owns a F Leet of 51 Cars and Carries a Loaded Revolver; Another BROTHER Insists: 'Money's No Problem; If We Have to Spend [Pounds Sterling]10m, [Pounds Sterling]15m, [Pounds Sterling]20m, We Will'; and, Yes, the SISTER Who Heads the Family Firm Really Does Know the Name of the Rovers Left-Back
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 16, 2011
Subjects:	Blackburn Rovers, Family corporations, Family-owned business enterprises, Family-owned businesses, Premier League
...Byline: SPECIAL REPORT From Nick Harris IN PUNE, INDIA IT WAS the question that infamously...conglomerate owned by the Rao family and based in Pune, 70 miles south-east of Mumbai. The...security bungalow complex in the hills above Pune. There are five top-end cars in the...

E BOLLYWOOD'S BILLIONAIRES; One BROTHER Wears His Hair in a Pony-Tail, Owns a F Leet of 51 Cars and Carries a Loaded Revolver Another BROTHER Insists: 'Money's No Problem; If We Have to Spend [Pounds Sterling]10m, [Pounds Sterling]15m, [Pounds Sterling]20m, We Will' and, Yes, the SISTER Who Heads the Family F Irm Really Does Know the Name of the Rovers Left-Back; SPECIAL REPORT
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 16, 2011
Subjects:	Blackburn Rovers--Reports, Premier League--Reports
...SPECIAL REPORT. Byline: From Nick Harris IN PUNE, INDIA THE BLACKBURN left-back? Thats...owned by the Rao family and based in Pune 70 miles south-east of Mumbai. The Raos...high-security bungalow complex above Pune. There are five top-end cars in the...

I Left Scotland to Work in an Indian Call Centre and It's the Best Thing I Ever Dids the Best Thing I Ever Did
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 4, 2005
...managerial position to work in the Indian town of Pune, 150 miles southwest of Mumbai. He now works...Mahatma Gandhi Road, the main shopping street in Pune. MG is an experience in itself, the Pune version of Argyle Street. It is a long, one...

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Pune
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PUNE or Poona both: poo n , city (1991 pop...temples from the 17th and 18th cent., when Pune was the capital of the Marathas. Under British rule it was an important military center. Pune Univ., a meteorological observatory, a...

Maharashtra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Industry, including the manufacture of textiles, electrical products, and chemicals, is mainly concentrated in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, and Nagpur. The Muslim rulers of India controlled the area of Maharashtra from the early 14th cent. to the mid...

Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAVARKAR, VINAYAK DAMODAR vina y k da modar s var k r, 1883 1966, Indian nationalist. Educated in Pune, he was militantly anti-British and anti-Muslim. He founded a terrorist organization in London while ostensibly studying...

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TILAK, BAL GANGADHAR bal gung g dar te lak, 1856 1920, Indian nationalist leader. He was a journalist in Pune, and in his newspapers, the Marathi-language Kesari lion and the English-language Mahratta, he set forth his nationalist...

India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jaipur , Kanpur , Kochi (see under Cochin ), Kolkata (Calcutta), Lucknow , Ludhiana , Madurai , Mumbai, Nagpur , Patna , Pune , Surat , Vadodara (see under Baroda ), Varanasi , and Vishakhapatnam . People and Culture India is the worlds second most...

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