Parner Village

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Parner Village

Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name in Ahmadnagar District, Bombay, situated in 19 N. and 74 26' E., 20 miles south-west of Ahmadnagar city and 15 miles west of Sarola station on the Dhond-Manmad Railway. Population (1901), 5,300. Parner contains numerous money-lenders, chiefly Marwaris, with a bad name for greed and fraud. In 1874-7 disturbances arose between the husbandmen and the money-lenders. The villagers placed the money-lenders in a state of social outlawry, refusing to work for them, to draw water, supply necessaries, or shave them. The watchful- ness of the police saved Parner from a riot. Near the camping-place, at the meeting of two small streams, is an old temple of Sangameshwar or Trimbakeshwar. The village contains a Sub-Judge's court and a dispensary.