Amravati

This article is about the municipality in Maharashtra, India. For its namesake district, see Amravati district.

This article is about the city in Maharashtra. For ancient town in Andhra Pradesh, see Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, or for other meanings of the word, see Amaravati (disambiguation).

Amravati
—  metropolitan city, amba nagari, pearl city.  —
TOP: Irwin Square. Middle-Left: Y-Bridge. Bottom: Sanskriti Bhavan, .
Amravati Location of Amravati in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	20°55′33″N 77°45′53″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Amravati
Founded	1097 AD
Mayor	Kishore Shelke
Deputy Mayor	Sheikh Jafar
Municipal Commissioner	Naveen Sona
Population • Density • Metro	646,801 (2011) • 2,395 /km2 (6,203 /sq mi) • 646,801
Literacy	93.03%
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	270 square kilometres (100 sq mi) • 343 metres (1,125 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 444 60x • Telephone • +91-721 • Vehicle • MH 27
Website	amravati.nic.in

Amravati  pronunciation (Marathi: अमरावती) is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India and the seventh most populous metropolitan area in Maharashtra. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Amravati district. Among the historical landmarks in the city are the temples of Amba, Shri Krishna, and Shri Venkateshwara etc.

Amravati is also the headquarters of the "Amravati Division" which is one of the six divisions of the state of Maharashtra (Amravati and Nagpur divisions together form Vidarbha region). Apart from Amravati district itself, following four districts also come under Amravati Division:
1. Akola, 2. Yavatmal, 3. Buldhana and 4. Washim. Amravati Municipal Corporation, established in 1983, is the first Municipal Corporation in India, which has introduced privatization of octroi.

Geography

Amravati is located at 20.93°N 77.75°E / 20.93; 77.75. It has an average elevation of 343 metres (1125 feet). It lies 156 km (97 mi) west of Nagpur, and serves as the administrative center of Amravati District and of Amravati Division. The town is located near the passes through the hills that separate the cotton-growing regions of the Purna basin to the West and the Wardha basin to the East.

Climate

Amravati has a tropical wet and dry climate with hot, dry summers and mild to cool winters. Summer lasts from March to June, monsoon season from July to October and winter from November to March.

The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded was 46.7 °C on 25 May 1954 and 5.0 °C on 9 February 1887 respectively.

Climate Table

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C)	29	32	36	40	42	37	31	30	31	33	30	28
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C)MG	15	17	21	25	27	25	23	23	22	20	17	15
Mean total rainfall (mm)	13	16	9	8	13	155	248	173	165	44	21	9
Source: Government of Maharashtra

Demographics

Aerial View of Amravati

As per provisional reports of census, India, population of Amravati in 2011 is 646,801; of which male and female are 330,544 and 316,257 respectively. The sex ratio of Amravati city is 957 per 1000 males.

In education section, total literates in Amravati city are 543,568 of which 284,490 are males while 259,078 are females. Average literacy rate of Amravati city is 93.03 percent of which male and female literacy was 95.52 and 90.44 percent.

Total children (0-6) in Amravati city are 62,497 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 32,713 boys while 29,784 are girls. Child sex ratio of girls is 910 per 1000 boys.

Governance

The current legislative member representing Amravati is Rajendra Shekhawat of the Indian National Congress (INC). He is the son of the current President of India, Pratibha Patil.

The current Member of Parliament for Amravati is Anand Adsul of the Shivsena. The current Amvarati mayor is Kishor Shelke of the Indian Nationalist Congress (NCP), while Sheikh Jafar of the Indian National Congress Party (INC) is the Deputy Mayor.

Amravati is also the hometown of a number of politicians. The current President of India, Pratibha Patil originated from Amravati. The current Governor of Kerela, R. S. Gavai also came from Amravati. Both have represented the Amravati Lok Sabha constituency in the past.^{[citation needed]}

Amravati Municipal Corporation

The Amravati Municipal Corporation is headed by a Mayor who is assisted by the Deputy Mayor. Before March 1999 they had an office term of only one year, which has now been raised to 3 years. They carry out the work through various committees such as Standing Committee, Law Committee, Education Committee, Women and Child Welfare Committee, City Development Committee and Four Zonal Committees for the four zones. Amravati Municipal Corporation was established on 15 August 1983. In August 1983 the area occupied by the Municipal Corporation was 121.65 km². The AMC comprises area of erstwhile Municipal Council, Amravati, and area of erstwhile Municipal Council, Badnera along with eighteen revenue villages namely Navsari, Tarkheda, Shegaon, Rahatgaon, Mhasala, Wadali, Benoda, Jewad, Vadad, Nimbhora (K), Saturna, Akoli, Waruda, Kasbe, Badnera Mahajanpura, Gambhirpura and Amravati Peth. Now the total area of the city is 270 km² of which 181 km² falls under municipal limits and about 89 km² falls out off the municipal limits.

Culture and Religion

Sanskriti Bhavan

Amba mata

The Temple of Goddess Amba is an example of spiritual architecture in the Vidharbha Region. There's a legend that when Lord Krishna ran away with Goddess Rukhamini from her wedding ceremony, he used a tunnel laying from Ambadevi temple to Koundinyapur (another spiritual place near Amravati). This tunnel is still in existence but is now closed. Many research teams over the years have tried to investigate about the length of the tunnel but all their efforts were in vain.

In Navaratri, there's a fair which goes on for 9 days where people from nearby towns and villages participate and dance Garba/Dandiya until late in the evening. The city is also known for the Sai Temple along with Bhaktidham situated in Sai Nagar and Shree Swami Samarth temple situated in Rahatgaon. Other major Indian festivals like Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, Dipawali, Holi and Makarsankranti are also celebrated with lots of enthusiasm.

Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, the conference on Marathi Literature were held twice in Amravati city. It was presided by President of the Conference Keshav Jagannath Purohit in 1989.

The 11th Annual Pakshi Mitra Sammelan was held at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. It was presided over by bird analyst, Raju Kasambe.

History

The History Of Amravati

The ancient name of Amravati is "Udumbravati", prakrut form of this is "Umbravati" and "Amravati" is known for many centuries with this name. The mispronunciation form of this is Amravati and now the Amravati is known with the same. It is said that Amravati is named for its ancient Ambadevi temple. The ancient proof of existence of Amravati can get from stone carved inscription on the base of marble statue of God Adinath (Jain God) Rhishabhnath. This shows that, these statues were set up here in 1097. Govind Maha Prabhu visited Amravati in 13 th century, at the same time Warhad was under the rule of Deogiri's Hindu King (Yadav). In 14th century, there was famine (drought) in Amravati & people abandoned Amravati and left for Gujrat and Malva. The local people were returned back after several years at Amravati, the result of this was scanty population. In 16 th century, Magar Aurangpura (today's, 'Sabanpura') was alloted for Jama Masjid by Mughal Aurangzeb. This reveals that Muslims and Hindus lived together here. In 1722, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj presented Amravati and Badnera to Shri Ranoji Bhosle, by the time Amravati was known as Bhosle ki Amravati. The city was reconstructed and prospered by Ranoji Bhosle after the treaty of Devgaon and Anjangaon Surji and victory over Gavilgad (Fort of Chikhaldara). The British general author Wellesly camped in Amravati, particular place is still recognized as camp, by Amravati people. The Amravati city came in to existence at the end of 18th century. Union state of Nijam and Bosale ruled the Amravati. They appointed the revenue officer, but defense system was worsted. Gavilgad fort was conquered by Britishers on 15th Dec' 1803. According to the Deogaon treaty, the Warhad was presented as the token of the friendship to Nijam.

The Warhad had Nijams monopoly, thereafter. Near about 1805, Pendharies attacked Amravati city.

The Sahukars(hedgers) and Marchants of Amravati saved Amravati by giving seven lakhs to the Chittu Pendhari at that time. The Nijam ruled for a more than half century. From 1859 to 1871, many government buildings were come into existence, which were built by the British. Railway station was constructed in 1859; commissioner bungalow in 1860, Small cause court in 1886, (today’s S.D.O. OFFICE), the Tahsil office & the Main post office were built in 1871. During this time, the central jail, collector office, Rest house, cotton market were also built. During 1896, Shri Dadasaheb Khaparde, Shri Ranganath Pant Mudhodker, Sir Moropant Joshi, Shri Pralhad Pant Jog were the leaders in Amravati. The 13 th Congress Conference was held at Amravati on 27-29 Dec' 1897 due to the efforts of these leaders. Shri Lokmanya Tilak and Shri Mahatma Gandhi visited Amravati in 1928. The Munsipal A.V. High School was inaugurated at the hands of Shri Subhash Chandra Bose. At the time of 'Savinay Awagya Andolan ', Amravati held the head office of it. On 26 th of April 1930, the water was taken from 'Dahihanda' for the famous 'Namak Satyagrah', and Dr. Soman was brought the sea water from Mumbai for the occasion. Around ten thousand people were prepared the salt under the leadership of Shri Vir Vamanrao Joshi.

Udumbaravati was the encient name of today's Amravati. It was due to the presence of ample number of Audumber trees in the region. The name was further abbrevated as Umbravati, Umravati& Amravati. The city grown up rapidly at the end of 18 th century due to the growth in businesses. It was one of the richest town of the area.

In 1853, the present day territory of Amravati district as a part of Berar Province was assigned to the British East India Company, following a treaty with the Nizam of Hyderabad. After the Company took over the administration of the province, it was divided into two districts. The present day territory of the district became part of North Berar district, with headquarters at Buldana. Later, the province was reconstituted and the territory of the present district became part of East Berar district, with headquarters at Amraoti. In 1864, Yavatmal District (initially known as Southeast Berar district and later Wun district) was separated. In 1867, Ellichpur District was separated but in August, 1905, when the whole province was reorganized into six districts, it was again merged into the district. In 1903, it became part of the newly constituted province of Central Provinces and Berar. In 1956, Amravati district became part of Bombay State and after its bifurcation in 1960, it became part of Maharashtra state.

Geography Amravati city is situated 340 m above from the sea level. Pohara & Chirodi hills are in the east of the city. Maltekdi is one of the hills, which is inside the city. The hight of Maltekdi is around 60 m & the statue of great maratha kind, Shri Shivaji Maharaj is placed on the top of the hill. There are two lakes in the eastern part of the city, namely, Chhatri Talao & Wadali Talao. The city is located in the East Maharashtra on the altitude of 20o 56' north & 77o 47’ east. It is the main centre of west Vidarbha. It is on the Mumbai-Calcutta high way.

First In Amravati - Who & What

• First Public (Sarvajanik) Ganesh Festival was celebrated in the leadership of Shri Dadasaheb Khaparde - year 1900 at Indrabhavan Theatre.
• First Commissioner of Amravati was T.H.Bullok.
• First March (Morcha) was arranged in the leadership of Shri Dada Jog.
• First Police Station was established in the year 1877, it was inside the walled city then and place was near the Laxmi - Narayan Temple.
• First person to get re-married was Shri Bhaskar Thatte, at auspicious hands of Shri Balasaheb Bedekar.
• First Circus to Amravati was came in the year was in 1905-06 and stayed at Neharu Ground.
• First person to go to jail for singing Vande Mataram was Shri. Jairam Patil in the year 1907.
• Shri Jainarayan Vyas at Ramvilas Garden started first Ice Factory in the year 1925.
• The Amravati - Narkhed Railway was sanctioned for the first time at Shimla on 12 May 1928 but it still to get complete.
• First political arrest to a woman was Mrs. Parvatibai Patwardhan in 1930.
• Shri Hambarde near Rail Station arranged first wrestling championship. Famous Gama Pahelwan had come to take part and large number of people had came to just have glance at him. But his opponent Ganga Singh Pahelwam did not appeared at the venue.
• First Electric Supply to Amravati was started by Amravati Electric Company. The Company was formed in 1928. This company first started the streetlights.
• First Varhad Untouchable's Convention was arranged on 13th and 14th 1927 at Saban Pura, Amravati. Its Chairperson was Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
• Amravati Zilla Parishad was constituted on 1 May 1962.
• In the year 1989, (62nd) Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held at Amravati for the first time. It was on dates 21,22,23 January 1989. The Chairman was Shri. K.J.Purohit (Shantaram). Place was H.V.P. M. Amravati Campus. The sponsors were H.V.P.M.Amravati and City Library.
• First to represent Indian delegation to Britain were Shri Ranganath pant Mudholkar & Shri Moropant Joshi, Moropant Joshi was only 29 years at that time.
• The first trust was from the donation by Pralhadpant Jog, a famous Lawyer. The chairperson was Shri Dadasaheb Khaparde. The property of Jog trust was located at today’s Joshi Hall, New High School and city Library and was named as Jog Square after him.
• The First Theatre in Amravati was Indrabhavan Theatre. Which was earlier used to stage plays and folk art form and later for displaying talkies.
• Gandhi chouk was named so for the first time, on 9 October 1920 on the occasion of Gandhiji's Birthday.
• First Indian person to held the post of Minister in British Government was an Amravatian. He was Sir Moropant Joshi. He held the post of Home minister during 1920 to 1925.

Know Amravati•

• Shri Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal is a world famous sports institute of Amravati.
• The starting of the Vidarbha Sahitya Sangha was from Amravati on 14 January 1923.
• Amravati city is the only city in Maharashtra of which History from11th Century is available (Last 900 years History)
• First Finance Minister of independent India Shri Chintamanrao Alias C.D.Deshmukh was an Amravatian.
• A member of Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal Shri Rajesh Muralidhar Mahatme (25 years) was the first person to get entry in "Limka book of records” for 24 hours continuous cycling.

Some Another Historical Fact

Amravati, in Sanskrit, literally means ‘abode of immortals’. Amravati was the capital of Berar, which was part of present-day Vidharbha. Berar was part of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka's empire. In 1833, Berar was handed over to the British East India Company. It was divided into two districts, South Berar or Balaghat and North Berar. In 1956, due to the reorganisation of the states, Amravati was transferred from Madhya Pradesh to Bombay state. Later in 1960, with the creation of Maharashtra, Amravati became one of its districts.

India independence freedom fighters such as Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar, Dadasaheb Khaparde, Moropant Vishvanath Joshi came from the city.

In 1897, the Indian National Congress assembled at Amraoti. It was headed by Chettur Sankaran Nair . In a masterly address he referred to the highhandedness of foreign administration, called for reforms and asked for self-government for India with Dominion Status.

Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was hiding for 3 days in Amravati during his underground tenure and he frequently visited Hanuman Akhada (Gym) during that time. Amravati is also famous for its social activists as well as political icons^{[citation needed]} like Panjabrao Deshmukh, Gulabrao Honade, Sane and many more.

Notable people

Saints

• Shri Sant Gadge Maharaj
• Rashtra Sant Tukdoji Maharaj
• Paramhanse Adkoji Maharaj

Freedom Fighters and Patriots

• Shri. Narsinghdasji Agrawal (Advocate)
• Shri. Jagannath Sitaram Akarte
• Shri. Chandrabhanji Shivramaji Nagpure
• Shri Ramdayal Ayodhyaprasad Gupta
• Shri Kunjbihariji Gowardhandsji Kedia(Agrawal) (Sawlapur)
• Shri Dadasaheb Khaparde
• Veer Vamanrao Joshi
• Umarlalji Kedia
• Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar
• Barrister Moropant Vishvanath Joshi
• Mirza Azizullah Baig
• Shri Gulabrao Honade (Dadasaheb Honade)
• Shri Sukhdevroji Fogoji Tidke (Krantiveer)
• Shri Brijmohanji Gopicharanji Gupta
• Shri Gopicharanji Bhagwandasji Gupta

Social and Political Activists

• Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh
• Brijlal Biyani
• Padmashri Dr.Shivajirao Patwardhan
• Prof. Purushottam Nagpure
• Barrister Ramrao Madhavrao Deshmukh
• Shri B. T. Deshmukh
• Shrimati Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• Shrimati Usha Tai Chowdhary
• Shri. Bablubhau alias Aniruddha Subhanrao Deshmukh
• Sanjay Vinayakrao Khodke
• Sau.Sulabhatai Khodke
• Dr. Sunil Deshmukh
• Harshavardhan Pratapsingh Deshmukh
• Raosaheb Devisijgh Shekhavat
• Dr. Anil Bonde
• Ravikumar Rana
• Yashomati Thakur
• Purshotam Bajaj

Artists

• Shri Gopal Nilkanth Dandekar [Famous Marathi writer, born at Paratwada in Amravati Dist.]
• Shri Suresh Bhat (was popularly known as "Gazal Samrat" or emperor of Gazals)
• Shri Pradeep Choudhary (Mrular and Painter from J J School of Arts, Mumbai)
• Shri Dhananjaysingh Varma (Painter from J J School of Arts, Mumbai)
• Shri Bharat Ganeshpure (A very Famous Marathi movie actor, born at Daryapur,who have acted in various marathi movies)

Education

Schools

Amravati is served by the following private schools in addition to the public schools operated by Amravati Municipal Corporation.

• Adarsha Prarthmik Shala
• Bhawarilal Samra English High School
• Deepa English Primary School
• Dnyanmata High School Amravati
• DRS Kids School
• Friends Urdu High School
• Friends English High School
• Golden Kids English High School

• Holy Cross Convent
• Latebai School
• Manibai Gujarati High School
• Mohanlal Samra Primary School
• Narayan Das Laddha Highschool
• New High School
• Oyster English School, Amravati.
• Pragati Vidyalaya
• Rajeshwari Vidya Mandir

• Saraswati Vidyalaya
• School of Scholars
• Shri Ganeshdasji Rathi Vidyalaya
• Shri Ramkrishna Krida Vidyalaya
• Shri Samarth High School
• St. Francis High School, Amravati
• St. Thomas English High School, Amravati
• Takhatmal English High School
• Vanita Samaj

These schools are affiliated to Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE).

Navodaya Vidyalaya and Abyasa English School follow CBSE pattern of learning. The Management of Abyasa English School has also decided to start an ICSE affiliated school, which will be known as Amravati Public School. The plan is in its initial stage.

Colleges

At the heart of the city is the oldest and famous government institute known as the Govt. Vidarbha Institute Of Science And Humanities, formerly Vidarbha Mahavidyalaya. It started out as King Edward College. It is the only college serving Amravati with maximum branches for humanities at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. The college has several renowned alumni. The institute has over 500 teaching and non-teaching staff, the maximum in any college under Amravati University.

Renowned educationalist and former Agricultural Minister of India, Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh is the founder of Vidharbha’s largest Shivaji Education society. More than 265 educational institutes operate under the management of Shivaji Education Society, providing great contribution in the field of education especially in rural areas.

Amravati is a major educational center in Central India. Major colleges affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University include

• Government College of Pharmacy
• Government College of Engineering, Amravati
• Government Polytechnic Amravati
• P. R. Patil Group of Educational Institutes
• T.S.H.M.C HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AMRAVATI
• Smt. Kesharbai Lahoti Mahavidyalaya
• V.Y.W.S.'s Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research
• Prof Ram Meghe College of Engineering and Management.

The only College affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University which received Autonomous status as well as College with Potential of Excellence is

• Degree College of Physical Education, Shree H.V.P. Mandal, Amravati

Shree H.V.P. Mandal, Amravati was established in 1914 and is serving as a premier sports institution. Its members also actively participated in Freedom Struggle movement and now it has diversified its its activities to the field of Ayurvedic medicine, tribal and school education and Engineering and Technology.

New engineering colleges have sprung up in past few years including H.V.P.Mandal's College of Engg. & Technology and the Sipna College of Engg. and Technology. Specially P. R Patil Educational Institutes have made a great impact in last 3 years to the education of Amravati.

Old Amravati

Amravati was once surrounded by four gates: Jawahar Gate, Kholapuri Gate, Nagpuri Gate and Amba Gate. The jewellery market (also known as Sarafa Bazaar) is located inside Jawahar Gate with renowned shops like Mangalam, Gogate Saraf, Soni jewellers, etc. There are mainly two parts inside the Fort wall, Bhaji Bazar and Budhwara, famous for the Ganeshotsava ( Lord Ganesh Festival ). In Bhaji Bazar, two Ganesh Mandal are famous (1) Chhatrapati Shivaji Mandal and (2) Sarvajanik Mandal, In Budhwara, the Famous Mandals are (1) Azad Hind Mandal (2) Nilkanth Mandal, who organize various programs during the 10 days. Also there are famous Temples located in old Amravati (1)Balkrishna temple, Someshwar Temple, Murlidhar and bhrahmachari maharaj Temple (Renewd by Deodia family in 1938), Laxmi Narayan Temple, Jain Shwetamber Temple, Kala Maroti Temple all in Bhaji bazar, (2) Nilkanth Temple, Shri Krishna temple, Ekvira Devi temple, all in Budhwara, Amba Devi and Ekvira Devi temple, Amba Gate

Transport

Road

Amravati City Bus

Two wheelers and Amravati Municipal Corporation run city buses are the major form of transport within the city. Auto rickshaws and cycle rickshaw provide are also widely available.Maharashtra State road transport Corporation (MSRTC) provides transport service for intercity and interstate travel. Many private operators also ply on the highly travelled Amravati - Pune and Amravati - Indore route.Bus service is available for cities like Nagpur, Bhopal, Indore, Raipur, Jabalpur, Mumbai, Pune, Akola, Nanded, Aurangabad, Parbhani.

NH6, which runs from Hazira (Surat) to Kolkata, passes through Amravati.

Railway

Amravati is situated on the branch line from Badnera on Bhusawal - Nagpur section of Mumbai (CSTM) - Howrah main railway line of Central Railways.

President Pratibha Patil laid the foundation stone for the New Amravati model railway station building on September 7, 2008. It was inaugurated on 10 December 2011 and also new train Amravati-Tirupati Express was flagged off. Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced the decision to set up a new divisional railway office in Amravati which will be housed in the model railway station building.^{[citation needed]} This will be the sixth divisional railway office of Central Railways, the other five divisions being in Mumbai, Nagpur, Solapur, Bhusawal and Pune.

Amravati railway station provides multiple shuttle services to Badnera throughout the day. Along with this, following trains originate from here.

• Amravati - Jabalpur Super Fast Express
• Amravati - Nagpur Intercity Express
• Amravati - Mumbai Superfast Express
• Amravati - Surat Fast Passenger
• Amravati - Nagpur Passenger
• Amravati - Bhusaval Passenger
• Amravati - Tirupati Superfast Express

Air

Amravati has an aerodrome at Belora 15 km off NH-6 towards Akola. Presently it's not used for commercial purposes. It also has a helipad facility. MADC is acquiring about 400 Ha. of land for developing this airport and related facilities at an estimated cost of Rs. 225 Crore.

Growth

Like many other small cities, Amravati is ramping up its infrastructure. New flyovers and roads are being built under the Integrated Road Development Programme (IRDP) of the Government of Maharashtra.^{[citation needed]}

The city is rapidly expanding towards Badnera, 10 km to the south, an important railway junction where the branch railway line serving Amravati joins the main Mumbai - Bhusawal - Wardha - Nagpur - Howrah rail route.

Amravati is growing as an industrial center, with cotton mills leading the way. Amravati district is home to Vidarbha Sugar Mills Ltd., Kurha. It is the sole surviving sugar factory in Amravati region.

Indiabulls is developing a 2640MW Thermal Power Plant at Nandgaon Peth/Sawardi MIDC. Once finished, it will be India's third largest.

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) plans to make air defense missiles at a proposed site at Nandgaon Peth/Sawardi MIDC.

Communications

Landline services in the city are currently provided by 2 operators, viz. BSNL& Reliance Communications. WLL services are currently offered by Tata Teleservices, BSNL and Reliance Communications. The current GSM mobile operators in the city are namely, Airtel, Tata DoCoMo GSM, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, BSNL, Reliance Communications and Uninor. Operators providing CDMA and EVDO services in the city are Reliance Communications, MTS, BSNL and TATA DOCOMO CDMA.3G network provider are BSNL 3G, Tata DoCoMo 3G Vodafone India 3G and Idea Cellular 3G.BSNL and MTS are also providing EVDO coverage on their CDMA network. In recent years internet penetration in the city has seen enormous growth. Hence, broadband internet services are gaining increasing popularity as against the traditional and now obsolete, Dial-up internet service. The current Internet Service Providers in the city are namely, BSNL, Tata Indicom and Reliance Communications. Also AIR FM radio station which is now broadcasting test signals is soon to be working on 101.5 MHz.

Entertainment, Recreation and Retail Infrastructure

Many shopping centers like Best Price (Walmart-Bharti Venture), Big-Bazaar, D-Mart, N-Mart and ITC Choupal Sagar have cropped up in recent years. This has happened as a result of increase in standard of living and due to a drastic increase in the city's Gross domestic product (by purchasing power parity).

Lifestyle brands have a retail presence in the city. Additionally other retail brands like Adidas, Reebok, Levi Strauss, John Players, Raymond, Titan Watches & Eye-wear operate stores.

The city has many single screen Film theaters. Multiplexes such as E-orbit (Big Bazar) and Rajesh (Jaistambh) are already operational.

Places of Interest

• Chikhaldara
• Chattri Talav
• Malkhed
• Morshi Dam
• ShivTekdi
• Wadali

Places to hang out

• Rajkamal Square
• Orbit(Camp)
• Samrat Panipuri(Panchvati)
• Eorbit(Sai Nagar)
• Maltekdi(Shivtekdi)
• Cafe Chocolade(Ambapeth)
• Vadali Lake(Vadali)
• Chchatri Lake(Dastur Nagar)
• Cafe Coffee Day(Camp)

See also

• Amravati Division
• Regions and Divisions of Maharashtra
• Vidarbha

External links

• A Map of Amravati marked in Google Maps
• Official website
• Gazette published in 1968
• Amravati Information In Marathi
• Amravati District Statics
• Amravati City: Beautiful N Calm
• kamdhenu.org