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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Koregaon Bhima
| native_name = कोरेगाव भिमा
| native_name_lang = Marathi
| other_name = Koregaon (कोरेगाव)
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18|38|44|N|074|03|33|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[States and Union Territories of India|Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Pune district|Pune]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Shirur taluka|Shirur]]
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 20
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| population_total = 13116
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = 671
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| website = {{URL|pune.nic.in}}
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MH]]
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{{See also|2018 Bhima Koregaon violence}}
''' Koregaon Bhima ''' is a [[panchayat village]]<ref>2011 Village Panchayat Code for Koregaon Bhima = 188591, {{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Shirur, Pune, Maharashtra|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|url=https://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4523&pno=1&ptype=V&parenttype=B|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511212036/https://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4523&pno=1&ptype=V&parenttype=B|archive-date=2013-05-11}}</ref> and [[census town]]<ref name="Panchayat-Dir-2011">2011 Census Village code for Koregaon Bhima = 555672, {{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Koregaon Bhima Gram Panchayat, Shirur, Pune, Maharashtra|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|url=https://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=188591&rlbtype=V}}</ref> in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]],<ref name="censusindia">2001 Census Village code for Koregaon Bhima = 03050100, {{Cite web|title=2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Maharashtra|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|page=592|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/PLCN/dir-27R.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113195156/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/PLCN/DIR-27r.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> on the left (north) bank of the [[Bhima River]].<ref>{{Citation|date=May 1960|title=Poona India, Sheet NE 43-06|series=Series U-502|publisher=United States Army Map Service|format=topographic map, scale 1:250,000|url=https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/india/ne-43-06a.jpg}}</ref> Administratively, Koregaon Bhima is under [[Shirur Taluka]] of [[Pune District]] in Maharashtra.<ref name="Panchayat-Dir-2011" /> There is only the single town of Koregaon Bhima in the Koregaon Bhima [[gram panchayat]].<ref name="Panchayat-Dir-2011" /> The town of Koregaon Bhima is 10 km along the [[List of state highways in Maharashtra|SH 60]] motorway southwest of the village of [[Shikrapur, Maharashtra|Shikrapur]], and 28 km by road northeast of the city of Pune. It is the site of the [[Battle of Koregaon]] fought on 1 January 1818.

==History==
{{main|Battle of Koregaon}}
The [[Battle of Koregaon]] took place on 1 January 1818 between the army of [[Peshwa]] Baji Rao II and a [[East India Company]] force, mainly Mahars. The Peshwa, with some 28,000 troops encamped at Phulgaon nearby, dispatched about 2000 of his soldiers to attack the Company force of some 800. The Company troops successfully defended themselves against the attack,<ref name="RGB_2008">{{cite book |author=Reginald George Burton |title=Wellington's Campaigns in India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAxEpTvTxrQC&pg=PA164 |year=2008 |publisher=Lancer |isbn=978-0-9796174-6-1 |pages=164–165 }}</ref> and the Peshwa withdrew at night fearing the arrival of a larger British force.<ref name="TJ_2007">{{cite book |author=Tony Jaques |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA542 |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0-313-33538-9 |pages=542 }}</ref> After the British victory in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War|War]], the Company commissioned a victory [[obelisk]] in Koregaon to commemorate its fallen soldiers. 22 of the 49 names of the slain soldiers on the pillar are that of [[Mahar]] caste. Today, the Mahars, who were formerly considered as [[Untouchability|untouchable]], regard it as a symbol of their victory over the high-caste Peshwa, and gather in large numbers at the site on the anniversary of the battle.<ref>{{Cite journal|last =Kumbhojkar|first = Shraddha|year = 2012| title=Contesting Power, Contesting Memories - The History of the Koregaon Memorial |journal=The Economic and Political Weekly |url=https://www.epw.in/special-articles/contesting-power-contesting-memories.html|access-date=2012-10-19}}{{Subscription}}</ref>

This battle has attained legendary status in Dalit history. The Dalits who follow [[BR Ambedkar]] view this battle as a victory of Mahars over the injustice and torture meted out to them by the Brahminical Peshwas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-one-killed-in-violence-near-koregaon-bhima-5008122/|title=Clash over battle of Koregaon leaves one dead near Pune|date=2018-01-02|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-tense-a-day-after-clashes-during-bicentenary-celebrations-of-koregaon-bhima-battle/article22352367.ece |title=Protests spread in Maharashtra post clashes during bicentenary celebrations of Bhima Koregaon battle |author=Shoumojit Banerjee |date=2 January 2018 |newspaper=The Hindu }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the 2001 census, the village of Koregaon Bhima had 8,999 inhabitants, with 5,178 males (57.5%) and 3,821 females (42.5%), for a gender ratio of 738 females per thousand males.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Pune: Shirur: Koregaon Bhima|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=524966&category=VILLAGE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511055123/https://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=524966&category=VILLAGE|archive-date=11 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web|title=Official Website of Pune District|url=https://pune.nic.in|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013031705/http://www.pune.nic.in/|archive-date=13 October 2018|url-status=dead}}
* {{Cite web|format=Map|title=Delimitation of PC and AC - 2004 Shirur Taluka, Pune District, Maharashtra (Administrative Units)|publisher=Pune District|url=https://pune.gov.in/puneCollectorate/DistrictAdmin/tahsil%20maps/Shirur.tif|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307190744/https://pune.gov.in/puneCollectorate/DistrictAdmin/tahsil%20maps/Shirur.tif|archive-date=2012-03-07}}
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>Richard Keatinge at 10:47, 8 June 2021