Pachora
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Pachora is a city and a municipal council
Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...

 in Jalgaon district
Jalgaon District
Jalgaon district is a district of Maharashtra. It was formerly known as East Khandesh district. It has an area of 11,765 km², and a population of 3,682,690 of which 71.4% were rural....

 in the India
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n state
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 of Maharashtra
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Geography

Pachora is located at 20.67°N 75.35°E. It has an average elevation of 261 metres (856 feet).

pachora also having a large sector for business in maize ,jowar ,cotton cotton cake cotton seed
and soyabean oil etc

After jalgaon mainly pachora have large industrial area

History

Pachora is an island between two branches of the river Hivara. It was named by Shri Chakradhar Swami approximately 900 years ago, when travelling with his devotees Mahandaieca Dhampecia, Mahimbhat and Nagdev Acharya. Upon reaching Pachora, he visited a poor blacksmith
Blacksmith
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's house, and asked the women there for chupatti for dinner. Dinner was already cooked, so the women gave all they had to the swami. However, the swami returned some food and blessed the women - the town name derived from this exchange.

According to accounts given by the local Katha-Kalptaru sect, Pandawas stayed in Pachora for several days after Bhima
Bhima
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 killed Bakasura
Bakasura
Bakasura a great Asura who lived near the city of Ekachakra, and forced the Raja of the place to send him daily a large quantity of provisions, which he devoured, and not only the provisions, but the men who carried them...

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Pachora participated in the Go-Back national movement, and the freedom movement. On 9 August 1942, British officers fired on people in the freedom movement at Gandhi Chowk in Pachora - killing two and injuring nine. Mahatma Gandhi visited Pachora twice for peace conferences.
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