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{{short description|Metropolis in Maharashtra, India}}
{{about|the city|the eponymous district|Nashik district}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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| leader_name        = Vacant<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/nashik-civic-bodys-term-ends-nmc-to-get-administrator-from-march-15/articleshow/89980059.cms |title=Nashik civic body's term ends, NMC to get administrator from March 15 |date=4 March 2022 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=15 March 2022 }}</ref><ref name="LokmatMarch2022">{{cite news |url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/nashik/administrative-rule-over-the-nashik-municipal-corporation-a498/amp/ |title=Administrative rule over the Nashik Municipal Corporation |date=4 March 2022 |work=Lokmat Times |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = Guardian Minister
| leader_name1       = Vacant
| leader_title2      = [[Municipal Commissioner]] and Administrator
| leader_name2       = Ashok Karanjkar<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Ashok Karanjkar |url=https://nashik.gov.in/whoswho/dr-ashok-karanjkar/ |website=Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra {{!}} India |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref>
| leader_title3      = [[District magistrate|District Magistrate and Collector]]
| leader_name3       = Jalaj Sharma, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title4      = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]
| leader_name4       = [[Rajabhau Waje]] ([[Shiv Sena (UBT)]])
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| population_blank1  = India: [[List of million-plus agglomerations in India|29th]]
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| postal_code        = 422 001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://webconte.com/pin_code/place/nashik/5007|title=Pin Code Nashik, Maharashtra Government}}</ref>
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'''Nashik''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|ɑː|ʃ|ɪ|k}}; {{IPA-mr|naːʃik|lang}}; formerly '''Nasik''' {{pronunciation|Nashik.ogg|listen|(|help=no}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jjkent.com/articles/nassak-diamond-history.htm |title=jjkent.com |publisher=jjkent.com |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127004051/http://www.jjkent.com/articles/nassak-diamond-history.htm |archive-date=27 January 2013 }}</ref> is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. Situated on the banks of the river [[Godavari River|Godavari]]. The population of Nashik city is around 2.2 million and is emerging as one of the fastest-growing cities in India. Nashik is located about {{cvt|165|km}} northeast of the state capital [[Mumbai]], and about {{cvt|210|km}} north of [[Pune]]. The Mumbai-Pune-Nashik region is called the "''Golden Triangle of Maharashtra''". With its high agricultural production, Nashik is dubbed the Napa Valley of India and the "''Wine Capital of India''" as more than half of India's vineyards and wineries are located here. Around 90% of all [[Indian wine]] comes from the Nashik Valley.<ref name="wine">{{cite web|title=Why Nashik is the wine capital of India - Asia-Pacific - RFI|url=http://en.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20160925-why-nashik-wine-capital-india|access-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409105924/http://en.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20160925-why-nashik-wine-capital-india|archive-date=9 April 2018|date=25 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Visit Nashik, Wine Capital of India|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/nashik-wine-india/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409110223/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/nashik-wine-india/index.html|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live|date=14 November 2017}}</ref> Nashik is one of the [[Hindu pilgrimage sites]] of the [[Kumbh Mela]], which is held every 12 years.<ref name=Kumbh/><ref name=history/>

==Etymology==
The name, Nashik, is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] word 'nāsikā' which literally means 'nose'. The city of nine hills is also one of the origins of name as per Local Government website.

According to the ''[[Ramayana]]'', Nashik is the location on the banks of the [[Godavari River]] where [[Lakshmana]] cut the nose of the demoness [[Surpanakha]], hence the name "Nashik."<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=Development and present Status of Nashik District|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/95441/15/15_chapter6.pdf|access-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409110143/http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/95441/15/15_chapter6.pdf|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> It is also known by the name Panchavati.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dalal |first=Roshen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&q=nashik+also+known+as+panchavati |title=The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-341517-6 |language=en}}</ref>

It was known as "Gulshanabad" during the Mughal period.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Irvine |first1=William |title=Later Mughal |date=1971 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ak5oFjTys8MC&dq=nashik++Gulshanabad+Mughal+period&pg=RA1-PA43}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Shah |first1=Vaishali |title=Hindu Culture and Lifestyle: Living Indian Traditions in the age of Artificial Intelligence |date=11 July 2019 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-64587-608-3 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7KhDwAAQBAJ&dq=nashik+Gulshanabad+Mughal&pg=PT106}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History of Nashik}}

===Mythology===
Nashik was known by many names. It was known as "Padmanagar" during the [[Satya Yuga]], "Trikantak" during the [[Treta Yuga]], "Janasthana" during the [[Dvapara Yuga]], and finally "Navashikh" or "Nashik" during the [[Kali Yuga]], according to Hindu traditions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2021 |title=History of Nashik |url=https://www.mintageworld.com/blog/history-of-nashik/ |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Blog {{!}} Mintage World |language=en-US}}</ref> Nashik is significant in mythology, history, social life, and culture. The city is located on the banks of the [[Godavari River]], making it a sacred site for Hindus around the world. During his 14-year exile from Ayodhya, [[Rama]], the king of [[Ayodhya (Ramayana)|Ayodhya]], is said to have made Nashik his home.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=5 March 2018 |title=Kala Ram Temple, Lord Rama's Home in Nasik |url=https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/kala-ram-temple-lord-ramas-home-in-nasik/ |magazine=Sanskriti Magazine |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref>

=== Nashik Tram ===
Nashik Tram was started from the Old Municipal Building on the main road to Nashik Road railway station around 1889. The tram served the people of Nashik for almost 44 years.
The tram station was at the Main Road, and the tram reached the Nashik Road railway station via the present Main Road, Bhadrakali Market, Ghasbazar, and Phalke Road. It covered a distance of about eight to ten km, and the stretch used to be covered with dense jungle at the time. In the article ‘Nashik-then’, poet Kusumagraj has written passionately about trams. He writes, "If the carriages were full, the tram would leave. It would ring the bell and drive out of the village to the main road and then to the grass market.<ref name="deshdoot.com"/>

=== Revolutionary activities ===
In the 1900s [[Vinayak Savarkar]] along with his brother founded a secret society [[Abhinav Bharat Society|Abhinav Bharat]] in Nasik Mitra Mela which was one amongst many in Maharashtra. On 21 December 1909 a member of Abhinav Bharat, [[Anant Laxman Kanhere|Anant Kanhere]] a student from [[Aurangabad]] assassinated Nashik's governor [[A. M. T. Jackson]] while he was watching a play in a theatre. Kanhere was arrested on the spot and after investigation, police arrested Vinayak Savarkar and others for conspiring against the government to instigate an armed rebellion. The case was known as the "Nasik Conspiracy Case - 1910".  In the court trial in Bombay, police alleged Savarkar was the brain, moving spirit and inspiration of the conspiracy extending over many years. Bombay court sentenced him to life imprisonment, and transportation to notorious [[Cellular Jail]] at Andaman; Savarkar's elder brother [[Babarao Savarkar]] also received the same punishment and others received varying degrees of imprisonment. ICS officer Jakson's assassination created a sensation in Poona, Nasik and Bombay, the case and subsequently imprisonment made Savarkar famous.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-42465309|newspaper=BBC News मराठी|title= सावरकरांनी...}}</ref><ref name=K>{{Cite book |title=संपूर्ण तलाठी लेखी परीक्षा मार्गदर्शक |publisher=[[Vidyabharti]] |year=2020 |location=[[Latur]] |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/Nasik_Conspiracy_Case_-1910.html|website=Bombayhighcourt.nic.in|title=Nasik Conspiracy Case - 1910|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409230639/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/Nasik_Conspiracy_Case_-1910.html |archive-date=9 April 2009 }}</ref> 

In 1930, the Nashik Satyagraha was launched under the leadership of [[B. R. Ambedkar]]  for the entry of Dalits in Kalaram Mandir (Temple). In 1931, a meeting of the Bombay Province Charmkar Parishad was organised in Nashik to work out the Chambhars' position concerning the Second Round Table Conference in which Babasaheb was going to participate. In 1932, Babasaheb organised his temple entry movement for the abolition of untouchability in Nashik.<ref>B._R._Ambedkar</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Nashik Clouds.jpg|left|thumb|Nashik has lush mountainous terrain]]
Nashik lies in the northern part of [[Maharashtra]] state, at {{convert|584|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="nashik.nic.in">{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/disoverview.htm |title=Overview of District |website=Official Website of Nashik District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |access-date=1 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405153304/http://www.nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/disoverview.htm |archive-date=5 April 2015 }}</ref> from the mean sea level, which gives it ideal temperature variation, particularly in winters.<ref name=wine/>

The river [[Godavari]] originates from the [[Brahmagiri (Maharashtra)|Brahmagiri Mountain]], Trimbakeshwar about {{Convert|24|km|abbr=on}} from Nashik, and flows through the old residential settlement, now in the central part of the city. Due to the high pollution created by factories in proximity to the city, the river was dying at an alarming rate. It has since been successfully cleaned.<ref>{{cite web |title=geography |url=http://www.ecoindia.com |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118214332/http://www.ecoindia.com/ |archive-date=18 January 2019 }}</ref>

Nashik lies on the western edge of the [[Deccan Plateau]], an ancient volcanic formation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/geology.htm |title=Official WebSite of District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716225947/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/geology.htm |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>

[[Trimbakeshwar]] is about {{Convert|30|km|abbr=on}} from the city, it is where from river [[Godavari]] originates. The land area of the city is about {{convert|259.13|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="nashikcorporation.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/history/index.shtml |title=History of Nashik |publisher=Nashikcorporation.com |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227072248/http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/history/index.shtml |archive-date=27 December 2008 }}</ref>

=== Climate ===
The city's tropical location and high altitude combine to give it a relatively mild version of a [[Tropical savanna climate|tropical wet and dry climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Aw)''. Temperatures rise slightly in October, but this is followed by the cool season from November to February. The cool season sees warm temperatures of around {{convert|28|C|F|1|disp=or}} during the day, but cool nights, with lows averaging {{convert|10|C|F|disp=or}}, and extremely dry air.
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| Jan record high C = 40.2
| Feb record high C = 38.6
| Mar record high C = 40.4
| Apr record high C = 42.8
| May record high C = 44.8
| Jun record high C = 43.3
| Jul record high C = 35.4
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| year record high C = 44.8
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| year low C = 17.8
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| Feb record low C = 0.6
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| Apr record low C = 8.8
| May record low C = 13.5
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| Jul record low C = 17.0
| Aug record low C = 17.0
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| Feb humidity = 25
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| Jul humidity = 81
| Aug humidity = 82
| Sep humidity = 78
| Oct humidity = 54
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}}Nashik has been ranked 19th best “National Clean Air City” (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results' <ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2024 |title=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 |url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |website=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
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Nashik is the fourth largest city in [[Maharashtra]] in terms of population after Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur. According to the Census of India, 2011, Nashik had a population of 1,486,053. Males constitute 782,517 of the population, and females 703,536. The Metropolitan Nashik population was 1,561,809, in which 821,921 were males and 739,888 were females. Nashik city had an average literacy rate of 89.85%: male literacy was 93.40%, and female literacy was 85.92%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census Nashik|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|website=India 2011 Census|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708095900/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|archive-date=8 July 2018}}</ref>

The sex ratio is 894 per 1,000 males for Nashik city. The child sex ratio is 865 girls per 1,000 boys. In Nashik, 11.42% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|title=Nashik City Population Census 2011 – Maharashtra|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703090619/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|archive-date=3 July 2015}}</ref> In the census year 2001, the Nashik Urban Agglomeration had a population of {{formatnum:1152326}}. Thus, it was the fourth largest urban area of [[Maharashtra]] State after [[Mumbai]], [[Pune]] and [[Nagpur]]. The projected population of Nashik urban agglomeration (which includes abutting urban areas like [[Deolali]]) as of 11 November 2012 is {{formatnum:1562769}}.<ref name="citypopulation. de">{{cite web |first=Thomas |last=Brinkhoff |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |title=The Principal Agglomerations of the World&nbsp;– Population Statistics & Maps |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date=23 January 2010 |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704112702/http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |archive-date=4 July 2010 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

{{Pie chart
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|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 11.80 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 3.26 |color3 = green
|label4 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value4 = 2.16 |color4 = lightblue
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At the time of the 2011 census, 76.69% of the population spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 11.80% [[Hindi]], 3.26% [[Urdu]], 2.16% [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and 1.26% [[Marwari language|Marwari]] as their first language.<ref name="Language">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra (Town level) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10253/download/13365/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

== Governance and politics ==
{{See also|Nashik division|Nashik district}}

=== Civic administration ===
Nashik city is governed by the [[Nashik Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nashikcorporation.in/|title=Nashik Municipal Corporation :: Nashik Municipal Corporation|website=nashikcorporation.in|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113015429/http://nashikcorporation.in/|archive-date=13 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Nashik is the district headquarters of the Nashik District, {{cvt|185|km}} away from Mumbai. The city has developed on both banks of the Godavari, which divides the city into almost equal halves.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nashik Municipal Corporation :: General Body|url=http://nashikcorporation.in/public/article/index/id/39|access-date=8 October 2020|website=nashikcorporation.in|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012005530/http://nashikcorporation.in/public/article/index/id/39}}</ref>

The municipal commissioner of Nashik is Ashok Karanjkar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Puntambekar |first1=Abhay |title=डॉ.अशोक करंजकर यांनी स्वीकारला नाशिक मनपा आयुक्त पदाचा कार्यभार |url=https://www.deshdoot.com/local-news/nasik/dr-ashok-karanjkar-accepted-the-charge-of-nashik-municipal-commissioner |access-date=22 July 2023 |work=Deshdoot |date=22 July 2023 |language=mr}}</ref>

The ward committee consists of councillors representing the electoral wards within the territorial area of the ward committee.<ref name="nashikcorporation.in">{{cite web|title=Nashik Municipal Corporation :: Ward Committee |url=https://nashikcorporation.in/article/index/id/60|access-date=9 October 2020|website=nashikcorporation.in|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011070605if_/https://nashikcorporation.in/article/index/id/60}}</ref> There are six ward committees namely Nashik (E), Nashik (W), Nashik Road, Panchavati, CIDCO and Satpur.<ref name="nashikcorporation.in"/> The main function of the committees is to approve the cost of works for the wards, incorporate the expenses in the budget etc.

=== Civic services ===
The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning to start major civic projects in 2020. Projects like the creation of more smart roads, setting up of 800 CCTVs, installation of LED streetlights, Goda beautification project, construction of two major water treatment projects (WTPs), upgradation of STPs, making smart parking operational, etc. would be given priority by the municipal corporation.<ref>{{cite web|last=www.ETGovernment.com|title=Maharashtra: Major civic projects of Nashik Municipal Corporation to get boost in 2020 - ET Government|url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/smart-infra/maharashtra-major-civic-projects-of-nashik-municipal-corporation-to-get-boost-in-2020/73025022|access-date=9 October 2020|website=ETGovernment.com|language=en}}</ref>

==== Solid waste management ====
In the Nashik Municipal Corporation area about 225 MT of solid waste is generated per day. Unlike other Indian cities, this garbage is collected by vehicles titled 'Ghantagadi' (meaning the vehicle with a bell): a system which has resulted in smaller versions of the ghantagadi ply in the congested old city areas. A plant has been set by the Nashik Municipal Corporation near Pandav Leni ([[Pandavleni Caves]]) to process the garbage and convert it into compost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/aboutus/nmc_cdp/Chapter8.pdf |title=Concept Paper on Preparation of City Development Plan For Three Cities of Jharkhand Under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Missi |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304050821/http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/aboutus/nmc_cdp/Chapter8.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2009 }}</ref>

==== Digital services ====
The NMC provides an online website for various civic services like birth certificate registration, medical services, taxes, development services, etc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Civic Services Nashik Municipal Corporation |url=https://civicservices.nmc.gov.in/services |website=civicservices.nmc.gov.in |access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

== Economy ==
=== Agriculture ===
[[Image:Grape vineyards Viticulture Farming Sula winery Nasik Maharashtra India.jpg|thumb|right|A grape vineyard in Nashik.]]
[[File:The Tasting Cellar.jpg|thumb|Tasting cellar at [[Sula Vineyards]]]]
In early 1925, the table grape revolution was started in Ojhar, a small town near Nashik, by Raosaheb Jairam Krishna Gaikwad. Today, table grapes are exported to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pawar |first=Tushar |date=16 May 2012|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Indias-grape-export-up-by-nearly-60-this-year/articleshow/13159649.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624215657/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-16/nashik/31725908_1_containers-tonnes-grape-export |archive-date=24 June 2013 |title=India's grape export up by nearly 60% this year |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> Onion is one of the majorly produced crop in Nashik district.

The total cultivable area in Nashik district is 864,000 hectares, of which the average Kharip crop area is 663,200 hectares, while the average Rabbi crop area is 136,500 hectares. The sown area is 658,763 hectares (99%) and the forest land is 340,000 hectares (21.75%). The uncultivable area is 23,000 hectares (1.48%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/agriculture.htm |title=Official Website of Nashik District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |date=31 October 2012 |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505181155/https://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/agriculture.htm |archive-date=5 May 2016 }}</ref>

=== Industry ===
[[File:SU-30_MKI_Lajes.JPG|thumb|left|[[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] is manufactured at [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] plant in Nashik]]
The [[Igatpuri]]-Nashik-[[Sinnar]] investment region is an important node in the US$90&nbsp;billion Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor launched in Maharashtra|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-launched-in-maharashtra/1230819/|access-date=13 January 2018|agency=Financial Express|date=4 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114021338/http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-launched-in-maharashtra/1230819/|archive-date=14 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Khapre|first1=Shubhangi|title=Magnetic Maharashtra: Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor to be showcased|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/magnetic-maharashtra-delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-to-be-showcased-5058042/|access-date=19 May 2018|agency=Indian Express|date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519121542/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/magnetic-maharashtra-delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-to-be-showcased-5058042/|archive-date=19 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nashik is a defence and aerospace manufacturing hub with [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] aircraft manufacturing plant located at [[Ozar, Nashik District|Ozar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hal-india.com/aircraftdivisionnasik.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323073214/http://hal-india.com/aircraftdivisionnasik.asp|title=Welcome to HAL&nbsp;– Aircraft Division|archive-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> The Currency Note Press<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=92109 |title=Currency Note Press, Nashik has Highest Ever Monthly Production of 451.5 Million Pieces (MPCS) of Banknotes during January, 2013 |date=8 February 2013 |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]], Government of India |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015107/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=92109 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and [[India Security Press]] are on Nashik Road, where Indian currency and government stamp papers are printed respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cnpnashik.spmcil.com/SPMCIL/Interface/Home.aspx |title=CNPN Home |publisher=Cnpnashik.spmcil.com |date=21 October 2010 |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627223555/http://cnpnashik.spmcil.com/spmcil/Interface/Home.aspx |archive-date=27 June 2013 }}</ref>

Existing industrial areas in [[Nashik district]] are Satpur, Ambad, [[Sinnar]], [[Igatpuri]], [[Dindori, Maharashtra|Dindori]] and [[Vinchur]]. The proposed additional areas are [[Sinnar]], [[Malegaon]] and Rajur Bahula.<ref>{{cite web|title=MSME Nashik report|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf|website=dcmsme.gov.in|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809191616/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Large-scale industries present in [[Nashik district]] are [[Atlas Copco]], [[Robert Bosch GmbH]], [[CEAT Limited]], [[Crompton Greaves]], Graphite India, [[ThyssenKrupp]], [[Epcos]], [[Everest Industries]], Gabriel India, [[GlaxoSmithKline]], Hindustan Coca-Cola, [[Hindustan Unilever Limited]], Jindal Polyster, Jyoti Structures, Kirlosker Oil Engines, Dabur India Limited, [[KSB Company|KSB Pumps]], [[Larsen & Toubro]], [[Mahindra and Mahindra]], Mahindra Sona, [[United Spirits Limited]], Perfect Circle Industries, [[Mahindra Ugine Steel]], [[Samsonite]], [[Shalimar Paints]], [[Siemens]], [[VIP Industries]], [[Indian Oil Corporation]], XLO India Limited and Jindal Saw.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brief Industrial Profile of Nashik District |url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |publisher=GOI Ministry of MSME |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809191616/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

Apart from manufacturing, Nashik is an emerging investment destination for [[Information Technology]] companies. [[Tata Consultancy Services]] has invested in Nashik under the government of India BPO promotion scheme (IBPS). Also [[WNS Global Services|WNS]], [[Accenture]], [[Tata Consultancy Services|TCS]]<ref>{{cite news|title=India BPO promotion scheme|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/tata-consultancy-services-sets-up-business-process-service-centre-in-patna-117051100644_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard India|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809132329/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/tata-consultancy-services-sets-up-business-process-service-centre-in-patna-117051100644_1.html|archive-date=9 August 2017|url-status=live|date=11 May 2017|last1=Market|first1=Capital}}</ref> has set up Digital Impact Square, or DISQ, which is a social innovation center.<ref>{{cite news|title=After Pune, Nashik is emerging as latest hub for tech startups in India|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/after-pune-nashik-is-emerging-as-latest-hub-for-tech-startups-in-india/articleshow/53578201.cms|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811205935/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/after-pune-nashik-is-emerging-as-latest-hub-for-tech-startups-in-india/articleshow/53578201.cms|archive-date=11 August 2017|url-status=live|date=7 August 2016|last1=Layak|first1=Suman}}</ref>

Nashik has a textile industry.<ref name="nashik.nic.in" /> [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] has selected Yeola Block for development of [[Paithani]] Cluster.<ref name="nashik.nic.in" /> To facilitate exports, a container freight station was started at MIDC Ambad by the Central Government.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/industry.htm|title=Industry|website=Official Website of Nashik District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406030911/http://www.nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/industry.htm|archive-date=6 April 2015}}</ref>

==== Wine industry ====
{{Main|Nashik grape|Nashik valley wine}}
Nashik has been described as "The Wine Capital of India". The Nashik region reportedly produced 10,000 tonnes of grapes per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/nashik-to-host-first-grape-harvest-fest-692988|title=Nashik Harvest|publisher=Food NDTV|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208062354/http://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/nashik-to-host-first-grape-harvest-fest-692988|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, there were 22 wineries in Nashik, out of 46 wineries throughout India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/-maharashtra-s-grape-wine-industry-has-bright-future-ahead-106121301085_1.html |title=Business Standard |publisher=Business Standard |access-date=27 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208050415/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/-maharashtra-s-grape-wine-industry-has-bright-future-ahead-106121301085_1.html |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live  |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=13 December 2006 |last1=Pawar |first1=Tushar }}</ref> The largest vineyard in Nashik is the [[Sula Vineyards]].<ref name=wine/>

In the harvest season, Nashik is home to several wine festivals, such as the India Grape Harvest and SulaFest.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhosale |first1=Jayashree |title=Nashik wineries host festivals to boost sales and create brand awareness |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/liquor/nashik-wineries-host-festivals-to-boost-sales-and-create-brand-awareness/articleshow/28544355.cms?from=mdr |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=The Economic Times |date=8 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/corporate/leaders-of-tomorrow-nashik-the-wine-capital-of-india/videoshow/9609493.cms |title=Leaders of Tomorrow: Nashik- The wine capital of India |date=15 August 2011 |work=Economic Times |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803213739/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/corporate/leaders-of-tomorrow-nashik-the-wine-capital-of-india/videoshow/9609493.cms |archive-date=3 August 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Culture and cityscape ==
{{Main|Culture of Nashik}}
[[File:Shri 1008 Rishabdev Bhagwan 108 idol at Mangi Tungi.jpg|left|thumb|108 feet Rishabdev Bhagwan at [[Mangi Tungi]]]]
[[File:Trimbak Mandir.jpg|thumb|Trimbakeshwar Temple near Nashik]]
In February 2016, The [[Statue of Ahimsa]], a {{cvt|108|ft}} idol of the first Jain [[tirthankara]] [[Rishabhanatha|Rishabhdev]] carved in monolithic stone was consecrated at [[Mangi Tungi]] nearly {{cvt|122|km}} from Nashik city. It is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest [[Jain]] idol in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Guinness-Book-to-certify-Mangi-Tungi-idol/articleshow/51275366.cms|title=Guinness Book to certify Mangi Tungi idol|work=The Times of India|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207235500/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Guinness-Book-to-certify-Mangi-Tungi-idol/articleshow/51275366.cms|archive-date=7 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Trirashmi Caves ===
[[File:036 Cave 10, Front (33928302236).jpg|thumb|Cave No.10 "[[Nahapana]] Vihara" at [[Pandavleni Caves]], (circa 120 CE).]]
The [[Nashik Caves|Trirashmi (Pandavleni) Caves]], or Nashik Caves, are a group of 24 caves carved between the 1st century BCE and the 2nd century CE,<ref name="mourya">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History by Susan E. mouurya [https://books.google.com/books?id=MBuPx1rdGYIC&pg=PA168 p.168]</ref> representing the [[Hinayana]] [[Buddhist]] caves.

=== Dams ===
* [[Gangapur Dam]] is on the river Godavari near Gangawadi village and is an earthen dam, Nashik.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/irrigation.htm|title=Official WebSite of Nashik District|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810122732/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/irrigation.htm|archive-date=10 August 2013}}</ref>
* [[Chankapur dam]] on the [[Girna river]] is one of the big dams built by the British in the 19th century. It is {{cvt|3|km}} from the village [[Abhona]] in [[Kalwan]] tehsil and {{cvt|60|km}} from Nashik.
* [[Kashypi Dam]] is on the Kashypi river near Rajapur, Nashik.
* [[Girna Dam]] is an earth-fill dam on the Girna river near Nandgaon, Nashik District.
* [[Darna Dam]] is a gravity dam on the Darna river near Igatpuri, Nashik district.

=== Kumbh Mela ===
{{Main|Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha}}

The [[Kumbh Mela]] is celebrated every six years at [[Haridwar]] and [[Prayagraj]] and Maha Kumbh takes place every twelve years at four places: [[Prayagraj]], [[Haridwar]], [[Ujjain]], and Nashik. According to the [[Puranas]], it is believed that Kumbh derives its name from an immortal pot of nectar, which the devatas (Gods) and rakshasas (Demons) fought over. The four places where the nectar fell are at the banks of the river [[Godavari]] in Nashik, river Kshipra in Ujjain, river Ganges in Haridwar and at [[Triveni Sangam]] of Ganga, Yamuna and invisible [[Saraswati River]] in [[Prayagraj]].<ref name=Kumbh>{{cite web |url=http://www.kumbhamela.net/origin-of-kumbha-mela.html |title=History of Kumbh Mela – Origin of Kumbh Mela |publisher=Kumbhamela.net |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193908/https://www.kumbhamela.net/origin-of-kumbha-mela.html |archive-date=18 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/kumbh.htm |title=Official WebSite of Nashik District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406005718/http://www.nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/kumbh.htm |archive-date=6 April 2015 }}</ref>

=== Gardens ===

There are numerous gardens built and maintained by NMC throughout the city. Shivaji Garden on Main Road is one of the oldest. 
There were rose farms near Mumbai Naka. NMC Pushpotsav (Festival of Flowers) is celebrated every year in main building, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan.

=== Library ===

Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Nashik is one of the oldest libraries and reading rooms of India established around 1840 by Britishers. Spread across several stories and over numerous rooms, the collection of 1,75,000 books includes English, Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit books.

=== Theatres ===

Kalidas Kala Mandir and Parshuram Saykhedkar Natyagruh are drama theatres regularly visited by the public.

==Transport==
===By Air===
[[File:Ozar airport,nashik.JPG|thumb|Nashik airport]]
Nashik has its airport located at [[Ozar, Nashik District|Ozar]] and an old airport at Gandhinagar which connects Nashik to Mumbai. The Gandhinagar Airport is now reserved for the military. [[Nashik Airport]] is a domestic airport and is connected to [[Ahmedabad]], [[Delhi]], [[Goa]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Indore]], [[Bangalore]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Daily Nashik-Bengaluru flight from Sept 10; industries cheer |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/daily-nashik-bengaluru-flight-from-sept-10-industries-cheer/articleshow/111029408.cms |work=The Times of India |date=16 June 2024 |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> [[Jaipur]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/nashik/nashik-jaipur-direct-flight-service-launched-by-indigo-connecting-cities-in-under-three-hours-a519/amp/|title=Nashik-Jaipur Direct Flight Service Launched by IndiGo, Connecting Cities in Under Three Hours|date=30 October 2024|publisher=Lokmat Times}}</ref> and [[Nagpur]].

===By Rail===
[[Nashik Road railway station]] is city railway station along with [[Deolali]] which lies within the city boundary.

===By Road===
Nashik is served by [[National Highway 60 (India)|National Highway 60]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The List of National Highways in the Country is as under |url=https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Details-of-National-Highways-as-on-31.03_1.pdf |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=morth.nic.in}}</ref> [[Mumbai–Nashik Expressway|Mumbai-Nashik Expressway]] connects Nashik to Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peakinfra.com/assetz/mnel/ |title=Mumbai Nashik Expressway Private Ltd (MNEL) &#124; Peak Infrastructure |publisher=Peakinfra.com |date= |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
India's first 10-lane expressway is going to be built between Nashik and [[Pune]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}. The [[Surat]]-Nashik-[[Chennai]] expressway goes through Nashik city. The Samruddhi Highway also goes {{cvt|15|km}} from Nashik city.

===Public transport===
* [[Nashik Municipal Corporation]] (NMC) rolled out its city bus service [[Citilinc-Nashik City Bus Service|Citilinc]] on 8 July 2021. The previous state government had given its nod to the NMC to take over the city bus service from the ailing Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC).<ref>{{Cite news|date= 27 September 2020|first=Tushar|last=Pawar|title=NMC to gift its city bus service to citizens on Diwali |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/nmc-to-gift-its-city-bus-service-to-citizens-on-diwali/articleshow/78338950.cms|access-date=9 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
* Metro – [[Greater Nashik Metro]] is proposed by [[Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited]]. It was cancelled on opposition since there seemed no severe requirement with availability of wide road connectivity across city.
* Trams [1889–1933] - Nashik was the third city in India after [[Kolkata]] and [[Mumbai]] to get trams. Trams started operation in 1889. It originated from the Old Municipal Corporation building located on Main Road and terminated at the [[Nashik Road railway station]] (8–10&nbsp;km). It passes through areas of Ganjamal (the now defunct bus stop was earlier a tram stop) and behind the Fame Multiplex. Brady's; a private company funded the project and later introduced India's first petrol-engine-driven tram under the aegis of Nasik Tramway Co. The tramway closed down in around 1933 owing to the successive years of famine and plague, it had run into heavy losses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 8, page 332 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library |url=http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_338.gif |access-date=22 April 2022 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref><ref name="deshdoot.com">{{Cite news |last=Pardeshi |first=Nikhil |date=5 February 2021 |title=1889-1933: Remembering the good old tram of Nashik |url=https://www.deshdoot.com/deshdoot-times/1889-1933-remembering-the-good-old-tram-of-nashik |access-date=22 April 2022 |work=Deshdoot}}</ref> 
* AutoRickshaws - The city has a number of autorickshaws that work on sharing as well as direct fare basis.
* OLA - The city has OLA app working with rickshaws and cars. Earlier Uber was also serving.

== Education ==
{{Main|Education in Nashik}}
The city has two state-run universities: the [[Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University]] and the [[Maharashtra University of Health Sciences]]. There are several engineering, medical, pharmacy, law, and management colleges within the city.

==Sports==
Since June 2023, Nashik-based cricket franchise 'Eagles Nashik Titans' has participated in Maharashtra Premier League, [[Rahul Tripathi]] is leading it in the ongoing season.<ref>'[[DD Sports]] Live' broadcast dated - 17, 18, 19 June 2023. [[Fancode|Fancode's]] YouTube channel.</ref> Nasik Gymkhana, formerly known as King Edward Club was established in 1911 during the British Raj. During the last 108+ years, it has witnessed numerous historical events in the country in all walks of life and more so in the field of sports. Located in the heart of Nashik in a 5-acre campus it boasts of stadia and infrastructure catering to multidisciplinary sports viz. badminton, lawn tennis, table–tennis, basketball, cricket, chess, billiards, snooker as well as a shooting range. 
==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in India}}

;Twin towns and sister cities
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Tourism|url=https://twitter.com/mtdc_official/status/997125758450520065|access-date=17 May 2018|quote=Budapest and Nashik to be sister cities as collaboration between Hungary and Maharashtra to have a roadmap ahead for mutual synergies!Shri Jaykumar Rawal, Hon Minister Tourism, Shri Vijay Gautam IAS PS, Shri Aashutosh Rathod JtMD, interacting with the Hungary delegation at Sahyadri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729194320/https://twitter.com/mtdc_official/status/997125758450520065|archive-date=29 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
Tehsils of Nashik:

* [[Malegaon]]
* [[Dindori, Maharashtra|Dindori]]
* [[Nandgaon, Maharashtra|Nandgaon]]
* [[Igatpuri]]
* [[Kalwan]]
* [[Baglan taluka]]

== Notable people ==
{{Further information|Category: People from Nashik|label1=People from Nashik}}
* [[Madhav Mantri]], international cricketer {{Efn|Madhav Mantri played for [[India national cricket team|team India]], [[Maharashtra cricket team]] and [[Mumbai cricket team]].}}
* [[Abhishek Raut]], cricketer
* [[Anant Laxman Kanhere]], revolutionary, freedom fighter 
* [[Anjana Thamke]], athlete
* [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], Film director, and editor regarded as the "father of Indian cinema"
* [[D. V. Paluskar|Pandit Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar]], Hindustani classical vocalist
* [[Dadasaheb Gaikwad]] (Bhaurao Krishnaji Gaikwad), politician, social worker
* [[Vaman Kardak|Vamandada Kardak]], Ambedkar movement activist, Marathi poet. 
* [[Baburao Bagul]], Marathi author
* [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]], renowned freedom fighter, revolutionary, right-wing ideologist, politician, poet and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Veer Savarkar Biography - Vir Savarkar Indian Freedom Fighter - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar History |url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/veer-savarkar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827034859/http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/veer-savarkar.html |archive-date=27 August 2015 |access-date=11 September 2015 |website=www.iloveindia.com}}</ref> 
* [[Kusumagraj]], Marathi poet, playwright and novelist
* [[Shivaji Tupe]], painter
* [[Krishnaji Gopal Karve]], Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary
* [[Tatya Tope]], leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
* [[Dhairya Dand]], inventor, artist, designer
* [[Kavita Raut]], long-distance runner
* [[Sunil Khandbahale]], innovator, entrepreneur, language enthusiast<ref>{{cite news|title=Young Achievers|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Young-achievers/2013/11/11/article1879868.ece|access-date=5 January 2015|agency=Indian Express|date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110001843/http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Young-achievers/2013/11/11/article1879868.ece|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="youthicon">{{cite news|title=Youth Icon|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-19026839,prtpage-1.cms|access-date=5 August 2013|newspaper=Maharashtra Times|date=16 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117103326/http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-19026839,prtpage-1.cms|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[D. R. Kaprekar|Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar]], recreational mathematician
* [[Nazima]], actress
* [[Aishwarya Narkar]], actress in Marathi films, serials and plays, Hindi serials, commercials
* [[Anita Date-Kelkar]], actress, known for Radhika in [[Mazhya Navryachi Bayko]]
* [[Sayali Bhagat]], model/actress, Femina Miss India World 2004
* [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], Indian scholar, social reformer and author
* [[Ramesh Raskar]], computer scientist
* [[Dattu Baban Bhokanal]], rower
* [[Chinmay Udgirkar]], actor
* [[Vidit Gujrathi]], Indian chess player
* [[Saiyami Kher]], actress
* [[Anjali Patil]], actress
* [[Shashank Khaitan]], film writer, director, actor and producer
* [[Mrunal Dusanis]], actress
* [[Lalita Pawar]], actress
* [[Chhagan Bhujbal]], politician
* [[Uttamrao Dhikale]], politician
* [[Pradnya Gadre]], badminton player

==Notes== 
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== References ==
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* [http://www.unravelnashik.com Unravel Nashik, The City of Abundance]
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Nasik|volume=19|pages=247-248|short=x}}
*[https://nashikcorporation.in/ Nashik Municipal Corporation]

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