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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pune division
| image_map = Pune Division.png
| map_caption = Location of Pune Division in Maharashtra
| coordinates = {{coord|18|31|48|N|73|50|24|E|type:adm2nd_source:itwiki|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| parts_type = Districts
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1. [[Kolhapur District|Kolhapur]]
| p2 = 2. [[Pune District|Pune]]
| p3 = 3. [[Sangli District|Sangli]]
| p4 = 4. [[Satara District|Satara]]
| p5 = 5. [[Solapur District|Solapur]]
| area_total_km2 = 58268
| area_blank1_title = Under irrigation
| area_blank1_km2 = 8,896
| population_total = 19,973,761
| population_as_of = 2001 census
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 76.95%
| blank1_name_sec2 = Main crops
| blank1_info_sec2 = Jowar, wheat, bajra, sugarcane, rice, soybean, onion, groundnut, vegetables, turmeric, grape, pomegranate
}}
'''Pune division''' (better known as '''[[Paschim Maharashtra]]''' or '''[[Desh, Maharashtra|Desh]]''') is one of the six administrative [[Districts of Maharashtra|divisions]] of [[India]]'s [[Maharashtra]] state. Pune Division is bound by [[Konkan Division]] to the west, [[Nashik Division]] to the north, [[Aurangabad Division]] to the east, and [[Karnataka]] State to the south.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=st52DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA253|page=253|title=Reconsidering the Impact of Climate Change on Global Water Supply, Use, and Management|author1=Rao|author2=Prakash|author3=Patil|author4=Yogesh|publisher=IGI Global|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>

==History of administrative districts in Pune division==
There have been changes in the names of districts and has seen also the addition of newer districts after India gained Independence in 1947 and also after the state of Maharashtra was formed.
* Notable events include the creation of [[Sangli district]] after merging former royal kingdoms of Miraj, Aundh, Sangli, Tasgaon, and Kurundwad.
* The Second event includes the renaming of the erstwhile [[Poona district]] as [[Pune district]].
* The [[Solapur district]] is under proposal to be divided and a separate [[Pandharpur district]] be carved out of existing Solapur district, comprising talukas of [[Pandharpur]], [[Sangola]], [[Karmala]], [[Mangalwedha]], [[Malshiras]] and [[Madha]] in [[Solapur district]] and also talukas of [[Jath]] and [[Atpadi]] from neighbouring Sangli district, to create a new [[Pandharpur]] district.
* The [[Pune district]] is under the proposal to be divided and a separate [[Baramati district]] be carved out of existing Pune district with the inclusion of the eastern parts of Pune district which include [[Shirur tehsil|Shirur]], [[Purandar taluka|Purandar]], [[Daund]], [[Baramati]] and [[Indapur]] talukas as well as [[Phaltan]] taluka from neighboring Satara district in the proposed [[Baramati]] district.
* The [[Satara district]] is under the proposal to be divided and a separate [[Karad district]] be carved out of existing Satara district with the inclusion of [[Karad]] and [[Patan, Maharashtra|Patan]] as well as talukas of [[Walwa subdivision of Sangli district|Walwa]], [[Kadegaon]] and [[Shirala]] from neighboring [[Sangli district]] in the proposed [[Karad]] district.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Maharashtra}}

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[[Category:Divisions of Maharashtra]]

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Pune division - Revision history

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