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'''Shreepur''' is a village in [[Malshiras]] [[Taluka]] in the [[Solapur District]] of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
Shreepur is located at {{Coord|18|10|0|N|73|51|0|E|display=inline,title |region:IN-MH_type:city}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shreepur |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shreepur,+Maharashtra+413112/@17.8512882,75.0925183,15z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x3bc4732c7b548527:0x87799a6415187a08!2sShreepur,+Maharashtra+413112!3b1!8m2!3d17.8507365!4d75.0990746!3m4!1s0x3bc4732c7b548527:0x87799a6415187a08!8m2!3d17.8507365!4d75.0990746 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 493&nbsp;metres. It comes under [[Mahalung]] [[Panchayath]]. It belongs to [[Desh, Maharashtra|Desh]] or [[Paschim Maharashtra]] region. It belongs to [[Pune Division]]. It is located 104&nbsp;km towards west from District headquarters [[Solapur]]. 18&nbsp;km from [[Malshiras]]. 315&nbsp;km from State capital [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shreepur Pin Code, Shreepur, Solapur Map, Latitude and Longitude, Maharashtra |url=http://www.indiamapia.com/Solapur/Shreepur.html |website=www.indiamapia.com}}</ref><br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[Marathi language|Marathi]] is the local Language of Shreepur. [[BJP]] and [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] are the major political parties in this area.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The present day village was originally part of the [[Bhor State]], and called '''Mahalung'''. In 1935, [[Chandrashekhar Agashe]] started employing farmers in the village for the [[Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.]]{{Sfn|Karandikar|1992|p=19/20, 22, 23-25}} He began construction for the first factory in April 1938, and finally established the syndicate's first sugar cane processing factory in the village in March 1939,{{Sfn|Karandikar|1992|p=36-39}} selling the sugar under the trademark ''Shree'', the [[village panchayat]] of Mahalung changed the village's official name to Shreepur.{{Sfn|Karandikar|1992|p=36-39}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bhor State]]<br />
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