Chimur
Chimur is a city and a municipal council in Chandrapur District, in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the Indian Parliamentary Constituencies and a Vidhan Sabha constituency.
Overview
Chimur is a tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra, India, with a population of about 170,000. There are offices of the Tehsildar, SDO, and Additional Collectorate's.Chimur can be reached by road from Warora, which is also the nearest railway station on the Wardha-Ballarpur-Hyderabad link. From Warora, it is and from Chandrapur. A regular bus service runs between Chimur and Nagpur, which is away.
Chimur has a large market because it is so apart from other towns and cities. Chimur does not have much education institutions as it has English and Marathi medium schools.
People can graduate from Gondwana University.
Chimur is located between Wardha, Chandrapur, Gondiya, Bhandara, Gadchiroli, and Nagpur. It is about from all these district places.
History
Chimur is famous for its active participation in the Indian Freedom Struggle during the Quit India Movement of 1942. Balwantrao Deshmukh was an Indian lawyer, Indian National Congress politician and independence activist from Chandrapur.The 400 years old Chimur Ghoda Yatra festival at historic Shri Hari Balaji Maharaj temple, started by Bhosle Sarkar, is held in February on the day of Vasant Panchami with Balaji Navratra, followed by Rudra Swahakar Yadnya and Navratri and concludes Mahashivratri.