along with today's Hingoli District was initially under Bahmani Sultanate in medieval period & later under Nizam's regime. Hingoli was the taluka of Parbhani district and part of Nizam's regime. It was Nizam's military base as it was border place with Vidarbha. In that era military troops, hospitals, veterinary hospital were in operation from Hingoli. Residents of Hingoli had experienced two big wars between Tipu Sultan and Maratha in 1803 and in 1857 between Nagpurkar and Bhosale. Being a military base, the city was one of the important and famous place of the Hyderabad State. Some of the names like Paltan, Risala, Tophkhana, Pensionpura, Sadar Bazaar are famous today. In the 1956, post independence when the states were reconstructed on linguistic lines Marathwada was attached to Bombay State and in 1960 Hingoli became part of the Maharashtra State as part of Parbhani district. Later on 1 May 1999 Hingoli district came into existence by division of Parbhani.
Places of interest
The following temples are of tourist interest for their architecture:
Pola Maruti Temple,Mangalwara.
Jaleshwar Mahadev Temple.
Shri Datta Mandir, Mangalwara.
Dakshinmukhi Hanuman Temple, Khatkali.
Geography
Hingoli is located at. It has an average elevation of. There are two big lakes and one river in city.
Transport
Hingoli is well connected by road and rail. The nearest domestic airport is in Nanded which serves as a common airport for Nanded, Parbhani and Hingoli districts. Presently there are no commercial flights to and from Nanded. There is a National Highway connecting Akola-Malegaon Jahangir-Washim-Kanhergaon Naka-Hingoli-Kalamnuri-Nanded-Deglur-Sangareddy-Hyderabad named National Highway-161. Chikalthana Airport, Aurangabadoperates regular flights to Mumbai & Delhi.
Indiacensus, Hingoli district had a population of 1,178,973. As per 2001 census Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Hingoli has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 60%. In Hingoli, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. The Hingoli town has total Population 85,103, out of which Hindu 53.41%, Muslim 33.47%, Christian 0.24%, Sikh 0.13%, Buddhist 10.63%, Jain 2.03%, Others 0.02%, Not Stated 0.07%.
Culture
The town, being close to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, was of crucial strategic importance during British Raj. In the town can still be found the state farm building which was the base for British Army. As a result of military settlement, a large number of people from all over India made the town their home, which include the people from UP, MP, Rajasthan, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh. The main language spoken in the city is Marathi with a typical Hingoli flavour. Other languages spoken are Marwari, Hindi, Dakkhani Urdu. The town is famous for its annual fair festival of 'Dasara', was started in September 1853 which is a very old festival of the town, and has been celebrated for more than 155 years now.. It is second largest Dasara Mahotsav in India after the festival in the city ofMysore, Karnataka which probably started in 17th century.
Science in Hingoli
Hingoli will make its presence felt in the cutting edge of experimental Physics. It has been selected for the LIGO-India. LIGO-India is a planned advanced gravitational-wave observatory to be located in India as part of the worldwide network. The project recently received the in-principle approval from the Indian government. LIGO-India is planned as a collaborative project between a consortium of Indian research institutions and the LIGO Laboratory in the United States, along with its international partners Australia, Germany and the UK. It is also named as IndIGO.
