Bhokardan
Bhokardan is a city and a municipal council in Jalna district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Bhokardan is surrounded by a ruined wall. There is an inner citadel which served to house the offices of the tahsildar and other minor officials. The marks of its former prosperity are discernible in the solid masonry walls which have collapsed for the most part, while the bands of earth scattered round the town mark the sites of once beautiful fruit and vegetable gardens. The manufactures consist of coarse blankets or kambals coarse cloth and coarse brown sugar. A weekly market is held on every Saturday. The town has eight small temples and two mosques. Three fairs are held annually, the largest being the one held at the temple to Khandoba. About half a mile from the town on the left bank of the Khelna, are the ruins of a Mahanubhav temple. Below the temple there are some caves in the river bank but they are all blocked up with silt and rubbish. The town has the tahsildar's office, a panchayat samiti or block development office and a police station.
Bhokardan has been identified by the modern historians with the ancient city of Bhogavardhana. During the Satavahana period, this city was located on the trade route from Ujjayini to Prathishthana. Its inhabitants made donations to the stupas of Bharhut and Sanchi. The ancient site comprising two mounds, about 70 ft high, was discovered by M. N. Deshpande in 1958.[1] During the excavations at Bhokardan in 1973 by a joint team of Nagpur University and Marathwada University, two periods of occupation were identified:
* Period I
o Period Ia - early Satavahana period
o Period Ib - late Satavahana period
* Period II post Satavahana period.
During the excavations, traces of foundations, brick walls, floors, post-holes, fallen roofs and a ring well discovered. The artifacts found from the site included punch-marked coins, copper coins of the Satavahanas and the Kshatrapas and a few terracotta seals and sealings. About 2000 beads made of terracotta, glass, shell and semi-precious stones were also found. A large number of terracotta, iron, copper and ivory objects were found from the site.
Bhomasur & Bhagadnath
Tradition relates that a powerful king by name Bhomasur reigned here once and who maintained a large harerm containing about 17,000 females. He had forcibly taken possession of these females from various parts of his territory. His subjects apealed to Krishna to save them, upon which he assembled a large army and defeated and killed Bhomasur thus releasing the females. Bhagadnath, a son of Krishna, was raised to the throne and the capital place was named after him which subsequently corrupted into Bhokardan.
Rohilas
In 1852 the Patel of a village named Javla enraged at the deprivation of his appointment collected a force of 300 Arabs and Rohilas and attacked Bhokardan, but was bought off. About seven years later he again attacked the town which was defended by the naib and was bought off a second time. The Rohilas were occasionally troublesome after this. They were finally subdued by a contingent force of 500 men and 2 guns sent from Aurangabad.
Bhokardan Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Bhokardan (constituency number 103) is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Jalna district. It covers the entire Jafferabad tehsil and part of Bhokardan tehsil of this district.
Bhokardan is part of Jalna Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Jalna and Badnapur in Jalna district and Sillod, Phulambri and Paithan in Aurangabad district.
Taluka : Bhokardan
STD Code : 02485
Pin Code : 431114
Police Contact : 02485-244210
Bhokardan Taluka Map
Bhokardan Banks
List of Banks in Bhokardan
STATE BANK OF HYDERABAD, Bhokardan
Address: JALNA ROAD,BHOKARDAN
State: MAHARASHTRA
District: JALNA (Click here for all the branches of "STATE BANK OF HYDERABAD" in "JALNA" District)
Branch: BHOKARDAN
Contact: P K KULKARNI
IFSC Code: SBHY0020009 (used for RTGS and NEFT transactions)
Branch Code: Last six characters of IFSC Code represent Branch code.
MICR Code: 431004114
STATE BANK OF INDIA, Bhokardan
Address: JAGGANATH PLAZA, SILLOD ROAD, H.NO.2461,TQ. BHOKARDAN,DIST:JALNA.431114
State: MAHARASHTRA
District: JALNA (Click here for all the branches of "STATE BANK OF INDIA" in "JALNA" District)
Branch: BHOKARDAN
Contact: 985099818
IFSC Code: SBIN0013840 (used for RTGS and NEFT transactions)
Branch Code: Last six characters of IFSC Code represent Branch code.
MICR Code: MICR not provided
BANK OF MAHARASHTRA, Bhokardan
Address: OPP BUSSTAND SHIVAJI CHOWK, BHOKARDAN-431114
State: MAHARASHTRA
District: JALNA (Click here for all the branches of "BANK OF MAHARASHTRA" in "JALNA" District)
Branch: BHOKARDAN
Contact: 2485 244217
IFSC Code: MAHB0000270 (used for RTGS and NEFT transactions)
Branch Code: Last six characters of IFSC Code represent Branch code.
MICR Code: MICR not provided
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