Ahmednagar is a city in
Ahmednagar District in the
state of
Maharashtra, India, about 120 km northeast of
Pune and 114 km from
Aurangabad. Ahmednagar takes its name from Ahmed Nizam Shah, who founded the town in 1494 on the site of a battlefield where he won a battle against superior Bahamani forces. It was close to the site of the village of
Bhingar. With the breakup of the
Bahmani Sultanate, Ahmad established a new sultanate in Ahmednagar, also known as
Nizam Shahi dynasty.