Pulgaon

Pulgaon is a town and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. BridgetownLocationPulgaon is located at It has an average elevation of 285 metres . The nearby towns are Nachangaon, Kautha, Talni and Gunjkheda on NowHistoryIt is a railway junction on the Wardha-Badnera section, Arvi narrow-gauge rail link taking off from here northwards. The main town lies south of the railway and is comparatively a new town sprung out of a collection of hutments of workers employed on the railway bridge over the Wardha river near which the town stands. Hence its name "Pul" meaning Bridge and "gaon" meaning Town. 'Pulgaon' = a Town by the Bridge", sometimes called as the "Bridgetown" just for fun. Its rapid rise in importance is due to the favorable position it occupies in the center of a large cotton growing tract. Again Pulgaon is on the Mumbai-Nagpur trunk route and hence can avail itself of the speedy transport. Added to the post and telegraph, is the telephone exchange which highly facilitates commercial transactions.Pulgaon was created as a municipality in 1901 and has an area of 5.3sqmi under its jurisdiction. Nineteen elected councilors constitute the municipal committee. A president is elected by the councilors from among themselves to preside over its meetings. In 1961-62 the total municipal receipts were Rs. 2,87,337 of which receipts from municipal taxes amounted to Rs. 1,12,347. It was a place of minimal security risk until around 1999-2000. After 11 September attacks and the Indian parliament attack in 2001, the security of the area was increased, and all type of leisure activities surrounding the area were stopped. On 31 May 2016, a major fire broke out in the ammunition depot. At least 2 army and 18 DSC personnel were killed and 19 were injured.