Malegaon

Malegaon
State :	India
State :	Maharashtra
District :	Nashik
Location :	20 ° 33 ' N , 74 ° 33' E Coordinates: 20 ° 33 ' N , 74 ° 33' E
Height :	430 m
Inhabitants : ; - Agglomeration :	471,006 (2011); 576,425 (2011)
	Malegaon Fortress

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Malegaon ( Marathi मालेगाव, Mālegāv) is a city in the Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra .

It has about 470,000 inhabitants (2011 census). A majority of them are Muslim .

In 2001, 15 people were killed in rioting in Malegaon. On September 8, 2006, two bomb attacks on Muslim facilities left over 30 dead and around 100 injured. The Indian government blames the Pakistani secret service Inter-Services Intelligence for the attacks, which Pakistan denies.

Web links

Commons : Malegaon - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF file; 151 kB)
^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF file; 138 kB)

[1] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF file; 151 kB)

[2] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF file; 138 kB)