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HINGANGHAT
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V13,
Page 514
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HINGANGHAT , a See also:town of See also:British See also:India in See also:Wardha See also:district, Central Provinces, 21 m . S.W. of Wardha town . Pop (1901) 12,662 . It is a See also:main seat of the See also:cotton See also:trade, the cotton here produced in the See also:rich Wardha valley having given its name to one of the best indigenous staples of India . The See also:principal native traders are Marwaris, many of whom have large trans-actions and export on their own See also:account; but the greater number See also:act as See also:middle-men . There are two cotton-See also:mills and several ginning and pressing factories . |
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Hinganghat over the last three decades have grown in terms of business. From two textile mills to several industries. Hinganghat, now has three actively running textile mills.Beyond this there are three soyabean oil plants(bela,govindpur and jam),approximately 17 dal mills and 10 oil mills, 5 cotton ginning and pressing factories. Also there two tea blending and repacking unit in hinganghat MIDC. In nutshell Hinganghat has grown from just a cotton belt region to a complete agriculture belt.
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