Question

Maharashtra first sugar factory in 1949

Answer 1

Maharashtra first sugar factory established at pravaranagar in Ahmednagar

Answer 2

"In 1945 Late Padmashree Vithalrao Vikhe Patil spearheaded the first successful Co-operative Sugar Factory in the country at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra which was commissioned in 1951.

Up to 1945 there were about 145 Joint Stock Sugar Factories in the country inclusive of somewhere in the range of 12 factories in Maharashtra.

In 1945 Late Padmashree Vithalrao Vikhe Patil spearheaded the first successful Co-operative Sugar Factory in the country at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra which was commissioned in 1951.

The Indian National Congress in its Nagpur Session held in 1953 made plans to have the future growth of the sugar industry mainly in Co-operative Sector.

Accordingly with emphasis laid by the Government of India on the role of Co-operative Sector in agro-processing industries, Co-operative Sugar began to make strides.

Maharashtra had very favorable agro-climatic conditions for cane cultivation. The Central Sugarcane Research Station was already established in the State at Padegaon, Dist Pune in 1930."