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{{Short description|Area of Pune, India}}
[[File:Mahatma Jyothiba Phule Mandai, Pune - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Mahathma Phule Mandai]], the largest retail vegetable market in Pune, located in the Shukrawar Peth area of the city.]]
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'''Shukrawar Peth''' is a [[Peths in Pune|peth]] located in [[Pune]], Maharashtra, India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peths in Pune |website=Pune Diary |url=https://www.punediary.com/html/peths.html#13 |accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref>
Earlier known as Visapur, this was the first local peth, set up in 1734, and named by [[Bajirao I]], as people began to reside in the area beginning with his era. It housed several military establishments of the time, which included a gun foundry, stables, infantry lines, a gymnasium, and military headquarters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Diddee |first=Jaymala |title=Pune Queen of the Deccan |last2=Gupta |first2=Samita |publisher=Elephant Design |year=2000 |isbn=978-8190179652 |pages=66}}</ref>
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