Vinchur

Vinchur is a big town in Nashik district, Maharashtra, India. Vinchur is located near to the Lasalgaon City and state highway Nashik to Aurangabad. One of the biggest MIDC is situated in vinchur near nashik city. Nearest Railway station Lasalgaon is only 5 km from Vinchur. Vinchur is known for grape, onion, sugarcane and vegetables the town is also good for residential and industrial area. Vinchur is primarily known for place of Sardar Vinchurkar who was one of the pillars of maratha empire.Vithal Shivdev started by working in stables of Ch Shahu Maharaj(Satara) and after 7 yrs -seeing his valour in warfare he was sent by Maharaj to Peshwa Bajirao I. Vinchur was capital of sardar vinchurkar with area ranging from yeola to nashik. Sardar vitthalrao vinchurkar was part of battle of panipat (1761) and was injured in that battle.He fought multiple battels alongside Peshwas till his death in 20/08.1767.Was close friend of Sardar Malharro Holkar.Had great respect and regards for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ,hence named his capable elder son Shivaji Vithal.Was honored by Padsha Alamgir II in Delhi for capsturing the dreaded Najib Khan Rohilla - who later stabbed Marathas in the back and was responsible for third Panipat battle.Later generations were honored by British with CBE,OBE titles and Sardar Madhavrao and Ganpatrao were in Bombay Legistlative council.Vinchur state had 48 villages saranjam along with few in Pune and Ahmednagar.The family built /restored multiple temples across India main - Trymbakeshwar inculding the beautiful Raath/Chariot lands in Trymbak and Vinchur were gifted to the trust,Saptashrungi devi Wani - original Sabahamandap ,multiple jewells,famous Narsimja temple entirely built by Vithal Shivdev abd Raghunathrao at Akluj- Neeranarsimpur,Narsimha temple Saykheda,Vinchoor,Krishna temple Vinchoor,temples at Nandur Madmeshwar,Kotamgaon.Kopargaon,Varanasi,Pryagraj etc.Madhavrao built a Bungalow in Nashik which was inaami land approx 12 acres in late 1000/early 1900.The stayed there after the Wadas in Vinchoor was sold.This house called Sardar Vinchurkar Bungalow still exits and is well maintained by current heir Dr Narayan Vinchurkar in approx 1 acre .Sardar Vithal Shivdev was first to capsure Gwalior fort and put the saffron Maratha flag on it.Few temples within the fort are probably built by nhi as is the Mahadev Mandir which is actually Chhatris of Vithal Shivdev!!

Vinchur India's first Wine Park [1]
Town
Vinchur
Coordinates: 20.1069°N 74.2243°E / 20.1069; 74.2243
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nashik
Subdistrict	Niphad
Government
• Type	grampanchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	12,427
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Pincode	422305 [2]

The wada(palace) of vinchurkar is still present in vinchur under very bad shape ,and is in possession of Darekars.

Nowadays, vinchur is known for its presence on aurangabad-nashik highway and famous for its grapes and dedicated industrial area for winery. it also known for onion sub market under provision of lasalgaon onion market which is asia's biggest onion market. It is also known for best weather to live in maharashtra.Most of the land belonged to Sardar Vinchurkar family which was acquired in ceiling.

The primary occupation is agriculture.

A large fort is located in the center of town.