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===Museums, parks and zoos=== Museums in Pune include the [[Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum]], [[Mahatma Phule Museum|Mahatma Phule Industrial Museum]], Deccan college museum of Maratha history,<ref>{{cite journal|author=MANDKE, G.|title=Contributions of the Maratha History Museum to Maratha and Medieval History|date=2000|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|volume=60|pages=155β164|jstor=42936613|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42936613|access-date=24 January 2020|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310132735/https://www.jstor.org/stable/42936613|url-status=live}}</ref> Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Museum, [[Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway]] and the [[Pune Tribal Museum]] Pune also houses Blades of Glory Cricket Museum which is the biggest cricket museum in the world. The College of Military Engineering has an archive and an equipment museum; this includes a rail exhibit with a metre-gauge train. The [[Aga Khan Palace]], where [[Mahatma Gandhi]] was interned during the Quit India movement, has a memorial dedicated to his wife, [[Kasturba Gandhi]] who died during the internment. For a city of its size, Pune has very few large public parks and gardens. Parks and green spaces in the city include the [[Kamala Nehru Park, Pune|Kamala Nehru Park]], Sambhaji Park, ''Shahu Udyan'', [[Peshwe Park]], [[Saras Baug]], Empress Gardens, and [[Bund Garden, Pune|Bund Garden]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mullen |first1=W.T. |title=Deccan Queen: A Spatial Analysis of Poona in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries |date=2001 |publisher=University of Sydney. School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry |location=Sydney, Australia |pages=106β108 |url=https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/495 |access-date=20 October 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020203126/https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/495 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Pu La Deshpande Garden|Pu La Deshpande Udyan]] is a replica of the [[Korakuen Garden]] in [[Okayama]], Japan.<ref name="PuneOkayamaGarden">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune/a-japanese-paradise-in-pune/articleshow/836816.cms|title=A Japanese paradise in Pune|date=4 September 2004|work=The Times of India|access-date=24 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912185250/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune/A-Japanese-paradise-in-Pune/articleshow/836816.cms|archive-date=12 September 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Hanuman Tekdi|Hanuman hill]], [[Vetal Tekdi|Vetal hill]], and [[Taljai Hills]] are protected nature reserves on hills within the city limits. [[File:Rajiv Gandhi zoo entrance.png|thumb|225px|right|[[Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park]]]] The [[Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park]] is located in Katraj.<ref name="RajivGandhiZoologicalPark">{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=229057|title=By July, bigger enclosures, battery-operated vehicles for Katraj zoo|date=29 March 2007|work=The Indian Express|access-date=24 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813044713/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=229057|archive-date=13 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The zoo, earlier located at Peshwe Park, was merged with the reptile park at Katraj in 1999. [[Pune Riverfront]] is under-construction being developed by [[Pune Municipal Corporation]] along the banks of [[Mula-Mutha River]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khairnar |first1=Abhay |date=25 February 2022 |title=PMC to spend over Rs5,500 crore on Mula-Mutha river |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/pmc-to-spend-over-rs5-500-crore-on-mula-mutha-river-101645809558130.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref>
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