Editing Pune (section)

=== Pune since Indian Independence === 
After [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] from the British in 1947, Pune saw enormous growth, transforming it into a modern metropolis. The Poona Municipal Council was reorganised to form the [[Pune Municipal Corporation]] (PMC) in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://puneonline.in/Profile/Political/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927050207/http://puneonline.in/Profile/Political/|url-status=dead|title=PMC|archive-date=27 September 2007|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> The education sector in the city continued its growth in the post-independence era with the establishment of the University of Pune (now, [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]]) in 1949, the [[National Chemical Laboratory]] in 1950 and the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unipune.ac.in/university_files/university_history.htm|title=History of University|website=Official website of the SPPU|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608072655/http://unipune.ac.in/university_files/university_history.htm|archive-date=8 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl-india.org/files/AboutNCL/Default.aspx|title=National Chemical Laboratory|website=Ncl-india.org|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601080332/http://www.ncl-india.org/files/AboutNCL/Default.aspx|archive-date=1 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nda.nic.in/history.html|title=History of NDA|website=Official website of the National Defence Academy, Pune|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714061448/https://www.nda.nic.in/history.html|archive-date=14 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The establishment of [[Hindustan Antibiotics]] in 1954 marked the beginning of industrial development in the [[Hadapsar]], [[Bhosari]], and [[Pimpri]] areas.<ref name="Kolekar1993">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iq0hz5q8iw0C&pg=PR7|title=Human Resources Development|author=B.D. Kolekar|publisher=Northern Book Centre|year=1993|isbn=978-81-7211-044-4|pages=17–19}}</ref><ref name="nic">{{cite web|url=http://pune.gov.in/history/mevents3.htm|title=Historical Events in Pune|publisher=NIC – District-Pune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202072725/http://pune.gov.in/history/mevents3.htm|archive-date=2 December 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=29 October 2009}}</ref> [[Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation|MIDC]] provided the necessary infrastructure for new businesses to set up operations.<ref name="hindu2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2002/03/30/stories/2002033000801300.htm|title=Pimpri-Chinchwad industrial belt: Placing Pune at the front|last=Menon|first=Sudha|date=30 March 2002|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|access-date=29 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414041221/http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2002/03/30/stories/2002033000801300.htm|archive-date=14 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1970s, several engineering companies were set up in the city, allowing it to vie with [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cityinsouthasia0000heit|url-access=registration|quote=pune.|title=The city in South Asia|last1=Heitzman|first1=James|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0415574266|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/cityinsouthasia0000heit/page/213 213]|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatamotors.com/about-us/facilities/pune/|title=Tata Motors Manufacturing Facility - Pune|website=Tatamotors.com|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612211433/https://www.tatamotors.com/about-us/facilities/pune/|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1990s, Pune began to attract foreign capital, particularly in the information technology and engineering industries. IT parks were established in [[Aundh (Pune)|Aundh]], [[Viman Nagar]], [[Hinjawadi]], [[Wagholi, Pune|Wagholi]], [[Kharadi]] and [[Balewadi]]-[[Baner]] region. As a result, the city saw a huge influx of people due to opportunities offered by the manufacturing, and lately, the software industries.

The breach in the [[Panshet Dam|Panshet dam]] and the resulting [[Khadakwasla Dam#Flood of 1961|flood of 1961]] led to severe damage and the destruction of housing close to the river banks.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&q=Deluge+in+Poona+S+Brahme%2C+P+GOLE&btnG=|title=Deluge in Poona.|last1=Brahme|first1=S|last2=GOLE|first2=P.|date=1967|publisher=GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AND ECONOMIC Asia Publishing House.|pages=14–47|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225145817/https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&q=Deluge+in+Poona+S+Brahme%2C+P+GOLE&btnG=|url-status=live}}</ref> The mishap spurred the development of new suburbs and housing complexes.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqUjCQAAQBAJ&q=poona+flood+1961+dam+resettlement&pg=PP10|title=Dam breach modeling technology|last1=Singh|first1=Vijay P.|date=1996|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|isbn=978-0792339250|location=Dordrecht|pages=89–91|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> To integrate urban planning, the [[Pune Metropolitan Region]] was defined in 1967 covering the area under PMC, the [[Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation]], the three cantonments, and the surrounding villages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Joshi|first1=Ashutosh|title=Town planning regeneration of cities|date=2008|publisher=New India Pub. Agency|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788189422820|page=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFaGME0XDBkC&q=pune+wada+apartment+bunglow+housing+planning&pg=PR7|access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref>

In 1998 work on the six-lane [[Mumbai-Pune expressway]] began; it was completed in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000730/fec30031.html |title=The Mumbai-Pune expressway |work=The Financial Express |access-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012445/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000730/fec30031.html |archive-date=15 May 2013 }}</ref> In 2008, the [[Commonwealth Youth Games]] took place in Pune, which encouraged development in the northwest region of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punekar.in/site/2008/09/17/pune-to-get-piped-compressed-natural-gas-before-cyg/ |title=Pune to get piped compressed natural gas before CYG |work=The Punekar |access-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004135143/http://punekar.in/site/2008/09/17/pune-to-get-piped-compressed-natural-gas-before-cyg/ |archive-date=4 October 2008}}</ref> On 13 February 2010, [[2010 Pune bombing|a bomb exploded]] at the German Bakery in the upmarket [[Koregaon Park]] neighbourhood in eastern Pune, killing 17 and injuring 60.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/india.explosion/index.html|title=Eight killed in India restaurant blast|author=Harmeet Singh|date=13 February 2010|work=CNN|access-date=14 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216130642/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/india.explosion/index.html|archive-date=16 February 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/9-killed-40-injured-in-Pune-bomb-blast/article16814472.ece|title=9 killed, 40 injured in Pune bomb blast|date=13 February 2010|work=The Hindu|access-date=28 April 2018|agency=PTI|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224172829/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/9-killed-40-injured-in-Pune-bomb-blast/article16814472.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://article.wn.com/view/WNAT5c213afae99869fc55f72ef1a695bc49/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721122307/https://article.wn.com/view/WNAT5c213afae99869fc55f72ef1a695bc49/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2020|title=पुण्यावर दहशतवादी हल्ला; नऊ ठार, ५७ जखमी|language=mr|author=The WorldNews (WN) Network|date=14 February 2010|publisher=article.wn.com/|access-date=13 February 2010}}</ref> Evidence suggested that the [[Indian Mujahideen]] terrorist group carried out the attack.<ref name="Pant2015">{{cite book|author=Harsh V. Pant|title=Handbook of Indian Defence Policy: Themes, Structures and Doctrines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBG4CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT334|date=6 October 2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-38008-5}}</ref>