Some fast facts on Pune

• Pune is known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra.
• Pune is known to have existed as a town since 937 AD.
• Pune has more than a hundred educational institutes and nine universities, and has acquired a reputation as 'The Oxford of the East', with students from all over the world studying at the colleges of the University of Pune.
• Pune has more schools, colleges and universities than any other city in the world.
• Pune is the largest centre for Japanese learning in India.
• ILS Law College, established by the Indian Law Society is one of the top ten law schools in India
• Symbiosis International University, which operates 33 different colleges and institutions in the city, is one of India's largest private universities. The best institution within the Symbiosis Umbrella being SCMHRD (Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development) amongst others is ranked amongst the top management institutes in the country.
• Pune is also referred to as The Detroit of India owing to the many manufacturing companies, particularly automobile giants, having their base within the city's metropolitan area.
• Pune is the eighth largest city in India and second largest city in the state of Maharashtra
• Pune is the administrative capital of Pune district and the 7th Metro city of India.
• Pune International Airport shares its runways with the neighboring Indian Air Force base, the only one of its kind in the world.
• Pune has given many famous artists to the traditional Indian music world. Well known names are great vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and in earlier generation to gifted Sitarist Pandit Chandrakant Sardeshmukh.