Rajiv Gandhi Zoo, is located in Katraj of Pune in India

The Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, commonly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Zoo, is located in Katraj of Pune in India. It is managed by the Pune Municipal Corporation. The 130-acre (53 ha) zoo is divided into three parts: an animal orphanage, a snake park, and a zoo, and includes the 42-acre (17 ha) Katraj Lake.

The zoo was re-named as the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and Wildlife Research Centre (RGZP) and is still in the process of completion. It was inaugurated on the 14th March 1999. The zoo area is now 130 acres which also encompasses a water body popularly called as the Katraj Lake. The zoo is currently recognizedand categorized as a large zoo by the Central Zoo Authority and houses 362 animals, of which 147 animals are classified as endangered and critically endangered as per the schedules of the Wildlife Protection Act of India. The animal collection and the zoo premises are cared for by a dedicated work-force of around 100 personnel. At the time of inauguration, the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park displayed the snake park, sambars, spotted deer and monkeys. Over the years all the animals from Peshwe Park have been shifted to Katraj; the last of the lot being shifted on 16th March 2005. All the animals are now housed in spacious, naturalistic, moated enclosures. The zoo is being designed and developed with the aim of contributing to the ex-situ conservation of the critically endangered fauna of the Western Ghats. One of our goals is to promote awareness of our precious bio-diversity to the zoo visitors and inculcate in them a sense of responsibility to conserve them. We aim to achieve this through interpretation, education programmes and interesting signage. The wildlife research centre has been established to promote and carry out research in wild animals as even today, there is not a lot of data available on wild animal physiology, behaviour, diseases and treatment.
In the recent years, the zoo has been successful in the captive breeding of many endangered animals like the Bengal tiger, sloth bear, four horned antelope, blackbuck, monitor lizard, jackal, peacock, Russell’s viper,Indian cobra, etc.

Shaniwar Wada (Shaniwar Palace) in the town of Pune, India.

A memorial commemorating the Great Peshwa Bajirao I (in office 1720-1740 CE). The memorial is located at Shaniwar Wada (Shaniwar Palace) in the town of Pune, India. Bajirao I was an 18th century Indian Premier; Statesman; General and was principal in expanding Maratha Kingdom on a national scale subduing the Mughal Empire. Titles, Styles, and Honors: Pradhanpant Shreemant Bajirao Ballal (powerful noble) Peshwa (aka Bajirao the First) (nickname: Rannmard Bajirao; Rau) with the styles of His Highness (prospectively); the Peshwa (prime minister/first minister) of Maratha India; de facto chief of all Maratha dominions; the foremost minister and chief general of the supreme Maratha Emperor (Chhatrapati)

Shaniwarwada (Śanivāravāḍā) is a historical fortification in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, India. Built in 1732, it was the seat of the Peshwas of the Maratha Empire until 1818, when the Peshwas lost control to the British East India Company after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. Following the rise of the Maratha Empire, the palace became the center of Indian politics in the 18th century.

The fort itself was largely destroyed in 1828 by an unexplained fire, but the surviving structures are now maintained as a tourist site.

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