Magar (Maharashtra)

The Magar are a people constituting the Marathi ethnic group of Maharashtra, India. The Magars are probably part of the Maratha caste-complex.

The Magar hamlet of Magarpatta near Pune was in the news in November - December 2006 following news reports on the success of its Magar inhabitants, originally marginal farmers, in exploiting their landholdings to gain great wealth.

One famous Magar is Swapnil Magar who is an iOS developer.

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• Farmers to millionaires
• Singur, look west at Magarpatta, the farmers’ township
• East is east
• Learning curves
• Should the state buy land for the private sector?
• Co-operative townships; the new mantra for farmers
• Eureka! Maharashtra farmers got IT