Rasta Peth, Pune

Rasta Peth is the oldest neighbourhood located in the city of Pune, India. The name is derived from the name of Raste who was a relative of Peshwa’s in the Maratha Empire.

Rasta Peth is a centralized location in the city. Doctors' offices and a library are located in the neighborhood.{{cite book|title=Directory of Hospitals & Doctors Around the World|first=Saksham|last=Chaudhry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTFTDwAAQBAJ|page=461|accessdate=February 2, 2024}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HF3v8duiyH0C&dq=%22Rasta+Peth,+Pune%22+-wikipedia&pg=PR16|title=Maternal and Child Nutrition: The First 1,000 Days|isbn=9783318023879|publisher=Karger|editor=Jatinder Bhatia |editor2=Satish C. Kalhan |editor3=Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta |year=2013|accessdate=February 2, 2024}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmc7oIo72wwC&dq=%22Rasta+Peth,+Pune%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA361|page=361|title=Directory of Libraries in India|first=Ed. K.R.|last=Gupta|year=2001|isbn=9788171569854|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors |accessdate=February 2, 2024}}

There is a Dalit community there.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uesABAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rasta+Peth,+Pune%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT338|title=Dalit Women's Education in Modern India: Double Discrimination|first=Shailaja |last=Paik |year=2014|pages=81, 156|isbn=9781317673309|publisher=Taylor & Francis|accessdate=February 2, 2024}} Christian missionaries served the community during the British Raj. {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2J7DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rasta+Peth,+Pune%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA42|page=42|title=The Subhedar's Son: A Narrative of Brahmin-Christian Conversion from Nineteenth-century Maharashtra|first=Deepra |last=Dandekar |year=2019|isbn=9780190914042|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=February 2, 2024}}

Places such as Pune Railway Station, Camp, Shaniwar Wada, Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple, Laxmi Road, Bund Garden are within a ten minutes' drive by motor vehicle.

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