Sholapur
chief town of Sholapur district, Bombay presidency, India, 150 miles from Poona. Its situation between Poona and Hyderabad has made it, especially since the opening of the railway in 1859, the center for the trade of a large extent of country. Its chief industry is the manufacture of silk and cotton cloth. Sholapur was stormed by General Munro in 1818, when the whole of the Peshawa's territories were incorporated in the Bombay presidency. Pop. about 61,500.