Fatimanagar

Fatima Nagar
Neighbourhood
Fatima Nagar
Coordinates: 18°30′18″N 73°54′03″E / 18.505006°N 73.900849°E / 18.505006; 73.900849Coordinates: 18°30′18″N 73°54′03″E / 18.505006°N 73.900849°E / 18.505006; 73.900849
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Poona
Taluka	Havelli
Named for	Fatima Convent
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population
• Total	approx. 6,500
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Postcode	411040
Telephone code	020

Fatimanagar (also Fatima Nagar or Fathima Nagar) is situated in Poona near the Poona Cantonment area. The neighbourhood derives its name from the Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima Convent. It is one of the fastest developing areas in Poona.

It is bordered by Bhairoba Nala and Poona Cantonment to the west, Poona-Solapur Highway to the north, a Christian graveyard and State Reserve Police Force (S.R.P.F.) to the east and Shivarkar garden to the south.^[1]

Fatima Convent

The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima was founded by Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM, on 8 February 1893 at Bellary in Karnataka, then under the archdiocese of Madras, by Msgr Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM. Born on 7 December 1854, in Holland, Francis Kroot joined the Mill Hill Missionary Society of St Joseph,was ordained a priest on 8 June 1878 and reached India on 8 August 1878. He served in the capacity of a military chaplain in Poonamallee, Madras and Bellary.^[2]

References

	Poona Cantonment	Poona-Solapur Highway	Hadapsar
	Poona Cantonment		S.R.P.F. and Graveyard
		Fatima Nagar
	Poona Cantonment	Wanowrie	S.R.P.F.