Parola is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located on the Hajira (Surat)–Dhule–Kolkata national highway 6. The municipal council was established by the British government before the independence of India. This City is centuries old known for the two main features such as the Shree Balaji Temple and The Parola fort Also known as the native of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi. City and Fort Build by Jahagirdar Sadashiv Rao Damodar Newalkar the great grandfather in law of Rani Lakshmibai Jhansi.

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Parola native of Rani Lakshmibai Jhansi
city
Nickname:  Jahagir of Newalkar
Parola Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20.88°N 75.12°E / 20.88; 75.12
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Government
• Body	Municipal Council
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	34,800
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH 19
Website	maharashtra.gov.in

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There is a fort of the Newalkars of Jhansi at Parola. The royal family of Jhansi, Newalkar, was the Jagirdar of Parola. Jahagirdar Sadashiv Rao Damodar Newalkar build this fort in 1726. He is great grandfather in law of Rani Lakshmibai.

As Konkanstha Tambe settled here over time, this village is said to be the native of Queen Lakshmibai of Jhansi. Also, Rani Lakshmibai's adopted son Anand Rao alias Damodar Rao Newalkar was born on 15 November 1849 in this village. His father Vasudevarao Newalkar was a Jagirdar of Parola.

In 1859 town of Parola and its fort which belong to a member of Jhansi family ware confiscated by British government and the fort dismantled^[1]

Parola is located at 20.88°N 75.12°E / 20.88; 75.12.^[2] It has an average elevation of 261 metres (856 feet).

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[3] Parola had a population of 34,800. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Parola had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 76%, and female literacy was 61%. In Parola, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.

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Sadashiv Rao Newalkar established the city around the 17th–18th century. He was a cousin of the Great King of Jhansi Gangadharrao Newalkar (the husband of Rani Laxmibai). King Gangadhar gifted the city of Parola to Sadashivrao as a jagir. Sadashivrao built the fort in Parola as well as five big gates called Darwajas. The fort and Delhi Darwaja still exist.

• Shri Hari Narayan Apte: a famous Marathi writer who was born in Parola and then moved to Pune.

It is a very old temple with a huge stone entrance called "Nagarkhana" and in front of the temple there is "Garudadhwaj"^{[clarification needed]}.

Shree Parshvanath Digambar Jain Temple which is one of the oldest Jain temples (more than 200 years old) in the North of Maharashtra, is situated in Parola.

Parola is famous for Shree Balaji. Shree Balaji first arrived in Parola 345 years ago.^[when?] Every year, there is a procession for Shree Balaji which is very famous in Maharashtra and people gather to see the procession.^{[citation needed]}

Parola is also famous for the fort, built by Khander rao around the 16th century.^{[citation needed]} Madkay maroti is also a famous temple in Parola.^{[citation needed]}

In Parola, there is Old Jain Temple. 16 No Bhagawan Shri Shantinath Bhagwan Derasahr maybe 1500 year old Murti and 150-year-old Shikharband Derasahr under by Kutchi Dasa Oswal Swetamber Trust^{[citation needed]}