Pune is known as the Queen of Deccan, being a beautiful place nestled between green hills and having marvellous lakes. Pune is a city with a future that promises to be as interesting as its history. Long-standing bastion of the Maratha empire and home to the legendary Raja Shivaji, the Pune district is marked by magnificent land and sea forts, testimony to its glorious past. Pune is slowly becoming a cosmopolitan city and is now an important commercial centre.