Paratwada, formerly known as Paltanwada and also known as "Achalpur Camp" is a city and a municipal council in Amravati District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

He halted and set up his military camps at Ellichpur for and from then marched towards Devagiri from where he carried off an enormous quantity of plunder.

In 1490 Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk proclaimed his independence and founded the Imad Shahi dynasty of the Berar Sultanate.

It was afterwards capital of the Berar Subah at intervals until the Mughal occupation, when the seat of the provincial governor was moved to Balapur.

Early in 1658 Aurangzeb left the Deccan in order to participate in the contest for the imperial throne which ensued on the failure of Shah Jahan's health and having worsted his competitors he gained the prize.

He appointed Raja Jai Singh to the viceroyalty of the Deccan and made Irij Khan subhedar of Berar.

At this time a new power was gaining ascendency in the Deccan, viz., that of the Marathas under the leadership of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Inspired by the ideal of carving a separate State, and backed by the zeal of his followers he had made deep incisions in the Adil Shahi kingdom of Bijapur and had carried out daring attacks against the Mughal possessions in the Deccan.

In 1775 Nizam Ali, taking advantage of the existence of strong party opposed to Mudhoji Bhosle in Nagpur, sent Ibrahim Beg against him, and himself advanced as far as Ellichpur.

As the Mughal empire deteriorated in the 18th century, Paratwada along with the rest of Berar came under the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad.

Paratwada, known by the British as Achalpur Camp, became part of East Berar, with Amravati as capital of the division.

Paratwada is very famous for its wood and honey exports, largest in Asia, because it is a gateway to one of the densest forests in India – Melghat.