an"" lang="EN-US">After the fall on the First Serbian Uprising, Aleksinac
remained under Turkish rule up to December 1832 when it became integral part
of Prince Miloš's Serbia. During his first reign Aleksinac became the
economic centre of the south-east Serbia with numerous trade and handicrafts
shops and it developed into important government centre. It became centre of
county and county court. The third post office in Serbia (after
Belgrade and Kragujevac) was opened in Aleksinac for both Serbian
and Austrian post as well as the place where English courier
sent and received the post from Turkey. At that time Customs
office and quarantine station were built in Aleksinac. Aleksinac
was also the site of major battles with Turks in First Serbo-Turkish
war in 1876, with only true victory won on Šumatovac, 3 kilometers from
Aleksinac.
Aleksinac
was seriously damaged during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999.
