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unusual facts about Khandala, Satara



Ajnuj

Ajnuj is a village that is situated west of the taluka city of Khandala in the Satara district of Maharashtra, India, on the Khandala-Bhor Road.

Dabhade

The eldest son of Yesajirao was Khanderao Dabhade who was conferred the title of "Sarsenapati" on 11th Jan 1717 by Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj of Satara (Grandson of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj).

Desh, Maharashtra

Most of the region was ruled directly by the British as part of the Bombay Presidency, but several princely states, including Satara, Sangli, and Kolhapur, remained under Maratha rulers in subsidiary alliance with the British.

Karad District

The Satara District is under proposal to be divided and a separate Karad District be carved out of existing Satara district with the inclusion of Karad and Patan as well as talukas of Walwa, Kadegaon and Shirala from neighbouring Sangli district in the proposed Karad district.

Khandala

Ashok Kumar's character in the 1975 classic Chhoti Si Baat is a retired army Colonel that lives in Khandala.

Khillari cattle

The Khillari is breed of cattle, of the Bos indicus sub-species, found in Man and Khatav taluka in Satara and Shirol taluka in Kolhapur and Atpadi taluka in Sangli in the Mumbai region of western India.

Krishna River

Krishna river originates at Mahabaleswar near the Jor village in the extreme north of Wai Taluka, Satara District, Maharashtra in the west and meets the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi (near Avanigadda) in Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast.

Mandhradevi

Located on a hill 4,650 feet above sea level, the temple, some 20 km from Satara, overlooks the picturesque Purandar fort.

Maratha Light Infantry

With the integration of the erstwhile princely states, the 19th, 20th, 22nd battalions were amalgamated, from the state forces of Satara, Kolhapur, Baroda, and Hyderabad, with the Regiment.

MSPL Limited

MSPL's wind farms are situated in Harpanahalli, with a capacity of 46.25 MW, Chitradurga, with a capacity of 38.35 MW, Harihar with a capacity of 6 MW in the State of Karnataka, Satara, with a capacity of 1 MW and Dhule with a capacity of 20 MW in the State of Maharashtra and with a capacity of 30 MW at Surajbari in the State of Gujarat.

Mumbai-Bangalore economic corridor

Mumbai-Bangalore corridor is expected to pass through different cities, Pune, Satara, Kolhapur, Belgaum, Dharwad, Davangere, Haveri, Chitradurga and Tumkur.

Narayan Hari Apte

After finishing his 7th grade education in Samdoli and Satara, he left his home in 1905 to participate in India’s freedom movement by joining Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's Abhinav Bharat Society.

Open prison

The 1957 Hindi film, Do Aankhen Barah Haath by V.Shantaram was inspired by the story of an 'open-prison' experiment swatantrapur in the princely state of Aundh near Satara, Maharashtra.

Panhala Fort

Panhala fort was built between 1178 and 1209 CE, one of 15 forts (others including Bavda, Bhudargad, Satara, and Vishalgad) built by the Shilahara ruler Bhoja II.

Quit India Movement

Although at the national level the ability to galvanize rebellion was limited, the movement is notable for regional success especially at Satara in Maharashtra, Talcher in Orissa, and Midnapore.

Rajaram II of Satara

During Ramaraja's reign, the power of the Chhatrapati based in Satara was almost totally overshadowed his hereditary Peshwas (Prime Ministers) belonging to the Bhat family in Pune and other rulers of the empire such as the Holkars, Gaikwad and Shinde.

Rattus satarae

It is native to the northern Western Ghats in India where it is split between three regions, Satara in Maharashtra, the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu and Kodagu district in Karnataka.

Satara district

Manank ruled from 350 - 375 C.E. and had built his capital in Manpur (now Maan in Satara district).

The Satara District is under proposal to be divided and a separate Karad District be carved out of existing Satara district with the inclusion of Karad and Patan as well as talukas of Walwa, Kadegaon and Shirala from neighbouring Sangli district in the proposed Karad district.

After their victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1818, the British Empire annexed most of the Maratha territory to Bombay Presidency, but restored the titular Raja Pratap Singh, and assigned to him the principality of Satara, an area much larger than the present district.

Shivpuri

Shivpuri king and fort was won by Ranoji Bhoite, a Maratha General of Chhatrapati of Satara on instructions of Jankoji Shinde, Gwalior Chief.

Shree Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje College of Engineering

Shree Chhatrapati Shivajiraje College of Engineering is an engineering college located on the Pune-Satara Highway, Pune, India.

Sitabuldi Fort

After the death of Shivaji on 3 April 1680, the Maratha Empire broke up into segments ruled by five families: the Peshwas of Satara, the Gaekwads of Baroda, the Holkars of Indore, the Scindias of Gwalior, and the Bhonsles of Nagpur.

Solapur district

In the course of the arrangements that followed subsequently, the western part of the present Sholapur district including Pandharpur fell within the jurisdiction of the Raja of Satara and the southern part including Mangalwedha remained with the Patwardhan Sardars of Sangli.

Swargate Bus Stand

Pandharpur, Baramati, Morgaon, Akluj, Gangapur, Indapur, Nira, Satara, Wai, Bijapur, Valchandnagar, Sangvi, Murum, Patas, Aasu, Sangola.

Upalve

Upalve village is under the Phaltan Taluka, and district is Satara.

Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal

When He was eleven years old, he had his first darshana of Chandrashekarendra Saraswati at Satara for the first time.


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