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unusual facts about Konkan



Bahirwali

The village of Bahirwali ( Marathi: बहिरवली Urdu:بھرولی) is the largest village in Khed Taluka of Ratnagiri district in Konkan.

Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School

E. Sreedharan,known for completing both the Konkan Railway and Delhi Metro projects within budget and ahead of schedule.

Chitpavan

Till the 1940s, most of the Chitpavans in Konkan spoke a dialect called Chitpavani Konkani in their homes.

Karnala Fort

Its exact date of formation is not know but likely it predates 1400 CE as under the Devagiri Yadavs(1248–1318) and under the Tughlaq rulers (1318–1347), Karnala was the capital of the north Konkan districts of their respective empires.

Khando Ballal

For the performance shown during the tough times at Gingee, Rajaram gave him the vatan of Dabhol in the konkan area of Maharashtra.

Khatkhate

Khatkhate Curry is prepared with at least five vegetables, plus grated coconut, jaggery, kokum, tamarind, tirphala/Tepphal (Sichuan pepper- a special spices from Konkan region), dried red chillies, garam masala powder, and turmeric powder.

Kolkewadi Dam

Kolkewadi Dam or Kolkiwadi Dam is a dam located in the Konkan region, Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India.

Konkan Railway Corporation

Konkan Railway currently runs five rakes of service between Kolad-Verna, Kolad-Surathkal and Ankola-Surathkal.

Kunabi Sena

Kunabi Sena is a political party in based in Thane District in the Mid-North Konkan or Maharashtra Konkan in Maharashtra state.

Mallya

Mallya or Mahale, is a common surname among Konkani speaking Gaud Saraswat Brahmins across the Konkan coast from Maharashtra to Kerala.

Mangalorean Catholic literature

A.A. Saldanha, J.B. Moraes and V.M. Fernandes experimented on the model of Reader's Digest by bringing out a monthly Konkani journal titled Konkan Daiz in 1958.

Norteiro people

When the Maratha Empire invaded the Konkan, they seized most of these settlements, including the capital, Bacaim, however, the Marathas didn't discriminate among the two religious groups and many Norteiros switched loyalties to the Marathas.

Shilahara

Their descendants and the descendants of their generals are seen even today in Maharashtra, Goa and Karwar(Karnataka) as the Shelar and Sawant/Savant clan of the Kshatriya Marathas of the Konkan respectively.

Shyamchi Aai

Shyamchi Aai is an autobiography of Sane Guruji belonging to a Brahmin family in Konkan region of rural Maharashtra during British Raj.

Sindhudurg district

District is also well connected by Konkan railway to Mumbai, Thane,Goa and other parts of the country like Mangalore, Karwar Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Hapa, Veraval, New Delhi, Jodhpur, Porbundar by Konkan rail.

Tikona

In 1657, Shivaji brought the whole of Konkan, which had been Nizam territory, under his control when he conquered Tikona along with the forts of Karnala, Lohgad, Mahuli, Songad, Tala, and Visapur.

Wadke

Wadke is a Maharashtrian surname mostly belonging to the Twashta Kasar (also known as Twashta Brahmin / Tambat from Sanskrit tamrpat) community hailing from the Konkan region (Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Mumbai and Pune) of the State of Maharashtra in India.

Zuari Bridge

The Zuari Bridge or Konkan Railway Bridge is a railway bridge between North Goa and South Goa, India.


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