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6 unusual facts about Sangli


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.

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.

& also this animals are found in neighbouring districts of Sangli, Kolhapur & Solapur of Western Maharashtra.

Sangli

Vasantdada Patil Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Rajarambapu Patil, Vilasrao Shinde, Shivajirao Deshmukh,Gulabrao Patil Ex.

Jayant Patil is current Cabinet Minister of Rural Development in the state of Maharashtra was also former Finance Minister of Maharashtra.

Vasant Shankar Kanetkar

Kanetkar spent most of his early life in Pune, and later, Sangli, where his father was a professor at Willingdon College.


Ashta

Ashta, Maharashtra, a city in Sangli district in the state of Maharashtra, India

Chaturtha

Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale Founder of Shetkari Sahakari Sakar Karkhana Sangli.

Flag of the Maratha Empire

After the fall of the Maratha Empire, the flag or its variants remained in use by many princely states derived from Maratha territories, such as Kolhapur, Gwalior, Sangli and Jawhar.

Krishna River

Also, located on the banks of the river Krishna is the Sangameshwar Shiva temple at Haripur and Ramling temple near Sangli, as well as, villages such as Jihe.

Pune division

The Solapur District is under proposal to be divided and a separate Pandharpur District be carved out of existing Solapur district, comprising talukas of Pandharpur, Sangola, Karmala, Mangalwedha, Malshiras and Madha in Solapur District and also talukas of Jath and Atpadi from neighbouring Sangli district, to create a new Pandharpur district.

Sangli State

Sangli city is known as Natyapandhari, the birthplace of Marathi drama.

Sindhudurg Fort

There are Maharashtra state government (MSRTC) buses running from Mumbai, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Kolhapur and Goa state government buses (Kadamba Transport Corporation) running from Panaji, Madgaon, Vasco and Pernem to Sindhudurg.

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.

William James Wanless

Wanlesswadi has its own Postal Index Number, 416414, and the Indian Railways also has a station named 'Wanlesswadi’ on its Miraj–Sangli Route, which opened on April 1, 1907 for the use by ill or needy patients from across India and from abroad.


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