Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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Walchand College of Engineering
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Round Tour
Shri Ganapati Mandir
Shri Ganapati Mandir Praveshdwar |
A well momentum of Sangli is the Ganapati Madir. During our freedom struggle, the premises of this temple were used as meeting place. Lokmanya Tilak amd Mahatma Gandhi has held meeting here. The Rajasaheb of Sangli , Appasaheb Patwardhan has built this temple, stated in 1811 and completed in 1844.
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Meersaheb Dargah |
This dargah was built about 500 years ago. The dargah is called as Khaja Meersaheb dargah and is known for its secularism as people of all faiths and religions visit this dargah. A music festival is held every year and reformed musicians and singers perform here. |
Haripur |
An ancient temple of Sangmeshwar is found in Haripur at the 'sangam' i.e confluence of Krishna and Warna rivers. The auspicious month of 'Shravan' every Monday thousands of devotees throng the temple. |
Sadguru Dattatreya Mandir Audumber - Krishna Ghat |
The followers of Lord 'Dattatreya' believe that Shri. Narsinha Sarswati' is the fourth incarnation of Lord 'Dattatreya'. He resided in Audumber for a year. The Datta temple was erected here by this devotees.
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Chandoli Dam |
Prachitgad was built during times of Ch.Shivaji Maharaj It is on the border of Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri districts. The Chandoli Dam was built on the river 'Warna'. This dam along with Chandoli Century attracts many people. |
Gopuram of Ganesh Temple |
The famous Ganesh Mandir at tasgaon having magnificient 'Gopuram' , was built by Marathi Senapati Parshurambhau Patwardhan. The 'Gopuram' resembles with those found in the South Indian temples. A unique feature of Lord Ganesh idol is that its trunk faces at right directions. An annual 'Rath Yatra' is held during the ganesh festival. |
Prize winner King Cobra
A little baby handling dangerous cobra on Nagpanchami |
This is best known for its Nag-panchami festival. Every year on Nag-panchami day thousands of Nag-devotees take out processions of the king of snaks 'Cobra'. Competitions are held between various Nag-mandals for the best Cobra.
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On the borders of the Miraj and Kavathe-Mahankal talukas lies Dandona, which is supposed to be the 'Dandakaranya' mentioned in Ramayana. There is an ancient temple of Lord Shiva on the top of the hill.
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An ancient temple of Shri Siddharam is found in Kavathe-Ekand. On the day of 'Dusshera' a fabulous display of fire works is held here. Thousand of peoples throng to the place to witness the magnificent fire works. |
Prominent Personalities
Chintamanrao Patwardhan |
He was born on 14th Feb.1890. He completed his education from Rajkumar College, Rajkot. He stood first in English and secured a gold medal. He then worked under the guidance of Capt.Burke, an able administrator. On June 2, 1910 he took over as the ruler of Sangli. The rule of Sangli was spread over Solapur, Sangli, Satara and Belgum. Between 1905 to 1910 he continued the practice of Rayat Sabhas, started by Capt. Burke, to get a first hand knowledge of the problems of the people. In order to have a good administration, he inducted retired ICS officers and high court judges. Rajasaheb introduced many agricultural reforms during his reign. He undertook scientific survey of the natural resources in Sangli and on that basis he introducted improvements. He built small dams, bandharas, talis in order to increase area under irrigation. He started many schemes to increase the production of milk also. Rajasaheb introduced 'Gramodyog Yojana' to develop the rural areas. He played a major role in starting the Sangli District Co-operative Bank with share capital of Rs.2 lakhs. In the field of industries, he encouraged Dadasaheb Velankar to start the Shri Gajanan Mills and helped Shirgaonkar brothers to start Sugar factory at Sangli. He also established the Sangli Bank with his personal capital. Rajasaheb played a major role in the spread of education in Sangli. He made primary education free as well as compulsory. He took lead in establishing Willingdon College and Engineering college at Sangli. The state also was a pioneer in giving adult education and schools exclusively for girls. in 1960, the people of Sangli celebrated with grate fronts, the 70th birthday of Rajasaheb. The Indian government awarded him the 'Padmabhushan'. Rajasaheb left for his heavenly abode on 23 Feb.1965. |
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Vishnudas Bhave |
Leading Dramatist of Maharashtra. The first play in Marathi " Sita Swayamvar " was staged first in Sangli 1843 by Vishnudas Bahave. Thus, Sangli was honored as the Birth Place of Drama in Maharashtra. In this venture, Vishnudas Bhave was fully supported by Rajasaheb Chintamanrao Patwardhan. After the success of the play "Sita Swayamvar " Bhave staged plays on episodes of the Ramayana. He traveled lot with his troupes for the plays. He also ventured into Puppet shows. Vishnudas Bhave died on 9th August 1901. |
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Natyacharya G.B.Deval |
Govind Ballal Deval is considered among the leading dramatists of Maharshtra. He along with the Vishnudas Bhave and Krishnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar considered to be the Brahma, Mahesh and Vishnu of theatre in Maharshtra. Deval devoted himself completely to the development of theatre in Maharashtra. He wrote first play "Durga" which was based on the tragic lief-story of Durga. He was honored by special prize for this play. He wrote many Sangeet plays like "Shap-sambhram", "Mruchha-katik" , "Sharada", "Sanshaykallol", "Zunjarrao- based on Shakespear's Othello. All the plays were very successful. Sharda and Sanshaykallol are still played on Marathi theatre. |
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Dadasaheb Velankar |
Dadasaheb Velankar, a pioneer of Industries in Sangli. Initially, he worked in cotton mill, Solapur. In 1908, he started his own industry with 2 looms at his native place Limba. He device is own procedure to weave economically and effectively. In 1914, he started a factory Shri Gajanan Weaving Mills with 3 looms and later it was a big establishment with 300 looms. The products 'Sari' and 'dhoti' were popular in maharashtra. In 1935, Dadasaheb went to Japan to study the new techniques. He returned and started manufacturing cloths called 'Valkali '. On his 61st birthday, he was weighed in Gold and from the gold that he received, he formed many trusts to help poor and needy. In 1953, he voluntarily retired from the business and handed over to his son. After that he wrote 14 books. he died on 21st April 1978. |
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Krantisinh Nana Patil |
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V.S. Khandekar |
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar born on 11 Jan 1898 in sangli. His father was Munsif in Sangli principality. They were financially well and many people from literary field visited them. He was interested in drama. At his school age he staged plays with his friends. After his fathers death he had to give up his drama dream. He then worked as teacher for 18 years. During this period he wrote short stories, novels, essays, transformations, editorials and many articles, initiating the "Khandekar Era" in Marathi literature. In 1941, he became the president of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan. In 1974 he was rewarded by Jnanpeeth award for his excellent novel "Yayati". |
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Cricketer Vijay Hazare |
Vijay Hazare born in Sangli on 11 Mar. 1915. His father was teacher in Sangli Mission School. Vijay Hazare was good in football also. While making a career he choose cricket as profession. He was selected to play first class cricket against the M.C.C. led by Douglas Jardine of the Bodyline fame. He also played for Maharashtra in Ranaji Trophy matches. He has a century partnership with D.B.Deodhar. He also played under C.K. Naydu. He couldn't play in test matches due to the 2nd World War. In 1939-40 he played for Maharashtra at an average of 154 and got Ranaji trophy for Maharashtra. He migrated to Baroda where he got a job and later he played for Baroda for many years. His friendly competition with Vijay Marchants is well known. In Ranaji Trophy matches, he made 6321 runs with 22 centuries. He also has 291 wickets to his credit in Ranaji. |
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Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil
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Born on 13th Nov.1917. 'Padmale' 3 km from Sangli is his native village. He studied upto the vernacular final. Then he took interest in his farm. He woked there and faced many problems. He always took leading part in problem solving. He took part in freedom struggle. In 1942, Mahatma Gandhi started 'Satyagraha movement'. Vinoba Bhave was the first 'satyagrahi' and from tasgaon Vasantdada was the firdt 'satyagrahi' . For this he was jailed. In the jail, he came under the influence of people like Babasaheb Kher, Sardar Patel and others. He was also influenced by Netaji Subhashchandra Bose and he believed that only 'satyagraha', morchas or peoples movements would not get freedom. So he looted railways, merchants, got guns and revolvers from Goa. Many criminal cases were filled against him. British govt. declared prize of Rs.1000 for him. He tried to escape from the jail but badly injured. He was then sentenced 13 years imprisonment. But on 25th April 1946 he was released. He was tremendously welcome by Sangli people reminding the return of Shri Rama from Lanka. After independence he started working on farmers problems. He established Market Committee on 1951, with main intension of giving proper prices to agriculture products. In 1958, he started Co-opratative Sugar factory on 90 acres land. n 1960, he started Industrial Society on 135 acres land. ITI were stared to give technical training to youth. He made efforts to increase irrigation in Sangli. In 1960 he became the Chief promoter of Groundnut Processors Co-operative Society. In the field of education he was Chairman of Latthe Education Society. He started Miraj Medical College, Civil hospital, Akashwani (All India Radio station) a Sangli. He was active in politics from 1937 he became minister only in 1972 till 1976. In 1976 he was deleted from the cabinet. He was very disappointed. But overcoming this disappointment, he became Chief Minister of Maharashtra 4 times between 1976 to 1985. He died on 1 March 1989. |
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The Mangeshkar family |
It is the fortune of the Sangli that the renowned Mangeshkar family were residents of Sangli for 14 years. The place where they resided is still known as 'Dinanath Chowk'. Dinnath Mangeshkar and Balawant Natak Mandali staged various sangeet plays like 'Manapman', 'BhavBandhan', 'Soubhadra' and many. later with advent of family he had to close down his drama company. He tried his hand in cinema but the picture was flopped and he was in big financial problem. He died at the age of 42 only. But his 5 children kept his name alive. Asha, Usha and Hridayanath were born in Sangli. All 5 childrens of Dinanath are excellent singers. Hridayanath is also music director. Lata Mangeshkar sung thousands of songs in almost all India languages. She is still lending her voice to young heroines. Asha Bhosale in her 60's captured the heart of youngsters with her pop songs. Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale received numerous awards. Lata has recently honored with BHARAT RATNA Award and Asha Bhosale with Dadasaheb Phalke Award. on 26 Feb 2000, the Mayor of Sangli Shri Suresh Patil brought the Mangeshkars together on the centenary celebrations of Dinanath Mangeshkar and Mangeshkar were felicitated in Sangli. |
History of SANGLI
History of SANGLI
We do not find any direct references of Sangli before 1801. Historical references since 1024 show areas called Mirinch i.e presently Miraj and Karhatak i.e. Karad under the areas rules by Gonk a Shilahar king and sangli was included in these areas. The first clear and direct refernce to sangli can be found in the sankrit poem Shiv-Bharat . During the time of Shivaji Maharaj, his courageous Sarnoubat Netaji Palkar captured Sangli, Miraj and Brahmnal from the Adilshah in 1659. In the times of Peshwas, Indroji Kadam and later Sardar Patwardhan became the 'Jahagirdar' of this region. There are several interesting stories as to how the name Sangli originated. One of them is that, there were six (6) Gallies i.e. lanes on the bank of the Krishna River hence the name "SANGLI". The second one is that, the name of the village was Sangalki in Kannad language so in Marathi it became SANGLI. Another belief is that the confluence of Warna and Krishna rivers is near Sangli village. The word for confluence in Marathi is 'Sangam' and the SANGLI is the distorted version of the word Sangam. Till 1801, Sangli was included in Miraj Jahagir. The First Chintamanrao Appasaheb Patwardhan established a different principality with Sangli as the Capital city. An interesting fact was that in 1768, Haripur a nearby village was bigger than Sangli having population of 2000, whereas Sangli had population of 1000 only. |
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Sangli district
DISTRICT AT A GLANCE
GEOGRAPHICAL DETAILS |
Sangli district is located in the western part of Maharashtra. It is bounded by Satara, Solapur districts to the north, Vijapur district to the east, Kolhapur and Belgum districts to the south and Ratnagiri district to the west. |
Sangli district is situated in the river basins of the Warna and Krishna river. The physical settings of Sangli district shows a contrast of immense dimensions and reveals a variety of landscapes influenced by relief, climate and vegetation. The climate ranges from the rainiest in the Chandoli (Shirala) region, which has an average annual all of over 4000 mm to the driest in Atpadi and Jath tehsils where the average annual rainfall is about 500 mm. The vegetal cover too varies from the typical monsoon forest in the western parts to scrub and poor grass in the eastern parts. |
Geographical location | : North Latiitudes 16.4 to 17.1 |
East Longitude 73.43 to 75.00 |
Climate | : Min.Temp - 14.0 Celsius |
Max.Temp - 42.0 Celsius |
Rainfall | : 400-450 mm ( Average ) |
Geog.Area | : 8601.5 Sq. Kilometer. |
RIVERS IN SANGLI DISTRICT |
The main rivers of Sangli district are Warna and Krishna. The Krishna is one of the three largest sacred rivers of southern India. Approx. 105 kms. of the river course falls inside the district. Morna, Yerla,Manganga, Agrani, Nanni and Bor are small feeder rivers of Krishna. Warna is the largest tributary of the Krishna in the district. |
STATISTICAL DETAILS |
Census-2001 | |
Population | : 25,83,524 |
Male | : 13,20,088 |
Female | : 12,63,436 |
Literacy | : 62.41 % |
Male | : 74.88 % |
Female | : 49.94 % |
Tahasil's -( 10) | 1. Miraj 2.Tasgaon 3.Kavathe Mahankal |
Panchayat Samiti (8) | 4. Jath 5.Khanapur(Vita) 6.Palus 7.Atpadi |
8.Walwa(Islampur) 9. Kadegaon 10.Shirala |
Mahanagar Palika(1) | 1.Sangli-Miraj and Kupwad city Corporation |
Nagar Palika (4) | 1.Vita 2.Ashta |
3.Tasgaon 4.Islampur |
Gram Panchayat | : 705 |
Police Station | : 20 |
Police outpost | : 25 |
AGRICULTURE DETAILS |
Major Crops | : Bajra, Jowar, Wheat, Rice |
Gram, Sugarcane, Groundnut, Termeric | |
Soybean, Pomogranate, Grapes | |
Annual Crop | : Sugarcane |
Area under cultivation | : Irrigated - 1,20,302 Hector |
Forest | : Hector |
Fisheries. |
Tot. No. of Tanks/Reservoir | : 413 |
Tot. Water spread Area | : 6,388 Hect. |
Area Under Fish Culture | : 6,078 Hect. |
Tot. Fish Production | : 3,200 M.T. |
No. of Fisher men | : 4,013 |
Fish Seed Rearing Centres | : 5 |
IRRIGATION |
Major Projects | : 1 |
Medium Projects | : 5 |
Krishna Khore : - There are 1 Major , 5 Medium and 54 minor projects ( total - 60 ) are in progress by Krishna Valley Development Corporation. |
CO-OPERATIVE SECTOR |
Total Co-op.Societies | : 5,428 |
Sugar Factories | : 10 |
Spinning Mills | : 18 |
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR |
Reg.Small scale Industries | : 7,032 |
Sugar Factories | : 10 |
Cotton Industries | : 21 |
POWER SECTOR |
Pump Sets(electrified) | :79,512 |
Domestic consumers | : 4,67,505 |
Villages Electrified | : 723 |
PUBLIC HEALTH |
General Hospital | : 2 |
Primary Health Center | : 59 |
Rural Hospital | : 22 |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION |
Total Railway track | : 173.70 KM. |
Broadguage | : 81.1 KM |
Villages Conn by roads | : 2272 KM |
National Highway | : 30 KM |
State Highway | : 921 KM |
Dist. Roads | : 1,983 KM |
EDUCATION SECTION |
Primary Schools | Zilla Parishad - 1561 |
Secondary Schools | 476 |
Jr. & Sr. Colleges | 117 |
D.Ed./B.P.Ed. | 11 |
Law Colleges | 1 |
Medical Colleges | 2 |
Engineering College | 2 |
Polytechnic | 2 |
Pharmacy | 2 |
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING. |
Ind.training Institutes | : 9 |
1. Miraj 2.Tasgaon 3.Kavathe Mahankal | |
4. Jath 5.Khanapur(Vita) 6.Atpadi 7.Palus | |
8.Walwa (Islampur) 9.Shirala |