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Ghatanji
Ghatanji is a very old city and municipal council in Yavatmal district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is also known as 'Cotton City', because in this area farmer produces a fine quality of cotton. It is also a place of pilgrimage of 'Brahmalin Shree Sant Maroti Maharaj' having Devasthan near the bank of river 'Waghadi'. Every year, in January–February, a fair in the name of 'Brahmalin Shree Sant Maroti Maharaj' takes place at the 'Azad Maidan'. The day on which 'Dahi Handi' is being celebrated, is the main occasion in one month fair. Ghatanji is a composition of name 'Ghati' and 'Anji', nearby suburbs, and is one of the main towns in Yavatmal District. There is a historical temple of ' Lord Nrusimha' (also called 'Lord Narsimha'), which was built in Hemadpanti architecture (named after 1259-1274 CE prime minister Hemadpant from the court of Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri). People from all the corners of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and other nearby states come her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavatmal District
Yavatmal district , əʋət̪maːɭformerly known as Yeotmal, is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha, in the east-central part of the state. It is Vidarbha's third-largest district by population, after Nagpur and Amravati. Yavatmal city is the administrative headquarters of the district. History It is believed that Yavatmal, along with the rest of the former Berar province, was part of the legendary kingdom of Vidarbha mentioned in the ''Mahabharata''. Berar also formed part of the Mauryan Empire during the reign of Ashoka (272 to 231 BCE). Berar later came under the rule of the Satavahana dynasty ( to ), the Vakataka dynasty (3rd to 6th centuries), the Chalukya dynasty (6th to 8th centuries), the Rashtrakuta dynasty (8th to 10th centuries), the Western Chalukya (10th to 12th centuries), and finally the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri (late 12th to early 14th centuries). A period of Muslim rule began when Ala ud din Khilji, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavatmal
Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the state capital Mumbai. The name is derived from the Marathi ''Yavat'' (mountain) and ''mal'' (row). Another theory is as the city is located on a plateau, which is comparatively higher altitude than its other tehsils. History Formerly known as "Yeoti" or "Yeotmal", Yavatmal was the main town of the Berar Sultanate and according to old writings "the safest place in the world". The then region of Yavatmal (now Yavatmal district), was part of the dominion of Aladdin Hassan Bahman Shah who founded the Bahmani Sultanate in 1347. In 1572, Murtaza Shah, ruler of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate (current day Ahmadnagar District), annexed the Yavatmal district. In 1596, Chand Bibi, warrior queen of Ahmadnagar, ceded the district of Yavatmal to the Mughal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akola Bazar
Akola Bazar is a small town in Yavatmal district. Akola Bazar got its name to avoid confusion with the city of the same name. It is called Akola Bazar because of the weekly bazaar (Aathawadi Bazar) that is held in the town every Friday. Demographics pdateIndia census, Akola Bazar had a population of 3,526. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Yavatmal has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 74%. In Yavatmal, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. The density of the population is 181 persons per square kilometre. Geography Akola Bazar has two rivers, intersecting at the northeast corner of the town near Bandar Baba Temple. The first river originates in a dam near Loni and flows through Loni, Pimpri, Hathgaon before merging into the second river at Akola Bazar. The second river rises near Hibri on Maharashtra State Highway. It flows through Salod before reaching Ako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelapur
Kelapur (also called as Pandharkawda) is a census town, tehsil and subdivision of Yavatmal district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located on Srinagar - Nagpur - Hyderabad - Bangalore - Kanyakumari National Highway 44. It is famous for the Jagadamba Bhavani Mata Temple. The temple is the oldest one in this region, and devotees come from not only Maharashtra State but also from states like Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 .... This Bhavani Mata is considered the Tuljapur Bhavani Mata with a different name. Pandharkawada is also famous for dalfry. References Cities and towns in Yavatmal district Talukas in Maharashtra {{Yavatmal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seuna Yadavas Of Devagiri
The Seuna, Sevuna, or Yadavas of Devagiri (IAST: Seuṇa, –1317) was a Medieval Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a kingdom stretching from the Narmada river in the north to the Tungabhadra river in the south, in the western part of the Deccan region. Its territory included present-day Maharashtra, North Karnataka and parts of Madhya Pradesh, from its capital at Devagiri (present-day Daulatabad in modern Aurangabad district, Maharashtra). The Yadavas initially ruled as feudatories of the Western Chalukyas. Around the middle of the 12th century, as the Chalukya power waned, the Yadava king Bhillama V declared independence. The Yadava kingdom reached its peak under Simhana II, and flourished until the early 14th century, when it was annexed by the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate in 1308 CE. Etymology The Seuna dynasty claimed descent from the Yadavas and therefore, its kings are often referred to as the "Yadavas of Devagiri". The correct name of the dynasty, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanded District
Nanded district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [naːn̪d̪eɖ]) is a districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in central India. The city of Nanded is the district headquarters. Officer Members of Parliament *Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) *Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) *Hemant Patil (Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, BSS) Guardian Minister list of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector History Nanded is mentioned in historical accounts since 1st century. Upon reorganization of states in 1956, the district of Nanded came to comprise six talukas namely Kandhar, Hadgaon, Biloli, Degloor, Mudhol whereas Mukhed and Bhokar were called Mahals (revenue headquarters). As a result of reorganization of states, Bichkunda, Jukkal villages of Degloor taluka as well as the whole of Mudhol taluka (excluding Dharmabad) were merged with Nizamabad Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinwat
Kinwat is a city which falls under the municipal council of the Nanded District, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Kinwat Taluka came into existence in 1905 when a number of villages from Narsapur,Tamsi, and Nirmal Talukas from the Adilabad District, were combined. Earlier, these villages were under the Hyderabad Division. In 2011, Kinwat had population of 28454 with literacy rate of 82% and female sex ratio of 929. Kinwat is 125 km away from Nanded city. Kinwat has Rural Hospital. Geography Kinwat is located at in the Indian state of Maharashtra in the district of Nanded. It has an average elevation of 314 meters (1030 feet). The Penganga River flows alongside the town while the Nagzari Dam is located just a few kilometers away from it. The dam is the only water source for nearby residents. Drinking water is taken from the deep ground levels by new colonies, leading to a possible cause for the sunken water table. The most popular residential area is SVM colony, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maregaon
Maregaon is a town in Wani, Maharashtra, Wani Subdivision of Yavatmal district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Maregaon is a small town which is newly declared as Nagar Panchayat in 2015 and the elections were held on 1 November 2015. It has 17 wards. Previously known Dr. Ambedkar square is now bifurcated and the new square christened as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Chowk. It is located on Wani yavatmal road nearly 18 km from Wani and is a tehsil place. Major profession is agriculture. It has black cotton soil which is suitable for Cotton and soybean, both important crops in this tehsil. There is Tehasil Kacheri, Panchayat Samiti, Civil Court and other Offices and Banks in Maregaon. Also, there is a Cement factory at 4 km on Mardi road, Dam at Nawargaon, Mines (stone and crusher) at Narsala, Limestone mines at Gourala on Wani road. It has Science, Commerce and Arts degree College. CBSE schools, D.Ed. College, Pharmacy College, Adarsh H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemadpanti Architecture
Hemadpanti Sculpture (also spelled as Hemadpanthi) is an architectural style, named after its founder, the prime minister Hemadpant (1259-1274 CE) of the court of Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri. Architectural elements This building style was formed during the 13th Century in Maharashtra, and incorporated black stone and limestone, which were readily available. It also got the status of World Heritage Site. Notable examples *Khandoba Mandir, Beed. *Gondeshwar temple, Sinnar *Hembadpanti Mahadev Mandir Sakegaon, Sakegaon, Chikhali, Buldhana *Markanda Mahadev, Chamorshi *Tulja Bhavani * Bhagwant Temple, Barshi *Aundha Nagnath Temple * Vitthal Temple, Pandharpur - but little early work remains. There is also a small temple of Shri. Vitthal, which is as old as the main Vitthal Mandir, in Isbavi area of Pandharpur known as Wakhari Va Korti Devalayas and also known as Visava mandir. * Palasnath Mandir, Indapur, Pune, now partially submerged in back waters * Bhimashankar Mandir * Nagra Temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
