Affidavites of Candidates Contesting Assembly Election 2009
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Self Rule is our birthright, and We shall have it. Self Rule is our birthright, and We shall have it.
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
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HISTORY |
In 1731 Ratnagiri (रत्नागिरी) came under the control
of Satara kings; in 1818 it was surrendered to the british. A fort was built during
the Bijapur dynasty and strengthened in 1670 by the Maratha king Shivaji, which
is located on a headland near the harbour. It is one of the ports of the konkan
coast. It has a palace where the last king of Burma, Thibaw and later Veer Savarkar
were confined.
It is also believed that the Pandavas having performed
their pilgrimage on the 13th year had settled in the adjourning territory of the
Ratnagiri district and when the Pandavas and the Kauravas had the famous war at
Kuruskshetra, the king of this region Veeravat Ray had accompanied them there.
Ratnagiri (रत्नागिरी) district is located in the southwestern part of Maharashtra State on the Arabian Sea coast. The sorrounding
area is bordered by the Sahyadri Hills on the East and Arabian Sea on the West.
It forms a part of the greater tract known as Konkan. This region was under the
rule of the Mauryas, the Nalas, the Silaharas, the Chalukyas, the Kadambas, the
Portuguese, the Marathas and subsequently the British. In 1948 the independent princely
state of Sawantwadi was merged with the Indian union and in 1956 with Bombay Province.
In 1960 with the creation of Maharashtra, Ratnagiri became a district. In 1981 Ratnagiri
district was bifurcated and the new district of Sindhudurg was created.
Ratnagiri
has nine tahsils ; Mandangad, Dapoli,
Khed, Chiplun, Guhagar, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Lanja and Rajapur. Chief rivers
in Ratnagiri are the Shastri, Bor, Muchkundi, Kajali.
Ratnagiri is the district headquarters. It is the birth place of Lokmanya Tilak
and many other eminent personalities.
Ratnagiri is noted for the delicious golden Haapus हापुस [Alphonso] mangos. The heavy rainfall results into highly eroded landscape
in the coastal region. Fertile alluvial valleys produce rice and coconut as the
main crops; fruits and cashewnut cultivation is being promoted. |
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