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On 1 November 2014, the city's name was changed from Belgaum to Belagavi by the Karnataka government, with approval of the central government of India along with 12 other cities. [16] [17] Belgaum is known as Belgaon (IPA: [beːɭɡaːʋ]) in Maharashtra and amongst Marathi people.
Excerpts from the Mahajan Commission report regarding the rejection of Maharashtra's claim over Belagavi: [9] Maharashtra's claim for Belgaum is of recent origin. Though tabled in Parliament, Maharashtra MPs, especially from the treasury benches, did not vote against the amendment of Belgaum being part of their state. Belgaum is a cosmopolitan ...
Belagavi district, formerly also known as Belgaum district, [5] is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. The district is known as the sugar bowl of Karnataka with 150,000 hectares being used for commercial production. [ 6 ]
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (Committee for Integration with Maharashtra)( abbr. MES) is a linguistic socio-political committee based in Belgaum city in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1] It acts as a party demanding the merger Belagavi district in Karnataka with the Maharashtra . [ 2 ]
Chandgad was formerly a part of Belagavi District, but during reorganization of Maharashtra state the entire taluka was merged into Kolhapur District. Marathi and Konkani are the native languages. Konkani (Malwani Konkani) is spoken mostly in the western part. The Goan Catholic community speaks Goan Konkani.
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Athani is a town in the Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. It is 140 kilometers from the city of Belagavi, 70 kilometers from Vijayapura, 55 kilometers from Miraj, 100 kilometers from Kolhapur, and 624 kilometers from Bengaluru. The main profession here is agriculture, particularly cultivation of sugarcane, jawar, and grapes.
2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belgaum Dakshin [6] [7] [8]; Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP: Abhay Patil: 84,498 : 57.59 : 21.12 : INC: M. D ...