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[6] [7] After the Supreme Court's ruling, Seema and Renuka filed mercy petitions on 10 October 2008 and 17 October 2009, respectively. [3] The mercy petitions made to the Governor of Maharashtra were rejected in March 2012 and August 2013. The application was then forwarded to President Pranab Mukherjee, who rejected both petitions in July 2014 ...
Kolhapur is known as 'Dakshin Kashi' or Kashi of the South because of its spiritual history and the antiquity of its shrine Mahalaxmi, better known as Ambabai. [6] The region is known for the production of the famous handcrafted and braided leather slippers called Kolhapuri chappal , which received the Geographical Indication designation in ...
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 89.16% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 3.84% Hindi, 2.70% Urdu and 2.00% Kannada as their first language. Urdu and Kannada both had a decline in absolute numbers from 2001 to 2011. [10] Kolhapur has the highest percentage of Jains of any district in India.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Adhyapak Abdul Majid College in Ramchandrapur, Muradnagar Upazila, Comilla, is a college in Bangladesh. [1]
New Palace, Kolhapur is a palace situated in Kolhapur, in the Indian state of Maharashtra The Palace took 7 years to complete, from 1877 to 1884, [ 1 ] costing about seven lakhs of rupees . [ 2 ] Being an excellent specimen of Indian architecture built in black polished stone, it has been an attraction for tourists.
Panhala fort (also known as Panhalgad and Panhalla (literally "the home of serpents")), is located in Panhala, 20 kilometres northwest of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India.It is strategically located looking over a pass in the Sahyadri mountain range which was a major trade route from Bijapur in the interior of Maharashtra to the coastal areas. [1]
The Kolhapur State was a Maratha princely state of India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. [1] It was considered the most important of the Maratha principalities [ citation needed ] with the others being Baroda State , Gwalior State and Indore State .
Reṇukā/Renu is a Hindu goddess worshipped predominantly in the Indian state of Maharashtra.It is one of the 18 Maha shaktipeethas."Renu" means "Atom/Mother of Universe" [5] She is also worshipped in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karanataka, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. [6]