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The Battle of Koregaon was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima.. A 28,000-strong force led by Peshwa Baji Rao II whilst on their way to attack the company-held Pune, were unexpectedly met by an 800-strong Company force that was on its way to reinforce the British troops in Pune.
Sidhnak Mahar's memorial Samadhi is situated in Kalambi village of Sangli district. [6] Veer Shidhnak Foundation is a welfare trust run by his descendants Abhijeet Inamdar in Kalambi Tal.Miraj Sangli district.
Koregaon is a census town [4] and headquarters for the surrounding Koregaon Taluka in the Satara subdivision of Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated on the NH-548C Satara-Baitul National Highway [5] about 18 km east of Satara city, about 120 km from Pune and 267 km from Mumbai. The Koregaon railway station ...
In Maharashtra, there is one central university, twenty three state universities and twenty-one deemed universities.. The main building of University of Mumbai, established 1856, the oldest university in Maharashtra; the photo is from the 1870s.
Satara 1896. Satara district (ISO: Sātārā Jilhā; Marathi pronunciation: [saːt̪aɾaː]) is a district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of 10,480 km 2 (4,050 sq mi) and a population of 3,003,741 of which 14.17% were urban (as of 2011).
The university began through an Act of Parliament which received the assent of the President on 8 January 1997. The purpose of the act was to establish and incorporate a teaching university for the promotion and development of Hindi language and literature, through teaching and research, with a view to enabling Hindi to achieve greater functional efficiency and recognition as a major ...
Bhaurao Patil was influenced by these reforms and took to educating the children of rural Maharashtra. In October 1919, during the meeting of Satyashodhak Samaj at Kale, Patil decided to form Rayat Shikshan. Shri Ramchandra Bhaurao Bagal was the respective honourable personality known as Bagal master ( he was professor also) whose got an ...
The 2018 Riots of Koregaon Bhima refers to violence during an annual celebratory gathering on 1 January 2018 at Koregaon Bhima to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon Bhima. [1] The violence and stone pelting by a crowd at the gathering resulted in the death of a 28-year old youth and injuries to five others. [ 2 ]