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Marathi literature is the body of literature of Marathi,an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and written in the Devanagari and Modi script.
Jalna district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in western India. Jalna town is the district headquarters. The district is part of Aurangabad division.
The Yadava were an ancient Indian people who believed to be descended from Yadu,a legendary king of Chandravamsha lineage.
The Dhangars are a herding caste of people found in the Indian states of Maharashtra,Karnataka,Goa,Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. They are referred as Gavli in southern Maharashtra,Goa and northern Karnataka,‘’Gadariya’’in Uttar Pradesh,Golla in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and Ahir in northern Maharashtra. Some Gavlis live in forested hill tracts of India's Western Ghats. Gavli,also known as Dange or Mhaske,and Ahir are a sub-caste of Dhangar. However,there are many distinct Gavli castes in Maharashtra and Dhangar Gavli is one of them.
Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is 1,646 km2 (636 sq mi).
Kosala,sometimes spelled Kosla,is a Marathi novel by Indian writer Bhalchandra Nemade,published in 1963. Regarded as Nemade's magnum opus,and accepted as a modern classic of Marathi literature,the novel uses the autobiographical form to narrate the journey of a young man,Pandurang Sangvikar,and his friends through his college years.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) is an armed force of the Union under the Ministry of Railways,Government of India. The force was established by the RPF Act,1957,enacted by the Indian Parliament for "the better protection and security of railway property and passenger area". It has the power to search,arrest,enquire,and prosecute offenses committed under the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966 and the Railways Act,1989 (amended from time to time). RPF has also been entrusted with the responsibility of security of railway passenger area and railway passengers since 2004. However the power of arrests under other penal laws rests in the hands of the Government Railway Police (GRP) of each state.
Anarta is a Vedic period kingdom of ancient India described in the Mahabharata,roughly forming the northern Gujarat state of India. It was founded by a grandson of Vaivasvata,inter alia the father of the present Manu and of Yama,named Anarta. He built a fortress at Kusasthali (Dvaraka),which was later flooded by Varuna. The place remained then for some time as a forest land,before Krishna and the Yadavas went there and built Dvaraka. It was then ruled by Yadavas after they fled from Mathura of Surasena Kingdom,due to the attacks of Jarasandha,the king of Magadha. The Yadava chiefs like Vasudeva Krishna,Bala Rama,Kritavarma and Satyaki,ruled this kingdom under their king Ugrasena. In Mahabharata,Dwaraka is considered as a capital city of Anarta Kingdom. But some other ancient texts like Mahabhagavata,mentions Dwaraka and Anarta as two independent kingdoms. As per the Purana viz. Bhagavata Purana,Bala Rama's wife Revati was from this kingdom.
Gomanta was a kingdom mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. It was an extension of the kingdom of Yadavas at Dwaraka. It is identified to be the Goa state of India,situated in the western coast. It was the southernmost extent of the region,occupied by the Yadava clans,finding explicit mention in Mahabharata.
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata,Krishna is the son of the Yaduvamsha chief Vasudeva and his wife Devaki. He is also widely known by his epithet,Vāsudeva.
The Seuna,Sevuna,or Yadavas of Devagiri was a Medieval Indian dynasty,which at its peak ruled a realm 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,northern Karnataka and parts of Madhya Pradesh,from its capital at Devagiri.
Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade is an Indian Marathi language writer,poet,critic and linguistic scholar. Beginning with his debut novel Kosala,Nemade brought new dimensions to the world of Marathi literature. This was followed by a tetralogy consisting of novels Bidhar,Hool,Jareela and Jhool. In 2013,Nemade published his magnum opus titled Hindu:Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal which is regarded as his masterpiece. Nemade is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award as well as the Jnanapith Award,the highest literary honour in India. In 2013,he was awarded the Padma Shri.
Gavli,Gawli or Gavali is a Hindu caste found in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Madhya pradesh. They a part of the Yadav community.
The Abhira people were a legendary people mentioned in ancient Indian epics and scriptures as early as the Vedas. A historical people of the same name are mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Mahabharata describes them as living near the seashore and on the bank of the Sarasvati River,near Somnath in Gujarat and in the Matsya region also.
The Golla are a Telugu-speaking pastoral community primarily living in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with smaller numbers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. They are related to other pastoral-herding castes like Gulla,Gullar,Gollewar,Gavli and Dhangar and are a part of the larger Yadav community. They are classified as a Backward Caste.
Bhalchandra Laxman Mungekar is an Indian economist,educationist,Social worker and Rajya Sabha member. He specialises in agricultural economics and is an expert on B. R. Ambedkar.
R Gopalakrishnan is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Madurai constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2014 election.
Jyeshtharaj Bhalchandra Joshi is an Indian chemical engineer,nuclear scientist,consultant and professor,widely known for his innovations in nuclear reactor designs and generally regarded as a respected teacher. He is the DAE-Homi Bhabha Chair Professor,Homi Bhabha National Institute,Mumbai,and is the recipient of Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Sciences and many other awards and recognitions. He received the third highest civilian honour,the Padma Bhushan,in 2014 for his services to the field of chemical engineering and nuclear science.
Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit was an Indian physician and pharmacologist. He was the first director of AIIMS,New Delhi. He obtained an M.B.B.S. in 1925 from Bombay University and a D.P.H. from Calcutta University in 1925. He gained both an M.R.C.P.E. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1934 from the University of Edinburgh.
Ramachandra,also known as Ramadeva,was a ruler of the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty of Deccan region in India. He seized the throne from his cousin Ammana,after staging a coup in the capital Devagiri. He expanded the Yadava realm by fighting his neighbours such as the Paramaras,the Vaghelas,the Hoysalas,and the Kakatiyas.