North Maharashtra Uttar Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
Geographical region | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Districts | 1) Nashik 2) Dhule 3) Nandurbar 4) Jalgaon |
| Languages | Marathi |
| Division | Nashik Division |
| Government | |
| • Body | Government of Maharashtra |
| Area | |
| • Land | 40,497 km2 (15,636 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
North Maharashtra (Marathi: Uttar Maharashtra) is a geographical region of Maharashtra State, India. The region is composed of Nashik, Dhule, Nandurbar, and Jalgaon districts. [1] It borders the state of Gujarat to the northwest, Paschim Maharashtra to the south, Konkan to the west, and the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra to the east.
The Chalukya dynasty ruled the southern part of region during ancient times. [2] [ full citation needed ] The fort at Parola is believed to have once belonged to the father of the Queen of Jhansi. [3] On 13 March 1795, the Maratha Empire defeated Nizam of Ahmadnagar and Dhule District became part of the empire. [3] : 6–8
In 1906, the British government split Khandesh district into East Khandesh and West Khandesh. In 1960 these were renamed to Dhule district and Jalgaon district respectively. [4]
In the 1900s, inspired by Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini and his secret society Young Italy, [5] Vinayak Savarkar founded a secret society, Abhinav Bharat, in Nasik.
On 21 December 1909, Anant Kanhere, a student from Aurangabad, assassinated Nashik governor A. M. T. Jackson at a theatre. Kanhere was immediately arrested and after an investigation police arrested Vinayak Savarkar and other accomplices for conspiring against the government to instigate an armed rebellion. The case became known as the Nasik Conspiracy. Jackson's assassination created a sensation in Poona, Nasik and Bombay, with the case and subsequent imprisonment making Savarkar famous. [5] [6] [7] At the trial in Bombay, police accused Savarkar of being one of the ringleaders behind the conspiracy. The Bombay court sentenced him to life imprisonment and transportation to the Cellular Jail on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. At that time the punishment was known as Kālā Pānī (transl. Black water); Savarkar's elder brother Babarao Savarkar also received the same sentence and others received various degrees of imprisonment.
In 1936, the Indian National Congress conducted its first ever assembly in Faizpur, East Khandesh district on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Rajendra Prasad were among the dignitaries who were present. [5]
In 1942, Mahatma Gandhi announced the Quit India Movement in Bombay, after British police fired bullets at marching schoolchildren in Nandurbar. Shirish Kumar, a 15-year-old boy, and other participating children died due to gunshot wounds. [8]
The region was part of the Bombay Presidency. In 1956, it became part of Bombay State, before being included in Maharashtra in 1960. [9]
In the summer, the temperature in the region climbs to over 44 °C (111 °F). [10] Like the rest of India, North Maharashtra is affected by the South Asian Monsoon.
This region contains the Godavari River in Nashik, the Tapti and Panjhara rivers in Dhule, and the Narmada River in Nandurbar. [11]
Hatnur Dam is located at the on Tapti River. North Maharashtra also has Garbaldi Dam near Pal hill station, and Waghur Dam near Jamner. Nashik district has Gangapur and Nandur-Madheshwar dams on the Godavari River. [12]
Various crops are grown in North Maharashtra, including jowar, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, wheat, onions, sugarcane, grapes, groundnuts, and maize. [13]
Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Yawal in the northern part of the region. Mukatainagar's forest has many tigers. [14] The region has lots of neem, banyan, babool, guava, Pipad, and tamarind trees as well wild animal species such as warthogs, monkeys, snakes, fish, reptiles, and rats. Birds such as crows, sparrows, green parrots, hummingbirds, and egretss are also present. The number of has significantly reduced due to deforestation.
North Maharashtra has the following Lok Sabha constituencies:
The region also has the following Maharashtra Legislative Assembly constituencies:
The economy of the region relies on agriculture and common crops include cotton, sugarcane, lentils, maze, bananas, peas, and wheat. Jalgaon District is informally referred to as the "Banana Capital of India". The district is the largest producer of bananas in Maharashtra and grows the world's seventh largest banana crop. [15]
Nashik district is also a leader in grape production; only Niphad and Dindori talukas are ahead of Nashik in grape production in North Maharashtra. [16]
The region has its own entertainment industry, with many local singers and actors working in it. The Ahirani song industry has been experiencing robust growth since 2010. Music composers from Shendurni and Nashik district have made popular Ahirani-Marathi songs in recent years such as Jhumka wali por (transl. A girl wearing earrings) (2023), Bablya ikas kesavar fuge (transl. Bablya sells balloons for hairs). [17] [18]
North Maharashtra University serves Dhule, Nandurbar, and Jalgaon districts, and is located in Jalgaon. [19] [20] Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University's campus is situated in Nashik, and serves the entirety Maharashtra.
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Marathi poet Bahinabai Chaudhari was born in Bhadli village near Bhusawal in Jalgaon district. Poets Balkavi Thombre and Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, writers of several acclaimed poetry works, were both from the region. Thombre was born in Jalgaon District and was considered a child prodigy. Shirwadkar awww also a prominent novelist; his play Natsamrat is considered as an epic work of literature in Maharashtra.[ citation needed ]
There are many Hindu pilgrimage centres in North Maharashtra such as Changdeva Temple, Muktabai mandir in Muktainagar, and Shirsada Hanuman Temple. [21] There are also Saptashrungi Devi, Kalaram, and Trayambakeshawar jyotirlinga mandirs in Nashik district, as well as Padmalay Ganpati mandir near Erandol.
Unapdev and Sunapdev's hot springs are a popular tourist attraction in Jalgaon.[ citation needed ]
The region has two small domestic airports: Nashik Airport and Jalgaon Airport. National Highway 53 does through Muktainagar, Bhusawal, Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar talukas. Bhusaval Junction railway station, which has the most number of platforms in the nation, is located in Bhusawal. The region is well-connected to the various cities of the region and nation by railway lines. [9]
Jalgaon is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra in the subregion of Khandesh, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. The Girna river flows from the western part of the city. Jalgaon is colloquially known as the "Banana city of India" as the region's farmers grow approximately two-thirds of Maharashtra's banana production.
Nashik, Marathi: [naːʃik], formerly Nasik) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of the river Godavari, Nashik is the sixth largest city in Maharashtra after Pimpri-Chinchwad. The population of Nashik city is around 22 lakhs and is emerging as one of the fastest-growing cities in India. Nashik is located about 165 km northeast of the state capital Mumbai, and about 210 km north from Pune. The Mumbai-Pune-Nashik region is called the "Golden Triangle of Maharashtra". With its high agricultural production, Nashik is dubbed the Napa Valley of India and the "Wine Capital of India" as more than half of India's vineyards and wineries are located here. Around 90% of all Indian wine comes from the Nashik Valley. Nashik is one of the Hindu pilgrimage sites of the Kumbh Mela, which is held every 12 years. It has been a major industrial center in automobile hub. The city houses companies like Exxelia, Atlas Copco, Robert Bosch GmbH, CEAT Limited, Crompton Greaves, Graphite India, ThyssenKrupp, Epcos, Everest Industries, Gabriel India, GlaxoSmithKline, Hindustan Coca-Cola, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Jindal Polyster, Jyoti Structures, Kirloskar Oil Engines, KSB Pumps, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra and Mahindra, Mahindra Sona, United Spirits Limited, Perfect Circle Industries, Mahindra Ugine Steel, Samsonite, Shalimar Paints, Siemens, VIP Industries, Indian Oil Corporation, XLO India Limited and Jindal Saw, among others.
Nandurbar district is an administrative district in the northwest corner of Maharashtra state in India. On 1 July 1998 Dhule was bifurcated as two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar. Nandurbar is a tribal-dominated district, The district headquarters are located at Nandurbar city. The district occupies an area of 5955 km2 and has a population of 1,648,295 of which 16.71% were urban.
Shahādā is a town in Nandurbar district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a Municipal council.
Bhusawal is a city in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in India. It is the seat of its eponymous, Bhusawal taluka.
Jalgaon district is a district in Maharashtra, India. Its headquarters is the Jalgaon city.
Nashik Division is one of the six divisions of India's Maharashtra state and four of its five districts form Uttar Maharashtra. The three northernmost districts of Uttar Maharashtra form most of the historic Khandesh region which covers the northern part of the division in the valley of the Tapti River. Nashik Division is bound by Konkan Division and the state of Gujarat to the west, Madhya Pradesh state to the north, Amravati Division and Marathwada to the east, and Desh to the south.
Dhule district is a district of Maharashtra, India. The city of Dhule is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of North Maharashtra.
Khandesh District was a district, administrative division of Bombay presidency of British India during British rule of India, the district was made up of present-day Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra. Its headquarter was Dhule town.
Muktainagar is a town in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India. It is the administrative headquarter of its eponymous taluka. It is located in North Maharashtra region.
Khandeshi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Khandesh region of north-west Maharashtra and also in Gujarat. It consists of Khandeshi proper, and the Dangri and Ahirani dialects. Kunbi and Rangari also are dialects. Ahirani dialect of this language is mostly spoken. Devanagari script is used to write Khandeshi language. The words "Ahirani" and "Khandeshi" are sometimes used interchangeably: Ahirani as the caste-based name, and Khandesh as the region-based name. The Census of 1911, 1921 and 1931 counted the Ahirani speaking people as Gujaratis but in latter decades they've been recognized as a different language.
Erandol is a town and a taluka in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra state. It is situated on the banks of the Anjani River.
Nandurbar is a city and a municipal council in Nandurbar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Nandurbar municipal corporation is the first municipal corporation. The District Nandurbar was formed from the district Dhule on July 1, 1998. Nandurbar is an administrative district in the northwest corner of of Maharashtra. On 1 July 1998 Dhule was bifurcated as two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar. The district headquarters is located at Nandurbar city. The district occupies an area of 5034 km2 and has a population of 1,311,709 of which 15.45% is urban. Nandurbar district is bounded to the south and south-east by Dhule district, to the west and north is the state of Gujarat, to the north and north-east is the state of Madhya Pradesh. The northern boundary of the district is defined by the great Narmada river. It came into limelight during February 2006 bird flu crisis which struck many of its poultry farms. Thousand of chickens from the farms had to be killed and buried in nearby grounds to stop the virus spreading.
Parola is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located on the Hajira (Surat)–Dhule–Kolkata national highway 6. The municipal council was established by the British government before the independence of India. This City is centuries old known for the two main features such as the Shree Balaji Temple and The Parola fort Also known as the native of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi.
Trimbak Bapuji Thombre, , was a Marathi language poet from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India.
Anant Laxman Kanhere was an Indian independence fighter. On 21 December 1909, he shot Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson, who was the district collector of Nashik in British India. The murder was an important event in the history of Nashik and the Indian revolutionary movement in Maharashtra.
Khandesh is a geographic region in Maharashtra, India. It was made up of present Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts. It also said that Burhanpur District of Madhya Pradesh was also its part.
Deshdoot is an Indian daily newspaper, published in the Marathi language in the northern part of Maharashtra state. It is headquartered in Nashik.
Ghodasgaon is a village in Muktainagar taluka of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra. It is located near the Purna River in Muktainagar.
Bhusawal taluka is a taluka in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India. It is situated in North Maharashtra. Named after its largest city, Bhusawal, it has 50 villages and four towns.
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