Gondia district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarter is located at Gondia. The district occupies an area of 5,234 km2 (2,021 sq mi) and has a population of 1,322,507 of which 11.95% were urban. The district is part of Nagpur Division. There are 8 Talukas in Gondia District. Gondia Airport is second airport in Vidharbha region and serves the city of Gondia.
Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai,popularly known as Dadasaheb Gavai,was an Indian politician,social activist,senior leader of the Ambedkarite movement,and founder of the Republican Party of India (Gavai). He was the President of Ambedkar's ideological party Republican Party of India,through this party,he did many works in political and social fields. Gavai also worked with Babasaheb Ambedkar,a polymath. He was the Governor of the three states of Bihar,Sikkim and Kerala,as well as he has served in both houses of the Indian Parliament,the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Gavai was a 30-year member (MLC) of the Maharashtra Legislative Council during which he served on the posts of the chairman,the deputy chairman,and the Opposition leader of the council.
Arjuni Morgaon is a city and municipal council in the Arjuni Morgaon subdivision of Gondia district in the Vidharbha region in the state of Maharashtra,India. It is also connected with MSH-11.
Dr. Janardan Madhavrao Waghmare is an Indian politician and educationist. He has served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. He was also the President of the Latur Municipal Council.
Sakoli Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in central India. This constituency is one of the three constituencies located in Bhandara district.
Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician,Businessman and social activist from Maharashtra. He was a former Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray ministry,Government of Maharashtra. He is the Working President of the Indian National Congress party Maharashtra and Chairman AICC for SC Department. He was the Cabinet Minister of Employment Guarantee and Water Conservation in the Government of Maharashtra,India until 2014.
Namantar Andolan was a Dalit and Navayana Buddhist movement to change the name of Marathwada University,in Aurangabad,Maharashtra,India,to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar University. It achieved a measure of success in 1994,when the compromise name of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University was accepted. The movement was notable for the violence against Dalits and Navayana Buddhists.
Yashwant Ambedkar,popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar,is an Indian politician,writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called Vanchit Bahujan Agadi. He is a three-time Member of Parliament (MP). He was a member of the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha of India and twice represented the Lok Sabha constituency of Akola,Maharashtra. He has served in both houses of the Indian Parliament.
Tumsar is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in central India. This constituency is one of the three constituencies located in Bhandara district.
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024,and previously held this position for two terms from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra,alongside Ajit Pawar in the Eknath Shinde government. Besides this,from 2019 to 2022,he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was the President of BJP's Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. He became Chief Minister at the age of 44,making him the second-youngest in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar.
Sanjay Dulichand Rathod is a Shiv Sena politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Digras-Darwha Assembly Constituency in Yavatmal district. He is a Shiv Sena leader in Vidarbha and served as a cabinet minister in the UBT government but later joined the Eknath Shinde camp in 2022.
Arjuni Morgaon is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituency of Maharashtra state in India. This Constituency is one of the three Constituencies located in the Gondia district.
Gondia is a taluka in the Gondia district of Maharashtra state in Vidharbha,India,alongside eight others:Amgaon,Arjuni-Morgaon,Deori,Gondiya,Goregaon,Sadak-Arjuni,Salekasa and Tirora.
Gangadhar Vithoba Pantawane was an Indian Marathi language writer,reviewer and Ambedkarite thinker from the state of Maharashtra. He was the follower of B. R. Ambedkar. He is one of the pioneers of the dalit literary movement in Maharashtra. In 2008,he was elected president of the first Marathi Vishwa Sahitya Sammelan that was held in the United States. His pioneering journal, Asmitadarsh,galvanised generations of Dalit writers and thinkers. In 2018,he was honored with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
National Highway 753,commonly referred to as NH-753 is a Major Highway in Maharashtra,India. It connected with Major Cities as Savner,Tumsar,Tirora,Gondia,Arjuni Morgaon and Others Villages Goregaon,Gondia,Sadak Arjuni and one of Important National Park Navegaon National Park which is Famous Tourists Attractions for Peoples in India.
Bhim Janmabhoomi is a memorial dedicated to Bhimrao Ambedkar,located at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh,India. This was birthplace of Ambedkar,who was born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow. where the local government built this grand memorial. This memorial was inaugurated on Ambedkar's 100th birth anniversary –14 April 1991 by the then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,Sunder Lal Patwa. The architecture of the memorial was composed by architect E.D. Nimgade. Later,On 14 April 2008,the 117th birthday of Ambedkar,inaugurated the memorial. Nearly 4.52 acres of land is connected to the memorial.
Manohar Gowardhan Chandrikapure is an Indian politician and a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from the Arjuni-Morgaon constituency in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate. He joined Prahar Janshakti Party in October 2024.
The Republican Sena is a political party in India. It founded by Anandraj Ambedkar on 21 November 1998. Anandraj Ambedkar is son of Yashwant Ambedkar and grandson of B. R. Ambedkar. This party is based on ideology of B. R. Ambedkar i.e. Ambedkarism. The party is primarily based in Maharashtra state. Republican Sena's supporters occupied the Indu Mill land at Dadar,Mumbai in 2011 to highlight the long-pending demand for the Statue of Equality or the Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial. The party has also worked with the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi,headed by Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar.
