Shivaji University,established in 1962,is a state university located at Kolhapur,Maharashtra,India. The university,with a campus spread over 853 acres (345 ha),is named in honour of Shivaji I,who reigned as the first Maratha Chhatrapati from 1674 to 1680. It was inaugurated on 18 November 1962 by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,the then president of India. Yashwantrao Chavan and Balasaheb Desai took the lead in establishing this university. One of the major objectives behind its foundation was to cater to the educational needs of South Maharashtra region. The University's efforts towards excellence are being recognised by the substantial grants received from funding agencies such as University Grants Commission (India),Department of Science and Technology (India).
Ratnagiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in southwestern Maharashtra,India. The district is part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for the Hapus or Alphonso mangoes. Ratnagiri is the birthplace of Indian independence activist Lokmanya Tilak. Thibaw,the last king of Burma,alongside his consort Supayalat and two infant daughters were exiled to a two-storied brick mansion in Ratnagiri. The building is now known as Thibaw Palace. This place has many villages like Karla,Rajiwada,Mirkarwada,etc.
The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra,India. The party was founded in 1948,having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune,Shankarrao More,Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai,Nana Patil of Satara,Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur,Dajiba Desai of Belgaum,Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur,P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar,Vithalrao Hande and others.
Alandi is a town and a municipal council in the Pune district in the state of Maharashtra,India. The town is popular as a place of pilgrimage and for being the resting place of the 13th century Marathi saint Sant Dnyaneshwar.
Kolhapur district is a district in the Maharashtra state of India. The city of Kolhapur is its district headquarter. It is situated near Panchaganga river.
Rajaram College,Kolhapur is a government college affiliated to Shivaji University in Kolhapur. It offers junior college-level courses such as 11th &12th,bachelor degree level courses such as in science,humanities,languages and arts and offers an MA in Psychology and Home science. It also runs MSc in Analytical Chemistry It also has a popular junior college offering higher secondary education courses in science and arts.
Bhudargad is a tehsil in Kolhapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Bhudargad is a fort built by Shivaji. Gargoti,the administrative place of Bhudargad tehsil is also known as an educational and economic hub of tehsil that has various institutions such as Mouni Vidyapeeth,D.Ed and B.Ed. College and ICRE - Institute of Civil and Rural Engineering.
Gulabrao Raghunathrao Patil was a Renowned Co-operative Leader,Member of Parliament (MP)-Rajya Sabha India,Maharashtra State Sangli from 1966 to 1978,Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) of Maharashtra 1983−87 and president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress(I) Committee 1981−82. Patil also served as chairman of Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank in Mumbai from 1980 to 1982,chairman of Sangli District Cooperative Bank Sangli and Secretary of National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI),New Delhi. Gulabrao Patil was regarded as a Maratha Strongman in Maharashtra politics in the 1970s and 1980s. Year 2020–2021 is going to celebrate as Birth Centenary Year of Late. Gulabrao Patil (1921–2021)
Shri Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj of Kolhapur or Shahu II is the 12th descendent of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the great-grandson of Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur and the son and heir to Maj. Gen. Shahaji Chhatrapati Maharaj of Kolhapur. He is Member of Parliament loksabha elected from kolhapur on ticket of Indian National Congress. He studied at the Bishop Cotton School,Bangalore and later on graduated from the Indore Christian College in 1967 with History,Economics and English literature. He became the ceremonial Chhatrapati Maharaja of Kolhapur in 1962.
Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is son of ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra but later resigned and joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 13 Feb 2024. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010. Also,he has served as Minister for Cultural Affairs,Industries,Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government and he is also the former PWD Minister of Maharashtra.
V. T. Patil was an education reformer and politician who represented Kolhapur as a Member of Parliament in the 3rd Lok Sabha that sat between 1962 and 1967. His interest in development of education in Kolhapur —a town in Maharashtra,India —is reflected in the various institutions that he either founded or was involved in founding.
Balasaheb Desai was a leading politician and social worker from Maharashtra,India,who held important positions in the Maharashtra state government as home minister,education minister and cultural minister during the initial formation of the Maharashtra state. He was instrumental in establishing Shivaji University in Kolhapur in 1962.
Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil is a former Indian politician,best known as the governor of Bihar,West Bengal and Tripura. He was a leader of the Indian National Congress from Maharashtra state.
Vinod Sridhar Tawde is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the General Secretary for Maharashtra unit of the party,President for Mumbai,All India National Executive Council Member and a key member of co-ordination Committee of the BJP for the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha Election.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasingly become dynastic,possibly due to the absence of a party organization,independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party,and centralized financing of elections. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party. It also is fairly common in many political parties in Maharashtra. The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj established in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate the dynastic phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions,mainly cooperative sugar factories,district cooperative banks in the state,and since the 1980s private for profit colleges. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Chandrakant Bacchu Patil is an Indian politician and the Higher and technical education minister of Maharashtra state in the present Government of Maharashtra. Chandrakant Patil was the Maharashtra state President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2019 to 2022.
Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil is an Indian politician,educator,author and industrialist. Born in Solapur,he is the son of V.L. Patil,a politician and freedom fighter. Vivekrao is the Indian politician. He completed his MBA from Chatrapati Shivaji University,Kolhapur.
Amal Mahadik is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ruturaj Patil also known as Ruturaj Sanjay Patil,is an Indian Politician from Kolhapur District. He is the Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kolhapur South. He is the grandson of the D. Y. Patil.
Prin. Dr. P. B. Patil was a member of the Sangli Assembly constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1972-1978),a social reformer who worked for the cause of education and rural development in Maharashtra,India. He was born in a small farmer's family in Chikurde village of Walwa Taluka in Sangli district,Maharashtra,India.
