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Shendgaon
Village
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Shendgaon
Location in Maharashtra, India
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Shendgaon
Shendgaon (India)
Coordinates: 20°53′48″N77°45′27″E / 20.8966462°N 77.757454°E / 20.8966462; 77.757454
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Elevation
347 m (1,138 ft)
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code+91(07224)
Vehicle registration MH-27
Website www.anjangaon.com/index.php
Statue of Sant Gadge Maharaj Sant Gadge Maharaj.jpg
Statue of Sant Gadge Maharaj

The Indian village of Shendgaon is located in the taluka of Anjangaon which is in the district of Amravati in the state of Maharashtra. It is part of the Vidarbha region. Shendgaon is surrounded by Achalpur Taluka in the east, Daryapur Taluka in the south, Chikhaldara Taluka in the north, and Akot Taluka in the west. Marathi is the local language, but Hindi and English are commonly used. [1] It is known as the birthplace of Saint Gadge Maharaj, a peripatetic teacher and social reformer, who recently had a commemorative bust unveiled in his honor. [2] The state government of Maharashtra also runs a village cleanliness program named after him, and the University of Amravati was renamed as Sant Gadge Baba University. [3]

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Buldhana district District of Maharashtra in India

Buldhana district is located in the Amravati division of Maharashtra, India. The name of the district is probably derived from Bhil Thana. It is situated at the western border of Vidarbha region and is 500 km away from the state capital, Mumbai. The district has towns and cities like Shegaon, Jalgaon Jamod, Malkapur, Khamgaon, Lonar, Mehkar, and Chikhli. It is surrounded by Madhya Pradesh in the north, Akola, Washim, and Amravati districts on the east, Jalna district on the south, and Jalgaon and Aurangabad districts on the west. Latitudes are 19.51° to 21.17° N and longitudes are 75.57° to 76.59° E.

Shegaon Town in Maharashtra, India

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Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University

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Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering

Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering (SSGMCE) is an engineering college at Shegaon in Buldhana District of Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. SSGMCE was established on 23 August 1983 by Shri Gajanan Shikshan Sanstha, Shegaon. It is run by Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Temple Trust. The college grants Bachelor's & Master's degree in Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics & Telecommunications, Computer Science, and Information Technology. It also offers programs of Masters in Business Administration (MBA). It had a total enrollment of around 1,600 students in the academic year of 2017-2018.

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Gadge Maharaj

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Prabhakar Vaidya is an Indian physical educationist, academic and the honorary secretary of Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, a century old organization and a national institution working towards modernizing the traditional systems of Sports & Games. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.

Samir Trambakrao Kunawar is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Hinganghat Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party Kunawar had contested the same seat as independent in 2009, losing by a narrow margin. Kunawar's election victory, with the largest margin in the district has resulted in BJP winning two seats in Wardha district for the first time ever. In 2006, P Kunawar was BJP candidate for the Wardha-Chandrapur local bodies constituency elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council.

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References

  1. "Indian Villages, Shendgaon-Anjangaon" . Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. "CM Shri Devendra Fadnavis unveiled statue of Sant Gadgebaba Maharaj at his birthplace Shendgaon" . Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. "Sant Gadge Baba" . Retrieved 3 January 2017.