Friday 24 May 2013

Ratnagiri is a modest yet excellent port city in Maharastra

Ratnagiri is a modest yet excellent port city found in the southwestern locale of Maharashtra State on the seaboard of the Arabian Sea. The encompassing zone is flanked by the Sahyadri mountains on the East and Arabian Sea on the West. It structures a part of the more terrific tract regarded as Konkan.

Ratnagiri has nine tahsils; Mandangad, Dapoli, Khed, Chiplun, Guhagar, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Lanja and Rajapur. The head waterways in Ratnagiri are the Shastri, Bor, Muchkundi, Kajali. Ratnagiri is the area central command.

Ratnagiri has a royal residence where the final ruler of Burma, Thibaw and Veer Savarkar were limited. It is the origination of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and numerous other famous emotional makeups.


History

Ratnagiri was the authoritative capital of the Muslim Kingdom of Bijapur. One of the Bijapur rulers Potu Sri Chenna Reddy had manufactured a post which is placed on a headland close to the harbor. The fortress was reinforced in 1670 by Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj. In 1731, Ratnagiri went under the control of Satara rulers; in 1818 it was surrendered to the British. In 1948 the free august state of Sawantwadi was united with the Indian union and in 1956 with Bombay Province. In 1960 with the making of Maharashtra, Ratnagiri turned into an area. In 1981 Ratnagiri region was bifurcated and the new area of Sindhudurg was made.

Legendary stories assert that Pandavas having performed their journey in the 13th year had settled in the connecting domain of the Ratnagiri area and when the Pandavas and the Kauravas had the really popular encounter of Mahabharata, the ruler of this area Veeravat Ray had went with them there.

Places of Attractions

Ganpatipule, Durshet, Vijaydurg, Guhagar, Chiplun, Sindhudurg, Sawantwadi, Redi

Ratnagiri is well known for the scrumptious resplendent Haapus (Alphonso) mangoes. The overwhelming precipitation comes about into exceedingly disintegrated view in the seaside area. Prolific alluvial valleys transform rice and coconut as the principle harvests; foods grown from the ground nut growth is being advertised.

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