Sangli
Sangli is a district in the State of Maharashtra in India. The district is located between North Latiitudes 16.4 to 17.1 and East Longitude 73.43 to 75.00 degree. It is bounded by Satara, Solapur districts to the north, Vijapur district to the east, Kolhapur and Belgum districts to the south and Ratnagiri district to the west.Area of the district is 8601.5 Sq km and its population is 25,83,524.
History
Historical references since 1024 show areas called Mirinch i.e presently Miraj and Karhatak i.e. Karad under the areas rules by Gonk a Shilahar king and sangli was included in these areas. The first clear and direct refernce to sangli can be found in the sankrit poem Shiv-Bharat . During the time of Shivaji Maharaj, his courageous Sarnoubat Netaji Palkar captured Sangli, Miraj and Brahmnal from the Adilshah in 1659. In the times of Peshwas, Indroji Kadam and later Sardar Patwardhan became the 'Jahagirdar' of this region.There are several interesting stories as to how the name Sangli originated. One of them is that, there were six (6) Gallies i.e. lanes on the bank of the Krishna River hence the name "SANGLI". The second one is that, the name of the village was Sangalki in Kannad language so in Marathi it became SANGLI. Another belief is that the confluence of Warna and Krishna rivers is near Sangli village. The word for confluence in Marathi is 'Sangam' and the SANGLI is the distorted version of the word Sangam.
Till 1801, Sangli was included in Miraj Jahagir. The First Chintamanrao Appasaheb Patwardhan established a different principality with Sangli as the Capital city. An interesting fact was that in 1768, Haripur a nearby village was bigger than Sangli having population of 2000, whereas Sangli had population of 1000 only.
Politics
Assembly constituencies and their extent after delimitation order of 2008281 Miraj Vidhan Sabha Constituency (SC) - 1. Miraj Tehsil (Part)-Revenue Circle Miraj, Malgaon Arag, Kavalapur and Sangli-Miraj Kupwad (M.Corp.) (Part) – Ward No. 4 to 9, 26 to 37, 54 to 60.
282 Sangli Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Miraj Tehsil (Part) Revenue Circle Sangli, Budhgaon and Sangli-Miraj Kupwad (M.Corp.) (Part) – Ward No. 1 to 3, 10 to 25, 38 to 53 and 61 to 69.
283 Islampur Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra - 1. Walwa Tehsil (Part) Revenue Circle Takari Walwa, Islampur and Uran Islampur (MC), Ashta and Ashta (MC), 2. Miraj Tehsil (Part) Revenue Circle Kasbe Digras.
284 Shirala Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Shirala Tehsil, 2. Walwa Tehsil (Part) Revenue Circle , Chikurde, Peth , Yelur, Kasegaon .
285 Palus Kadegaon Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Palus Tehsil, 2. Kadegaon Tehsil.
286 Khanapur Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra - 1. Khanapur (Vita) Tehsil, 2. Atpadi Tehsil, 3. Tasgaon Tehsil (Part) - Revenue Circle Visapur.
287 Tasgaon Kavathe Mahankal Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Kavathe Mahankal Tehsil, 2. Tasgaon Tehsil (Part) (excluding Visapur Revenue Circle).
288 Jat Vidhan Sabha Constituency - Jat Tehsil.