Kolhapur

Kolhapur
State :	India
State :	Maharashtra
District :	Kolhapur
Sub-district :	Karvir
Location :	16 ° 42 ' N , 74 ° 14' E Coordinates: 16 ° 42 ' N , 74 ° 14' E
Height :	561 m
Inhabitants : ; - Agglomeration :	549,283 (2011); 561,841 (2011)
Website :	kolhapurcorporation.gov.in
	Apartment buildings in Kolhapur

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Kolhapur ( Marathi : कोल्हापुर , Kolhāpur ) is a city in the southwest of the Indian state of Maharashtra with about 550,000 inhabitants (2011 census) not far from the border to Karnataka with good road connections to Pune , Bangalore and Goa . It is the capital of the Kolhapur district and an important center of the cane sugar industry.

Kolhapur is located on the Panchganga River at an average altitude of 544 meters above sea level. NN.

From 1707 to 1949 Kolhapur was the capital of the princely state of Kolhapur , which was ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty . With the collapse of the Marathist Confederation , the state took up contractual relations with the British in 1812.

13 kilometers outside the city near Ujlaiwadi there is a regional airport with daily flights to Bombay.

Kolhapur is the birthplace of the marathic film personalities Bhalji Pendharkar , Baburao Painter , V. Shantaram and Ashutosh Gowariker and was the center of the marathic film industry promoted by the Maharaja of Kolhapur Shahaji II (1874–1922). The film production companies Maharashtra Film (1918), Prabhat Film (1929) and Kolhapur Cinetone (1933) were established here. Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle also grew up in Kolhapur and began their singing careers.

sons and daughters of the town

Baburao Painter (1890–1954), film director and stage painter
V. Shantaram (1901–1990), film director and actor
Arthur Newell Strahler (1918–2002), American hydrologist
Bhanu Athaiya (* 1926), costume designer
Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008), playwright and screenwriter
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (* 1938), astrophysicist
Ashutosh Gowariker (* 1964 or 1968), film director and actor
Sagarika Ghatge (* 1986), model and actress

Web links

Commons : Kolhapur - collection of images, videos and audio files

Kolhapur Municipal Corporation website

Individual evidence

[1] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 154 kB)

[2] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 141 kB)

[3] ttp://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Kolhapur.html