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Sangli (Marathi: सांगली) is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, about 390 kilometers southeast of Mumbai. Sangli is also known as the Turmeric City of India and Sugar Belt of India. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna and is the largest market place for Turmeric in Asia and houses over 30 sugar factories. The Ganesh Temple of Sangli is a famous historical heritage of the city visited by thousands of devotees across the world. Sangli is also one of the largest grape producing districts in India and is coming up as a Wine hub. The most famous part of the Sangli's food culture is the Bhelpuri and Bhadang (dish made up of puffed rice). [edit] History of Sangli[edit] Princely State of SangliThe region, known as Kundal (now a small village near Sangli city) in medieval India, was the capital of the Chalukya Empire in 12th century AD.  Sangli, was one of the 11-gun salute princely states of British India, under the Kolhapur-Dekkan Residency in the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. It was one of the southern Maratha Jagirs. Its territory was widely scattered among other native states and British districts. Sangli was part of Maratha Empire, however, there are no direct references mentioning Sangli before 1801. During the time of Shivaji, Sangli, Miraj and surrounding areas were captured from the Mughal Empire. Until 1801, Sangli was included in Miraj Jahagir. The First Chintamanrao Appasaheb Patwardhan established a different principality with Sangli as the capital city. The Principality of Sangli covered an area of 1112 square miles (2942 square kilometers), and had a population of 226,128 in 1901, while the population of the town itself was 16,829 in that year. In 1911, the state enjoyed a revenue estimated at £10,000. The last ruler of Sangi was Capt. HH Shrimant Raja Saheb Sir Chintamanrao II Dhundirajrao Appasaheb Patwardhan. Sangli joined the Dominion of India on March 8, 1948 and is currently a part of the state of Maharashtra. Film Actress Bhagyashree's father is still referred to as the King of Sangli. The city derives its name from "Saha Galli" ("Six Lanes" in Marathi). Sangli city is known as Natyapandhari, the birthplace of Marathi drama. The city has a rich cultural influence of Marathi music & drama. The Marathi spoken in Sangli is considered one of the purest forms of the language. It has a historic Ganpati temple built in the 18th century by ruling Patwardhan dynasty of Sangli. The temple attracts thousands of devotees year around. Even Sangli has given famous personalities and celebrities like The all known Mangeshkar family and singing queen Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Bollywood actress Bhagyashree, Marathi film actress Sai Tamhankar, V.S.Khandekar, Vasantdada Patil. [edit] Twin cities Sangli and MirajThe twin cities, Sangli and Miraj have merged to form the largest urban agglomeration in Southern Maharashtra. The cities have important education centres offering graduate and post graduate quality education in the areas of arts, science, management, medicine, and engineering. The twin cities offers infrastructure that includes railway junction, affordable housing, public transport, telephone, high speed internet, star hotels, multiplex theatres, shopping malls and super markets, clubs and state-of-art sports complex. Miraj, also the capital of one of the former Princely States, is renowned for the manufacturing musical instruments like Sitar which are exported from here. Miraj is also a major railway junction. The Dargah of Meerasaheb Avalia attracts many devotees. Miraj has also developed as a Healthcare Centre with famous Hospitals offering every modern medical treatment. Hospitals in the region serve people of South [Maharashtra] and North Karnataka and even from Middle East countries. Miraj-Sangli twin cities together have more than 800 hospitals; density wise it's the highest in Country.Some of the biggest hospitals in the area include century old Mission Hospital, Wanless Hospital, Siddhivinayak Cancer Hospital, Kripamayee Institute of Mental Science, Civil Hospital. Sangli is also the administrative headquarters of Sangli District. [edit] Political Hub of Maharashtra State & Prominent LeadersSangli is one the most important political Hub of Maharashtra. Prominient Leaders such as Vasantdada Patil- Ex-Chief Minister, Gulabrao Patil- Ex. MP and President Maharashtra Congress(I), Rajarambapu Patil- Ex-Cabinet Minister all comes from Sangli. Current Leaders includes: R.R. Patil-Home Minister, Pantangrao Kadam-Forest Minister, Jayant Patil- Rural Development Minister, Madan Patil- Ex. Women and Child Empowerment Minister and Pratik Patil-Union Minister for Youth and Sports is from Sangli. [edit] Municipal CorporationThe Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad City Municipal Corporation is the local self-government body which looks after the development of the Sangli-Miraj twin cities. This is the largest municipal corporation in South Maharashtra and serves a population of 0.65 million. The Sangli Municipal Corporation has carved a name for itself as the best municipal corporation of South Maharashtra and recently ranked second in Municipal cleanliness programme in state . The corporation has planned and constructed a number of wide roads in the city, thereby reducing traffic density on the crowded streets of Sangli-Miraj. The municipal corporation has come up with several unique ideas for city beautification, lake development, shopping centers, sanitation, slum eradication and waste management, ideas that have been widely recognized throughout the country. Population: 6,01,214 (0.6 million) in year 2008. [edit] Trade and IndustriesSangli has the largest trading centre for turmeric & Raisin (Kishmish) in Asia. The green city is inside what is called 'Sugar Belt' of Maharashtra. The district has more than thirty sugar factories, which makes it among the highest sugar-producing districts of India. It also has oil seeds, commodities and fruit market. Sangli is also known for high quality grapes and houses many state and privately owned cold storage facilities. A grape wine park spread over 1.42 square kilometres (350 acres) has been established at Palus, 30 km from Sangli city. A brand new Sangli Food Park, spread across 1.2 square kilometres (300 acres) is under construction at Alkud Mane-Rajuri. [edit] Industrial Houses & Corporates
[edit] TurmericThe country's sole turmeric exchange in Sangli city boasts secrets gained through a centuries-old practice — storing turmeric in pits. These pits stretch far out in the open fields of the villages of Haripur and Sangalwadi. After clearing the loose soil covering the pit, it is left open for about two to three hours. One cannot enter the pit until one finds out if there is any oxygen within. To ascertain this, a lantern is lowered into the pit. If the lantern does not go out, it is safe to enter the pit. It was this ingenious storage system, devised over 200 years ago, that turned Sangli into a major trading centre for turmeric. Raw turmeric sold by farmers is stored in these pits, eighteen to twenty feet (five to six metres) deep, for three to four years. The pits provide the best storage facility for turmeric, as the quality of the commodity remains unchanged. The turmeric hardens and matures while in storage. Today, more than 80% of the turmeric trade in India takes place in Sangli.The Turmeric,Spices and Oilseeds Commodity Exchange is at Mahavir Nagar, Sangli. [edit] ChilliesSangli is one of the largest markets of Red Chillies in India. Mostly Red chillies which are used as ingredient in powdered form, is one of the hottest chilly in the world. [edit] Sangli Sugar BeltThe Sangli region is known as the "Sugar Belt of India". This region houses over thirty large sugar factories. Vasantdada Patil, who served as chief minister of Maharashtra for four terms, started the co-operative movement which helped Maharashtra become the most developed state in India. Most of the sugar factories of the Sangli sugar belt work on the co-operative basis. Vasantdada Sugar Factory in Sangli city is the largest sugar plant in Asia. [edit] Grape and Wine IndustryThe Sangli district has entered into wine industry, and has achieved success in producing classic vintage categories with many of established Indian wine brands and with some International wine brands in more than 16 wineries. Wine producers in Sangli make distinctive, classic wines using imported root stocks. The fertile soil of the Sahyadri hills region, and the long sunny days and dry climate make for an excellent product.Chardonnay and Merlot grow very well in Sangli district. The government of Maharashtra has set up a specialized state-of-the-art wine park at Palus, 30 km from Sangli city. This 142-acre (0.57 km2) park, is located at Palus, which produces one of the best-quality grapes in the world. Krishna Valley Wine Park has an International quality Wine Institute which is in association with the Bharati Vidyapeeth,a leading university of India. The institute carries out research in wine manufacturing.Krishna Valley Wine Park of Sangli has been recognized as an Agri-Export Processing Zone by the Indian government. The region welcomes new Entrepreneurs and Establishments with investements for wine projects in Sangli. The India's first wine plant machinery manufacturer, The Detacone winery plant machineries pvt. ltd. Sangli is a renowned name in Indian wine world. It is the only wine plant machinery manufacturer in India with various International level equipments and machineries. [edit] Sangli Food ParkThe park is being planned on a 305 acre (1.2 square kilometre) plot at Mane-Rajuri near Sangli city. Cebeco (India) is the consultant for the project. The location is best suited for processing grapes, turmeric, mangoes, pomegranates, citrus fruits and custard apple. Common facilities planned are cold-storage, effluent treatment and social infrastructure. [edit] JaggerySangli is also the largest market for Jaggery in India. (Jaggery is known as Gur in Hindi) [edit] Information Technology: Sangli IT ParkThe city now has an Infotech Park with state-of-the-art facilities waiting for Infotech companies to start operations. Sangli Infotech Park has state-of-the-art modern facilities for software companies. The park is located in an attractive locality surrounded by greenery in Vishrambagh, a sub of Sangli city. The IT park has total build-up area of 24,866sq.ft with 50 units.IT companies like Infosys, Patni, CapGemini, Cognizant and much more domestic small companies are ready to locate and some of them have started their construction in Sangli. On the other hand in Islampur newly software hub is going to be constructed. The Bhairav infotech pvt. ltd, Sangli with product brand name BRAVE is an IT software and hardware manufacturing company with various products like mouse, keyboards, CPUs, LCD monitors, speakers, headsets, SMPS and many more.. who has added one more star to the glory of Sangli to mashroom out as an IT city Sangli! [edit] Wind Power HubSangli is now emerging as one of the largest power generation hubs of India. Reliance Wind Energy (RWE), a subsidiary of Reliance ADA Group’s energy business, is setting up 150-MW wind power project worth Rs 900 crore with Suzlon Energy. Suzlon Energy will set up the wind farm in Sangli, one of the known wind zones in the state. The project will be in two phases, and is expected to be rolled out by March 2008. The wind power project at Sangli will be one of the largest power project by Reliance. After completion, the project will generate 380 million units of electricity per annum. [edit] MIDC industrial areas in Sangli
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[edit] Educational institutesSangli is home to several Educational institutions for Pre Primary, Primary, Secondary, High Secondary, Senior Secondary, Graduation and Post Graduation studies. Most of the colleges in Sangli are affiliated to Shivaji University and Bharati Vidyapeeth University. [edit] Engineering colleges
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Miraj-Sangli twin cities together have more than 800 hospitals. Density wise it's the highest in Country. [edit] Management institutes
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[edit] How to reach SangliYou can reach Sangli by road by taking Mumbai-Bangalore National Highway NH4. There are two exits for Sangli-Miraj twin cities on NH4. Both form a triangle and Sangli is about 35 km from each exit.
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