MarathiFacts

Late Gen K. V. Krishna Rao was Colonel of the Mahar Regiment during 1968-83.

Maharashtra has third highest number of colleges after AndhraPradesh and Karanataka. prsindia.org/administrator/…

Maharashtra has 3522 Private Colleges and 769 Government Colleges. 78% Students are in Pvt Colleges. prsindia.org/administrator/…

#23January,1664: Death of Shahajiraje Bhonsle at Hodigere near Channagiri Davanagere Dist, Karnataka. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahaji

#23January,1926: Birth of Balashaeb Thackeray at Datar wada situated at 326,Sadashiv Peth, Pune.

#23January,1919: Death of Ram Ganesh Gadkari (गोविंदाग्रज): poet, playwright, and humorist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Ganes…

There is plenty of Marathi Literature on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: Mahanayak being today's most popular. subhaschandrabose.org/netaji-marathi…

The official name for Marine Drive (Mumbai) is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road.

3rd Battle of Panipat:The Maratha army,under Sadashivraobhau, uncle of the peshwa, was trapped & destroyed by Afghan chief AḥmadShah Durrānī

#14January,1761: Third Battle of Panipat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Bat… britannica.com/topic/Battles-…

A total of 622 alleged criminals were killed in police encounters from 1982 to 2004 in Mumbai. Manya Surve was 1st. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-ti…?

#11January,1982: Encounter of Manya Surve at Wadala: Mumbai's first recorded encounter killing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manya_Sur…

#10Jan,1730: Peshwa Bajirao I laid the ceremonial foundation of Shaniwar Wada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaniwar_…

#6Jan,1818: Treaty of Mandeswar brings an end to the 3rd AngloMaratha War leading to annexation of Maratha Confederacy by East India Company

#6Jan,1832: Balshastri Jambhekar (born #6Jan,1812) of the Elphinstone College began Darpan, the first Marathi-English fortnightly magazine.

#6Jan,1812:Birth of Balshastri Jambhekar:Father of Marathi journalism; started 1st Marathi newspaper(Darpan) in 1832 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balshastr…

Savitribai Phoole of BJP wins in Bahraich,UP.

Sectorwise Contribution to State's GDP(2009-10): Agriculture:8.57% Industry: 20.99% Services: 70.44% in.undp.org/content/dam/in…

5 districts:(2Mumbais,Thane,Pune,Nagpur) have share of female teachers >60%. 3 districts (Hingoli, Buldana, Gadchiroli) <25%.

27 of the 35 States&UTs in India have gender gap lower than #Maharashtra at the Primary level and 24 States&UTs at the Upper Primary level