Ratnagiri | |
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 Thibaw Palace | |
 Ratnagiri in Maharashtra | |
| Coordinates:16°59′40″N73°18′00″E / 16.99444°N 73.30000°E /16.99444; 73.30000 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Maharashtra |
| Region | Konkan Division |
| District | Ratnagiri |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | Ratnagiri Municipal Council |
| • Rank | City |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 327,120 |
| Demonym(s) | Ratnagirikar, Ratnakar, Girikar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 415612, 415639 |
| Telephone code | 02352 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-MH |
| Vehicle registration | MH-08 |
| Website | www |
Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī ;[ɾət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː]) is aport city on theArabian Sea coast inRatnagiri District[2] in southwesternMaharashtra, India. The district is part of theKonkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for theHapus orAlphonso mangoes and is colloquially referred to as the Mango City. Ratnagiri is the birthplace ofIndian independence activistLokmanya Tilak.[3]Thibaw, the last king ofBurma, alongside his consortSupayalat and two infant daughters were exiled to a two-storied brick mansion in Ratnagiri.[4] The building is now known as Thibaw Palace.
Ratnagiri is located at16°59′N73°18′E / 16.98°N 73.3°E /16.98; 73.3.[5] It has an average elevation of 11 meters (36 feet). TheSahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri to the east.
The climate is atropical monsoon climate (Koppen: Am), with the monsoon providing heavy rain between June and October, with the rest of the year warm and dry, devoid of any rainfall.
| Climate data for Ratnagiri (1991–2020, extremes 1901–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.3 (99.1) | 39.4 (102.9) | 40.6 (105.1) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.8 (100.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 32.8 (91.0) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.1 (97.0) | 37.5 (99.5) | 38.1 (100.6) | 37.2 (99.0) | 40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.3 (91.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.7 (85.5) | 32.4 (90.3) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.6 (88.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.5 (81.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.0 (80.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.7 (72.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.6 (52.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 17.7 (63.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 13.9 (57.0) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.3 (0.01) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.01) | 1.4 (0.06) | 38.3 (1.51) | 901.8 (35.50) | 1,041.7 (41.01) | 678.1 (26.70) | 416.4 (16.39) | 149.4 (5.88) | 15.1 (0.59) | 2.1 (0.08) | 3,245 (127.76) |
| Average rainy days | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 20.0 | 26.2 | 24.7 | 15.1 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 96.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 54 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 67 | 81 | 86 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 61 | 55 | 69 |
| Source 1:India Meteorological Department[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)[9] | |||||||||||||
Road
Ratnagiri is well connected to the other parts of the state and country by National Highways & State Highways. National HighwaysNH 66 (Panvel –Edapally),NH 166 (Ratnagiri –Nagpur) and Coastal Highway (Rewas – Reddy) pass through the city.MSRTC operates bus services toMumbai,Thane,Vasai,Nala Sopara,Kalyan,Bhiwandi,Pune,Panaji,Nanded,Latur,Tuljapur,Akkalkot,Ambajogai,Beed,Kolhapur,Gargoti,Gadhinglaj,Nrushimhawadi,Ichalkaranji,Sangli,Miraj,Tasgaon,Jat,Islampur,Satara,Belgaum,Hubli,Bijapur and other major towns of the state.North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation also operates buses from Belgaum, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Indi, Muddebihal, Sindgi, Athani, Jevargi and Talikota. Several private buses regularly ply forMumbai andPune and a few forKolhapur,Bijapur.
Railways
Ratnagiri is a major Railhead onKonkan Railway route.Ratnagiri is also one of the two divisions ofKonkan Railway Corporation. The city is well connected toMumbai,New Delhi,Amritsar,Chandigarh,Dehradun,Jaipur,Jodhpur,Bikaner,Ahmedabad,Vadodara,Surat,Bhuj,Indore,Jabalpur,Patna,Nagpur,Pune,Margao,Mangalore,Kochi,Thiruvananthapuram,Kanyakumari,Coimbatore and other major towns of the country. Every train passing through the city halts here. Connectivity to western Maharashtra is proposed throughVaibhavwadi Road –Kolhapur route.
M. Devender Singh (IAS: MH2011) joined as Collector and District Magistrate of Ratnagiri on 1 October 2022 after the previous Collector and District Magistrate B.N Patil was transferred.[10]
The Ratnagiri Municipality was established in 1876.[11] The Office of the President of the Council was occupied by Mr. Pradeep Salvi of the Shivsena, before it got dismissed due to the completion of the Term. Currently, the Office of the Council President remains vacant with the Administrator and the Chief Officer being in charge of the Municipal Administration.
Ratnagiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency):
Uday Samant (Shiv Sena), The Incumbent Cabinet Minister of Industries Uday SamantGovernment of Maharashtra represents the Ratnagiri constituency in State Assembly since 2004, and has been appointed as the Guardian Minister of the Ratnagiri.[12]
Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg (Lok Sabha constituency):
Narayan Rane (BJP) represents theRatnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency inLok Sabha, lower house of the parliament since 2024.
TheMaharashtra Government under the Department of Fisheries established the Marine Biological Research Station (MBRS) in 1958 at Ratnagiri,[25] which is presently attached with Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth,Dapoli, Dist.: Ratnagiri. The research station has a 10-hectare area as a field facility including a three-storied building at the main campus, a well-equipped aquarium and museum, a modernized brackish water fish farm, a Mechanized Fishing and Research Vessel, Seed Production facilities, and various laboratories at its disposal.
The Marine Biological Research Station, Ratnagiri is one of the premier institutes, especially in the South Konkan Coastal Fisheries Zone, having a mandate for the development of fish production technologies, transferring the technologies to fish culturists, entrepreneurs, and the industry, and generating professionally trained manpower in fish culture.[26]
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde inaugurated a3D Planetarium on the 16th of December, 2022 in Ratnagiri.[27]
This planetarium is the first active 3D planetarium in Maharashtra and fifth nationally.
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Ratnagiri, located along the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, has a rich and diverse history that dates back centuries. It served as the administrative capital under theSultanate of Bijapur, with its strategic location making it an important military and trade center. TheRatnadurg Fort, originally built by the Bijapur Sultanate, was reconstructed by Maratha kingChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 1670, turning it into a key coastal defense post.
In 1731, Ratnagiri came under the control of the Kingdom of Satara, marking the beginning of its integration into theMaratha Empire. Following theThird Anglo-Maratha War, the British annexed Ratnagiri to British India in 1818, further embedding it into the colonial structure.
Ratnagiri holds significant cultural importance as the birthplace of Indian freedom fighterLokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, born on 23 July 1856.[28] Tilak, an influential leader in India’s struggle for independence, moved toPune with his family at the age of 10. His early years in Ratnagiri influenced his later revolutionary thoughts.
The city was also a place of exile forKing Thibaw of Burma after the British Empire annexed his country. In 1886, King Thibaw, along with his family, was exiled to Ratnagiri, where he lived the rest of his life under British surveillance.[29] His residence, the Thibaw Palace, still stands as a symbol of this chapter in the city’s history.[citation needed]
Furthermore,Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, was confined in Ratnagiri from 1921 to 1935, first in prison and then under local confinement.[30] His time in Ratnagiri played a pivotal role in shaping his revolutionary ideologies.[citation needed]
Today, Ratnagiri is known not only for its historical significance but also for its agricultural contributions, especially the famousAlphonso mangoes, and its growing role as a cultural and educational hub in Maharashtra.[citation needed]
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