Diskal
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Diskal
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|17.8138171|N|74.291193|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 = Taluka
| subdivision_type4 = Taluka H.Q.
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png}} Maharashtra
| subdivision_name2 = Satara
| subdivision_name3 = Khatav
| subdivision_name4 = Vaduj
| governing_body = Gram Panchayat
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_demonym = Diskalkar, Satarkar
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Pin Code
| postal_code = 415504
| registration_plate = MH-11
| demographics1_info1 = Marathi
}}
Diskal is a village in the Satara district of the state of Maharashtra in India. It is situated on the Pusegaon-Phaltan road in Khatav taluka.{{cite web |title=Khatav Taluka Map |url=http://cgwb.gov.in/AQM/NAQUIM_REPORT/Maharshtra/KHATAV%20(VADUJ)%20TALUKA,%20SATARA%20DISTRICT,%20part%20_i.pdf |publisher=Govt. of India |access-date=10 June 2023}}
Geography
Yerla river flows through this village and its source is 8 km away from there.{{cite web |last1=Yerla River |title=Aquifer Maps and Groundwater Management Plan, Khatav taluka, Satara District, Maharashtra |url=http://cgwb.gov.in/AQM/NAQUIM_REPORT/Maharshtra/KHATAV%20(VADUJ)%20TALUKA,%20SATARA%20DISTRICT,%20part%20_i.pdf |publisher=Govt. of India}} This town is 44 km away from its district headquarters, Satara.{{cite web |title=Diskal to Satara distance |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Diskal,+Maharashtra/M2Q4%2B6QP+Satara+Head+Post+Office,+Shivaji+Circle,+Ajinkya+Colony,+Powai+Naka,+Satara,+Maharashtra+415001/@17.7852163,74.0059064,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x3bc3b5c0fdbe19cd:0xe4f2bdd7b61643b3!2m2!1d74.292754!2d17.8109162!1m5!1m1!1s0x3bc239eb27b7ff75:0xb8e55825886885e0!2m2!1d74.0069479!2d17.6880766?entry=ttu |access-date=10 June 2023 |publisher=Google Maps}} It is 32 km away from Phaltan and 115 km away from Pune.{{cite web |title=Diskal to Pune distance |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Diskal,+Maharashtra/G.P.O+Pune,+Sadhu+Vaswani+Road,+Agarkar+Nagar,+Pune,+Maharashtra/@18.1675332,73.7423461,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x3bc3b5c0fdbe19cd:0xe4f2bdd7b61643b3!2m2!1d74.292754!2d17.8109162!1m5!1m1!1s0x3bc2c06f0aa1f7d1:0x9f12d6ea1f067826!2m2!1d73.875721!2d18.5228439?entry=ttu |access-date=10 June 2023 |publisher=Google Maps}}
Education
This village has facility of education up to matriculation and there are following educational institutions:
- Z.P. Primary School, Diskal
- Shree Shivaji Vidyalay, Diskal{{cite web |title=Shree Shivaji Vidyalay Diskal |url=https://schools.org.in/satara/27310406402/shree-shivaji-vidyalay-disakal.html |publisher=Schools.org.in |access-date=10 June 2023}}
Contribution in Indian Independence Movement
The people of Diskal village have contributed to the freedom movement of India. Some of them are mentioned below:
- Shankar Bhau Madane: He participated in Quit India Movement of 1942. He helped and sheltered the underground activists of the Quit India Movement. For that he had to serve 6 months imprisonment.{{cite web |title=Svatantrya Sainik Charitra Kosha: Maharashtra | year=1971 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PfQLAAAAIAAJ&q=diskal%20khatav |publisher=Bhartiya Svatantrya Andolan Itihas Samiti |access-date=11 June 2023}}
- Ganpati Appa Karne: During World War-II (1939-1945), he joined the Azad Hind Fauj to fight against British rule.{{cite web |title=Svatantrya Sainik Charitra Kosha: Maharashtra | year=1971 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PfQLAAAAIAAJ&q=diskal%20khatav |publisher=Bhartiya Svatantrya Andolan Itihas Samiti |access-date=11 June 2023}}
1894 Hailstorm Incident
On 6 February 1894, at about 2 to 3 pm heavy rain commenced accompanied with hailstones, many of which were as big as large mango. The rain lasted for about 5 hours. The fall of hailstones, although it lasted for an hour or so, was so heavy and incessant that the accumulation of the stones rose to a height from 4 to 6 feet and it took 10 to 11 days to thaw. Six person fell victims to this occurrence. The bodies of 5 of them were buried under ice. The sixth, a boy of 11 years, was carried away by the force of the flood to the Ner dam on Yerla river and was lost. About 835 cattle are also said to have been lost. Crops of Bakshi and Khapli wheat have been completely damaged. The loss suffered by the people of village was apparently very serious.{{cite web |last1=1894 Hailstorm Incident in Diskal |title=Indian Meteorological Memoirs Vol. 6 |year=1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mXwUQdUXUEC&dq=diskal+hailstorm&pg=PA290 |publisher=Meteorological Dept. India |access-date=10 June 2023}}
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