Mayani
{{short description|Town in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Mayani
| settlement_type = Town
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|17.4420253|N|74.5494988|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
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Pin Code
| postal_code = 415102
| registration_plate = MH-11
| demographics1_info1 = Marathi
| blank_name_sec1 = Major Highways
| blank_info_sec1 = NH-160
}}
Mayani is a town in Satara district of Maharashtra state in India. It is situated on the National Highway NH-160. This town is well known for a notified Bird Conservation Reserve in 2021.
Geography
This town is situated on the banks of Chand river, a tributary of Yerla river.{{cite web |title=Chand River, Mayani |url=https://www.esakal.com/paschim-maharashtra/mayani-lake-rohit-bird-egg-166154 |publisher=Sakal Newspaper |access-date=23 April 2023}}{{cite journal |last1=Chand River, Mayani |title=Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones in Khatav Tahsil using Geospatial Techniques |journal=International Journal of Applied Information Systems |volume=9-No.7 |url=https://www.ijais.org/research/volume9/number7/shinde-2015-ijais-451421.pdf |access-date=23 April 2023}} It is 24 km away from Vaduj, tehsil headquarters of taluka and located in the southeastern part of Khatav taluka of Satara district. It is 20 km away from Vita in Sangli district. On 15 March 2021, the Government of Maharashtra notified the Mayani Bird Conservation Reserve in Mayani. This bird conservation site is located at old Mayani dam on Chand river.{{cite web |title=Mayani Bird Conservation Reserve |url=http://www.mahaecotourism.gov.in/ecotourism/en/mayani-bird-conservation-reserve |publisher=Tourism Dept. Govt. of Maharashtra |access-date=22 April 2023}}
Contribution in Indian Freedom Struggle
Forest Satyagraha was important phase of Civil Disobedience Movement in which peasants played a significant role. Those who could not take part in Salt Satyagraha sufficiently due to lack of sea-coast threw themselves fully into Forest Satyagraha. A series of forest Satyagrahas occurred in Satara district during the Civil Disobedience campaign. Forest Satyagraha took place at Kameri, Tambave, Retharedharan, Kale, Peth, Shirala, Kavathe, Prachitgad, Lohare, Belmachi, Mayani, Masur, Islampur, Vita, Bilashi, etc. places. Forest Satyagraha at Bilashi deserves special mention. At Mayani in Khatav Taluka Forest Satyagraha was brought about on 4 August 1930 in which 12 persons including Shri Jagannath Nanaji Dhavalikar, C.D. Dashputre, Y.B. Kuber, P.H. Pore were arrested and sentenced to six months imprisonment and different amounts of fine.{{cite web |title=Forest Satyagraha |url=http://ir.unishivaji.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2677/8/08_Chapter%203.pdf |publisher=Shivaji University, Kolhapur |access-date=28 July 2023}}
Economy
The major economic activities in this town are based on agriculture, textile processing and manufacturing. Due to prolonged drought, rainfed farming is practiced in this area.{{cite web |title=Mayani, drought prone area |url=https://www.lokmat.com/maharashtra/another-931-villages-declared-drought-decision-meeting-cabinet-sub-committee/ |publisher=Lokmat Newspaper |access-date=22 April 2023}} Many years ago this town emerged as a centre for the cottage industries of handlooms and textile weaving in Satara district.{{cite web |last1=Handlooms Cottage Industries in Mayani |title=All India Directory of Cottage Industries, Volumes 1-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QGELndOtd0C&q=handloom+in+mayani |publisher=Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India |access-date=12 April 2023}}
Notable People
- Mohanrao Alias Bhausaheb Pandurang Gudge (Ex-MLA). He was educationist and also former deputy chairman of Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation.{{cite web |title=Bhausaheb Gudge (Ex-MLA Khatav) |url=https://www.lokmat.com/satara/bhausaheb-gudge-passed-away/ |publisher=Lokmat Newspaper |access-date=10 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation |url=https://wrd.maharashtra.gov.in/Home/Index |publisher=Govt. of Maharashtra |access-date=22 April 2023}}
- Dr. Diliprao Murlidhar Yelgaonkar (Ex-MLA){{cite web |title=Dr. Diliprao Yelgaonkar (Ex-MLA) Khatav |url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/english/pdf/e2009_me10.pdf |publisher=PIB, Govt. of India |access-date=15 April 2023}}
At Mayani in Khatav Taluka Forest Satyagraha
was brought about on 4 August 1930 in which 12 persons
including Shri Gopal Dhondo Dashputre, Y.B. Kuber, P.H. Pore
were arrested and sentenced to six months imprisonment
and different amounts of fine.
References
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