ratnagiri

Ratnagiri is located at {{Coord|16.98|N|73.3|E|}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Ratnagiri.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Ratnagiri, India|website=Faiingrain.com}} It has an average elevation of 11 meters (36 feet). The Sahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri to the east.

{{Weather box|width=auto

| location = Ratnagiri (1991–2020, extremes 1901–present)

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 37.3

| Feb record high C = 39.4

| Mar record high C = 40.6

| Apr record high C = 37.5

| May record high C = 37.8

| Jun record high C = 39.0

| Jul record high C = 32.8

| Aug record high C = 34.2

| Sep record high C = 36.1

| Oct record high C = 37.5

| Nov record high C = 38.1

| Dec record high C = 37.2

| year record high C = 40.6

| Jan high C = 32.0

| Feb high C = 32.0

| Mar high C = 32.3

| Apr high C = 32.6

| May high C = 33.3

| Jun high C = 30.8

| Jul high C = 29.0

| Aug high C = 28.9

| Sep high C = 29.7

| Oct high C = 32.4

| Nov high C = 34.0

| Dec high C = 33.0

| year high C = 31.6

|Jan mean C = 25.0

|Feb mean C = 25.5

|Mar mean C = 26.9

|Apr mean C = 28.5

|May mean C = 29.5

|Jun mean C = 27.6

|Jul mean C = 26.6

|Aug mean C = 26.5

|Sep mean C = 26.5

|Oct mean C = 27.7

|Nov mean C = 27.5

|Dec mean C = 26.1

| Jan low C = 18.4

| Feb low C = 19.1

| Mar low C = 21.6

| Apr low C = 24.3

| May low C = 26.0

| Jun low C = 24.8

| Jul low C = 24.3

| Aug low C = 24.1

| Sep low C = 23.7

| Oct low C = 23.4

| Nov low C = 21.9

| Dec low C = 19.8

| year low C = 22.7

| Jan record low C = 11.5

| Feb record low C = 11.6

| Mar record low C = 14.4

| Apr record low C = 16.1

| May record low C = 20.8

| Jun record low C = 19.2

| Jul record low C = 18.4

| Aug record low C = 20.6

| Sep record low C = 20.4

| Oct record low C = 17.7

| Nov record low C = 15.4

| Dec record low C = 13.9

| year record low C = 11.5

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 0.3

| Feb rain mm = 0.0

| Mar rain mm = 0.2

| Apr rain mm = 1.4

| May rain mm = 38.3

| Jun rain mm = 901.8

| Jul rain mm = 1041.7

| Aug rain mm = 678.1

| Sep rain mm = 416.4

| Oct rain mm = 149.4

| Nov rain mm = 15.1

| Dec rain mm = 2.1

| year rain mm = 3245.0

| Jan rain days = 0.1

| Feb rain days = 0.0

| Mar rain days = 0.0

| Apr rain days = 0.2

| May rain days = 2.2

| Jun rain days = 20.0

| Jul rain days = 26.2

| Aug rain days = 24.7

| Sep rain days = 15.1

| Oct rain days = 6.4

| Nov rain days = 1.0

| Dec rain days = 0.2

| year rain days = 96.1

|time day = 17:30 IST

| Jan humidity = 54

| Feb humidity = 56

| Mar humidity = 62

| Apr humidity = 66

| May humidity = 67

| Jun humidity = 81

| Jul humidity = 86

| Aug humidity = 85

| Sep humidity = 81

| Oct humidity = 73

| Nov humidity = 61

| Dec humidity = 55

|year humidity = 69

|source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web

| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf

| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| access-date = 8 April 2024

}}

{{cite web|access-date=10 April 2020 |archive-date=5 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf |date=January 2015 |pages=663–664 |publisher=India Meteorological Department |title=Station: Ratnagiri Climatological Table 1981–2010 |url=https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf |work=Climatological Normals 1981–2010}}

{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf

| archive-date = 5 February 2020

| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf

| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| date = December 2016

| page = M152

| access-date = 10 April 2020}}

|source 2 = Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)

{{cite web

| url = https://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/products/climate/normal/parts/NrmMonth_e.php?stn=43110

| title = Normals Data: Ratnagiri – India Latitude: 16.98°N Longitude: 73.33°E Height: 90 (m)

| publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency

| access-date = 1 December 2022}}

}}

Road

Ratnagiri is well connected to the other parts of the state and country by National Highways & State Highways. National Highways NH 66 (Panvel – Edapally), NH 166 (Ratnagiri – Nagpur) and Coastal Highway (Rewas – Reddy) pass through the city. MSRTC operates bus services to Mumbai, 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 for Mumbai and Pune and a few for Kolhapur, Bijapur.

Railways

Ratnagiri is a major Railhead on Konkan Railway route. Ratnagiri is also one of the two divisions of Konkan Railway Corporation. The city is well connected to Mumbai, 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 through Vaibhavwadi Road – Kolhapur route.

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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.{{Cite web |title=District Ratnagiri, Government of Maharashtra {{!}} Famous for Alphonso Mangos {{!}} India |url=https://ratnagiri.gov.in/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |language=en-US}}

The Ratnagiri Municipality was established in 1876.{{Cite web |url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/RATNAGIRI/places_Ratnagiri.html |title=gazetteer RATNAGIRI (Archived copy) |access-date=15 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221123950/http://maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/RATNAGIRI/places_Ratnagiri.html |archive-date=21 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} 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 Samant Government of Maharashtra represents the Ratnagiri constituency in State Assembly since 2004, and has been appointed as the Guardian Minister of the Ratnagiri.{{cite web|url=https://ratnagiri.gov.in/gallery/guardian-minister-hon-uday-samant-inspected-the-damaged-area-of-chanderai/ |title=Guardian Minister Hon. Uday Samant inspected the damaged area of Chanderai | District Ratnagiri, Government of Maharashtra | India }}

Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg (Lok Sabha constituency):

Narayan Rane (BJP) represents the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency in Lok Sabha, lower house of the parliament since 2024.

• [https://www.gcoer.ac.in/ Government College of Engineering, Ratnagiri]
• M.M.A.K. Desai High School
• Navnirman High English Medium School(CBSE), Ratnagiri
• Podar International School, Ratnagiri
• [http://sarvankashvidyamandir.in/ Sarvankash Vidya Mandir]
• Gangadhar Govind Pathwardhan English Medium School (G.G.P.S)
• College of Fisheries, Shirgaon, Ratnagiri (DBSKKV)
• Government Polytechnic, Ratnagiri{{cite web|url=http://www.gcopratnagiri.org|title=Government Polytechnic|website=Gcopratnagiri.org}}
• Indian Technical Institute (ITI) Ratnagiri
• Finolex Academy of Management and Technology (An engineering college affiliated to University of Mumbai){{cite web|url=http://famt.ac.in|title=Finolex Academy of Management and Technology|website=Famt.ac.in}}
• Government college of Pharmacy, Ratnagiri{{cite web|url=http://www.gcopratnagiri.org |title=Government College of Pharmacy|website=Gcopratnagiri.org}}
• Patwardhan High School, Ratnagiri.{{cite web|url=http://www.patwardhanhighschool.com|title=Patwardhan Highschool – Ratnagiri|website=Patwardhanhighschool.com|access-date=18 July 2018}}
• Phatak High School, Ratnagiri{{Cite web |url=http://phatakhighschoolratnagiri.hpage.co.in/ |title=phatakhighschoolratnagiri (Archived copy) |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203014331/http://phatakhighschoolratnagiri.hpage.co.in/ |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Late T.P. Kelkar Jr. college of Science Ratnagiri
• Sacred Heart Convent Highschool, Udyam Nagar
• R. B. Shirke High School{{cite web|url=http://www.rbshirkehighschool.com|title=Welcome to R. B. Shirke High School, Ratnagiri|website=Rbshirkehighschool.com}}
• Mistry High School, Ratnagiri{{cite web|url=http://www.mistryschools.com|title=Mistry Schools|website=Mistryschools.com}}
• M. S. Naik High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.msnaikschool.edu.in|title=Welcome to M. S. Naik Foundation, Ratnagiri.|website=Msnaikschool.edu.in}}
• Gogate Joglekar College{{cite web|url=http://www.resgjcrtn.com|title=Gogate Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri|website=Resgjcrtn.com}}
• St.Thomas English Medium School{{cite web|url=http://stthomasratnagiri.com|title=St. Thomas English Medium School – Forming a joyful generation next|website=Stthomasratnagiri.com|access-date=12 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012021338/http://stthomasratnagiri.com/|archive-date=12 October 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Rajendra Mane College of Engineering & Technology (Affiliated to University of Mumbai){{cite web | url=http://www.rmcet.com| title= RMCET|website=Rmcet.com}}
• Rajendra Mane Polytechnic{{cite web | url=http://www.rmp.ind.in/| title= RMP|website=Rmcet.com}}
• A.D. Naik Urdu Medium School
• Sacred Heart Convent High School, Ratnagiri.
• Mane's International School
• S.B. Keer Law College.
• Jagadguru Narendracharya Maharaj Educational Institute

The Maharashtra Government under the Department of Fisheries established the Marine Biological Research Station (MBRS) in 1958 at Ratnagiri,{{Cite web |title=Marine Biological Research Station - IndiaAirport.com |url=https://indiaairport.com/tourism/ratnagiri/marine_biological_research_station.htm |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=indiaairport.com}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://ratnagiri.nic.in/DeptInfo/marineBiologicalStn/#DeptInfo_MBRS_Profile|title=Marine Biological Research Station – Ratnagiri District [Maharashtra State, India]|website=Ratnagiri.nic.in}}

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inaugurated a 3D Planetarium on the 16th of December, 2022 in Ratnagiri.{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Planetariums Database |url=https://planetariums-database.org/index.php?menu=sheet_planetarium&filtre=4513 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=planetariums-database.org}}

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 the Sultanate of Bijapur, with its strategic location making it an important military and trade center. The Ratnadurg Fort, originally built by the Bijapur Sultanate, was reconstructed by Maratha king Chhatrapati 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 the Maratha Empire. Following the Third 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 fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, born on 23 July 1856.{{Cite web |title=Birthplace of Lokmanya Tilak {{!}} District Ratnagiri, Government of Maharashtra {{!}} India |url=https://ratnagiri.gov.in/tourist-place/birthplace-of-lokmanya-tilak/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |language=en-US}} Tilak, an influential leader in India’s struggle for independence, moved to Pune 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 for King 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.{{Cite web |date=2016-12-23 |title=The last king of Burma in Ratnagiri |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/the-last-king-of-burma-in-ratnagiri/article9440400.ece |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}} His residence, the Thibaw Palace, still stands as a symbol of this chapter in the city’s history.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

Furthermore, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a key figure in India’s independence movement, was confined in Ratnagiri from 1921 to 1935, first in prison and then under local confinement.{{Cite web |title=Veer Savarkar as a social reformer- Part I |url=https://savarkar.org/en/encyc/2017/5/23/Veer-Savarkar-as-a-social-reformer-Part-I.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=savarkar.org |language=en}} His time in Ratnagiri played a pivotal role in shaping his revolutionary ideologies.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

Today, Ratnagiri is known not only for its historical significance but also for its agricultural contributions, especially the famous Alphonso mangoes, and its growing role as a cultural and educational hub in Maharashtra.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

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