Ratnagiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India.
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11 Facts About Ratnagiri
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Ratnagiri is the birthplace of Indian independence activist Lokmanya Tilak.
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Ratnagiri is one of the two divisions of Konkan Railway Corporation.
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Maharashtra Government under the Department of Fisheries established the Marine Biological Research Station in 1958 at Ratnagiri, which is presently attached with Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dist.
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Marine Biological Research Station, Ratnagiri is one of the premier institutes, especially in the South Konkan Coastal Fisheries Zone, having a mandate for development of fish production technologies, transferring the technologies to fish culturists, entrepreneurs and the industry, and generating professionally trained manpower in fish culture.
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Ratnagiri was an administrative capital under the Sultanate of Bijapur.
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In 1731 Ratnagiri came under the control of the Kingdom of Satara, and in 1818 it was annexed to British India.
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Ratnagiri is the birthplace of Indian freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
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Ratnagiri was born on 23 July 1856 after which he moved to Pune with his family when he was 10 years old.
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Ratnagiri was chosen for its remote location, some 3,000 miles from Thibaw's former royal seat of Mandalay, accessible only by sea for parts of the year and far from any territory of any rival European power.
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Ratnagiri was the place of confinement for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar from 1921 to 1935, initially in jail and subsequently under local confinement.
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