Ratnagiri
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Ratnagiri | |
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UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 415612, 415639 |
Telephone code | 02352 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-MH |
Vehicle registration | MH-08 |
Website | www |
Ratnagiri (
Geography
Ratnagiri is located at 16°59′N 73°18′E / 16.98°N 73.3°E.
Climate
Climate data for Ratnagiri (1981–2010, extremes 1901–2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.6 (105.1) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.1 (100.6) |
36.7 (98.1) |
40.6 (105.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
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) |
3,244.8 (127.74) |
Average rainy days | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 14.8 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 96.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
55 | 57 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 81 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 55 | 69 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[6][7] |
Transport
Road
Ratnagiri is well connected to the other parts of the state and country by National Highways & State Highways. National Highways
Railways
Collector and District Magistrate
M. Devender Singh (IAS:MH2011) has joined as Collector and District Magistrate, Ratnagiri on 01-10-2022 after the Previous Collector and District Magistrate B.N Patil got Transferred. [8]
Political Leadership
Ratnagiri Municipality :
The Ratnagiri Municipality was established in 1876.[9] 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.
Uday Samant (Shiv Sena), The Incumbent Cabinet Minister of Industries Uday Samant Government of Maharashtra represents Ratnagiri constituency in State Assembly since 2004, and has been appointed as the Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri. [10]
Education institutes
- Government College of Engineering, Ratnagiri
- M.M.A.K. Desai High School
- Navnirman High English Medium School(CBSE), Ratnagiri
- Podar International School, Ratnagiri
- Sarvankash Vidya Mandir
- Gangadhar Govind Pathwardhan English Medium School (G.G.P.S)
- College of Fisheries, Shirgaon, Ratnagiri (DBSKKV)
- Government Polytechnic, Ratnagiri[11]
- Indian Technical Institute (ITI) Ratnagiri
- Finolex Academy of Management and Technology (An engineering college affiliated to University of Mumbai)[12]
- Government college of Pharmacy, Ratnagiri[13]
- Patwardhan High School, Ratnagiri.[14]
- Phatak High School, Ratnagiri[15]
- Late T.P. Kelkar Jr. college of Science Ratnagiri
- Sacred Heart Convent Highschool, Udyam Nagar
- R. B. Shirke High School[16]
- Mistry High School, Ratnagiri[17]
- M. S. Naik High School.[18]
- Gogate Joglekar College[19]
- St.Thomas English Medium School[20]
- Rajendra Mane College of Engineering & Technology (Affiliated to University of Mumbai)[21]
- Rajendra Mane Polytechnic[22]
- 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
Marine Biological Research Station
The Maharashtra Government under the Department of Fisheries established the Marine Biological Research Station (MBRS) in 1958 at Ratnagiri, which is presently attached with Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dist.: Ratnagiri. The research station has a 10 hectare area as field facility including a three storied building at the main campus, a well equipped aquarium and museum, a modernised 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 development of fish production technologies, transferring the technologies to fish culturists, entrepreneurs and the industry, and generating professionally trained manpower in fish culture.[23]
3D Planetarium
A 3D Planetarium was inaugurated by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on December 16 at Ratnagiri. It was built at a cost of Rs 11 crore 58 lakh.
This planetarium is the first active 3D planetarium in Maharashtra and fifth nationally.
History
Ratnagiri was an administrative capital under the
Ratnagiri is the birthplace of Indian freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was born on 23 July 1856 after which he moved to Pune with his family when he was 10 years old.
In 1886, King
Ratnagiri was also the place of confinement for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar from 1921 to 1935, initially in jail and subsequently under local confinement.
See also
References
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- ^ "RATNAGIRI DISTRICT 91 Poisonous" (PDF). 10 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ISBN 978-81-7992-846-2
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- ^ "Station: Ratnagiri Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 663–664. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M152. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "District Ratnagiri, Government of Maharashtra | Famous for Alphonso Mangos | India". Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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- ^ "Guardian Minister Hon. Uday Samant inspected the damaged area of Chanderai | District Ratnagiri, Government of Maharashtra | India".
- ^ "Government Polytechnic". Gcopratnagiri.org.
- ^ "Finolex Academy of Management and Technology". Famt.ac.in.
- ^ "Government College of Pharmacy". Gcopratnagiri.org.
- ^ "Patwardhan Highschool – Ratnagiri". Patwardhanhighschool.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "phatakhighschoolratnagiri (Archived copy)". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Welcome to R. B. Shirke High School, Ratnagiri". Rbshirkehighschool.com.
- ^ "Mistry Schools". Mistryschools.com.
- ^ "Welcome to M. S. Naik Foundation, Ratnagiri". Msnaikschool.edu.in.
- ^ "Gogate Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri". Resgjcrtn.com.
- ^ "St. Thomas English Medium School – Forming a joyful generation next". Stthomasratnagiri.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "RMCET". Rmcet.com.
- ^ "RMP". Rmcet.com.
- ^ "Marine Biological Research Station – Ratnagiri District [Maharashtra State, India]". Ratnagiri.nic.in.
- ^ "The lost royals". BBC. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
External links
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