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| History of Solapur : | Page 2 |
Secondly, the Solapur Municipal Council was the first Municipal Council of India to host the national flag on the Municipal Council building (Now Municipal Corporation) Solapur in 1930. The brief history runs like this. Taking the spirit of Dandi March from Mahatma Gandhi, the freedom fighters of Solapur decided to host the national flag on the Solapur Municipal Council. Accordingly, senior freedom fighter from Pune Shri. Annasaheb Bhopatkar hoisted the National Flag on 6 April 1930 on Municipal Council. This was the first and the unique incidence of such kind throughout the country. The British rulers, due to irritation declared martial law at Solapur and arrested many leaders and innocent citizens on false charges. The freedom fighters Shri. Mallappa Dhanshetti, Shri. Kurban Hussain, Shri. Jagnnath Shinde and Shri. Kisan Sarda were arrested on charges of killing two policemen of Mangalwar police station. The lower court sentenced the punishment of hanging till death for these freedom fighters. The High Court also confirmed the same decision and these four freedom fighters were hanged till death on 12 January 1931. As a mark of respect to these freedom fighters, the statues of these freedom fighters have been installed in the heart of the city and the location has been named as Hutatma Chowk. |
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During the Indian independence movement, the people of Solapur enjoyed full freedom on 9th, 10th and 11 May 1930. However, this resulted in the executions of Mallappa Dhanshetti, Abdul Rasool Qurban Hussein, Jagannath Bhagwan Shinde and Shrikisan Laxminarayan Sarada who were hanged on 12 January 1931, in the prison at Pune. This resulted in the city becoming recognized as "The City of Hutatmas". |
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| Notable Personality : | |
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Personality Names |
| 1. | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis was among the physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. |
| 2. | T.V. Sardeshmukh – A literary critic and Academy award winner |
| 3. | B.S. Kulkarni , Naturalist, author of several books on Birds, discovered the Bird Maldhok IN 1972 |
| 4. | Dr. Jabbar Patel (movieman and director of movies like Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Jait Re Jait, Umbartha and plays like Ghanshiram Kotwal) |
| 5. | Ms. Shashikala (actress in Marathi and Hindi Movies) |
| 6. | M. F. Hussain – World Famous painter |
| 7. | Atul Kulkarni, film actor |
| 8. | Sushilkumar Shinde – politician |
| 9. | Salil Ankola – member of Indian Cricket Team in 1996 world Cup, Hindi Film actor |
| 10. | Sarla Yeolekar, Hindi-Marathi film actress |
| 11. | Rahul Solapurkar , Hindi-Marathi film actor |
| 12. | Polly Umrigar,One of the all time greats of Indian cricketer |
| Cultural Heritage : |
Solapur has had a distinct multi-ethnic, multi-lingual community for a long time. People use languages like Telugu, Kannada, Wadari, Gujarati, Sindhi, Hindi and Dakni in addition to the main language of Marathi. |
The city has its own way of celebrating marriages. Irrespective of common cultures nearby, wedding ceremonies are performed in a very dignified and minimalistic way irrespective of cast and crews. |
Tangas (horse carts) are still in use for public transportation. Due to their proximity and the availability of jobs, many young educated people work in Pune, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Nuclear families are increasingly finding a place in Solapur's society. |
It shares few similarities with cosmopolitan societies like continuously changing, Non-Xenophobic, Self-centric, Volatile and Educated. Still it possesses a high degree of inertia towards self reforms and personal initiatives towards social causes. |
| Writters : |
The city of solapur is having great tradition of noted writers like MARATHI : Kavivarya Bendre, T.D Sardeshmukh, Nirmalkumar Phadkule, Maruti Chittampalli,B.S.Kulkarni, R.N Pawar, Vijaya Jahagirdar, Vivek Ghalsasi,Ambadas Shinde , Rajendra Das, Balkavayitri-Samruddhi Haridas Ranadive, Savata Ghadage, Laxminarayan Bolli, Shriniwas Hemade. |
| Transports : |
Public transport in Solapur is primarily provided by buses operated by Solapur Municipal Transport (SMT) and auto rickshaws. |
| Rail : |
Solapur is one of the largest train junctions on the Mumbai-Chennai, Mumbai-Hyderabad lines and is one of the five divisions of the Central Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. It is connected by direct trains to many important cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada etc. Solapur is also a terminal point of the Solapur-Bijapur line. A current railways timetable for the Solapur Railway Station is available on the Solapur district website. |
| Roads : |
Solapur is well connected by road with major cities of Maharashtra as well as the adjoining State Capital of Hyderabad and important cities in Karnataka by three National Highways – NH-9 connecting Pune with Vijaywada via Hyderabad, NH-13 connecting Solapur to Mangalore, Karnataka and NH-211 connecting Solapur to Dhule. There are also numerous state and country routes that pass through Solapur. And connected to some cities like Siddipet, Karimnagar, Warangal etc. daily. |
