Kolhapur
Americannoun
noun
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"But in the early 20th Century, the craft flourished when the then ruler of Kolhapur, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj granted royal patronage to this community," Ms Gagrani said.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
"We became more active with our demands," said Sonkawade, thumping his palm on the table in his office at Shivaji University, in the west Indian city of Kolhapur, where he now teaches physics.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021
The Maharashtra city of Kolhapur — which sits at the banks of one of the region’s most important waterways, the Panchganga River — was almost totally submerged, Times of India drone footage shows.
From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2021
A thirty-two-year-old orthopedic surgeon from a town called Kolhapur, he seemed like any of my surgical colleagues here in Boston, direct, driven, with his photo I.D. swaying on a lanyard around his neck.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018
Quite as much as these convictions the downfall of Tilak helped to quell the forces of unrest in the State of Kolhapur as well as in the rest of the Deccan.
From Indian Unrest by Chirol, Valentine, Sir
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