Darwha is a town and a

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Yavatmal district Yavatmal district , əʋət̪maːɭformerly known as Yeotmal, is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha, in the east-central part of the state. It is Vidarbha's third-largest district by popula ...

in the state of

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History

Locals believe

Rango Bapuji Gupte Rango Bāpuji Gupte (??? – Missing 5 July 1857) born into a marathi "Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu" family was an Indian diplomat, freedom fighter, and a revolutionary. The rulers at Satara were one of the last independent branches of the Mar ...

, a freedom fighter had lived incognito in the town. The town is also famous for 'Golibar Chowk', square where British soldiers supposedly opened fire on an unarmed gathering. If one looks for the history of Darwha city, it was one of the big market places during the period of 1800 AD to 1900 AD for peanut oil and cotton, there were about 8 nos. ginning and about 200 "Tel Ghanies" were there. During the era of "Satvahan", Darwha was well known market place for cattle, dairy products and cotton and cotton seeds.

Temples

Darwha is also known for its temples: *Mungsaji Maharaj temple :- Mungsaji Maharaj temple is located in Dhamangaon dev. * Ambadevi Temple is located in older part of town and resembles the temple of goddess Amba in Amaravati. *

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is located near the railway station. * Mallikarjun Temple is the most ancient temple in town of lord Shiva and is located on the outside of town. * Chintamani Temple of lord Ganesha is located at Yavatamal road 3 km from the town. * An old 'math', a hermitage for renunciants (Sannyasis), is located on Pusad road. * Sevadas Nagar (Uchegaon) is located on Arni Road is also famous for temple of Sevalal

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, saint of the

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community. The seven-day 'Saptah' is organized here annually from 14 Jan to 20 Jan.

Demographics

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, Darwha had a population of 23,360. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Darwha has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83% and female literacy is 76%. In Darwha, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Places to visit

Ganesh Temple is a famous holy place in Darwha, said to have been constructed by Lord Krishna. It is situated in the city, Shri Mungasaji Maharaj Devasthan Dhamangown (Dev) Mallikarjun Mandir is an old Lord Shiva temple where a big fair is organized during "Mahashivratri" and various rituals take place for worshipping Lord Shiva. A big Ambamata Mandir is also there where during Navratri time Garba Celebration takes place. Awadhut Maharaj temple at Hatola is an attraction for devotees. Annual fair ( Jatra) is organised during Navratri. There is on old math called Bairagi Baba Math on Digras road about 2 km from Darwha city. It was established by a great freedom fighter Mr. Rango Bapuji Gupte. He renounced active freedom fighting when he was in hiding from British rulers and took solace in the beauty of this place. The Math has sis grave (Samadhi).

Education

Darwha has municipal schools as well as private schools. Apart from primary and secondary schools, Darwha has junior colleges for art, science and commerce. It is also home to ITI college, pharmacy college, agriculture and BEd/DEd colleges. Prominent educational institutes are: * College of

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, Darwha * Little Bird's English Medium School op English School* Navsanjivan Shikshan Mandal's College of Pharmacy * Mungasaji Maharaj Mahavidyalaya * Mungsaji Maharaj College Of Physical Education * Shri Shivaji High School and Junior College (of Science) * Shivaji Rao Moghe Urdu Junior College of Science * Zilla Parishad Urdu Junior College of Arts * Hazrat Aaish Urdu D.Ed. College * Millat English High-School * Aided High School. *Nagar Parishad upper primary and secondary school No.2 ,Darwha *Al-Amin Muslim Welfare Education Society Darwha's Urdu Study center.

Transport

Darwha is well connected to nearby towns like

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and

Pusad Pusad, with ancient name ''Pushpawanti'' named after the Pus river, is the second largest city in the Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra state of India. Over the decades, ruling politicians' failure to address people's demand ...

by road. It also falls on the

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route. The train station is known as

Darwha Motibag railway station Darwha Moti Bagh railway station is a small railway station in Yavatmal district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Its code is DWM. It serves Darwha Darwha is a town and a municipal council in Yavatmal district in the state of Maharashtra ...

was founded by the

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when they ruled

. Due to its age, it has gained historical importance.

Notable people

* Sanjay Dulichand Rathod (Politician)

Sanjay Rathod Sanjay Dulichand Rathod is a Shiv Sena (2022–present), Shiv Sena politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Digras (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Digras-Darwha (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Darwha As ...

Mukesh Choudhary Mukesh Choudhary (born 6 July 1996) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket and for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He made his first-class debut for Maharashtra in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 9 ...

* Manoj Prakashchad Singi olitician • Vinod Chintaman Dehankar (Politicia

References

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