MAHARASHTRA STATE GAZETTEERS

GAZETTEERS DEPARTMENT

Dr. Arunchandra S. Pathak	Mrs. Sanjeevanee Kutty
Executive Editor And Secretory	Secretary
Gazetteers Department	Cultural Affairs Department
Government of Maharashtra,	Government of Maharashtra,
27, Burjorji Bharucha Marg,	Mantralaya,
Fort, Mumbai-400 020	1st Floor, Annex Building,
Tel. 2267 87 79 / 2269 11 24	Mumbai - 400 032.

GAZETTEERS DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA

Gazetteer literally means only a geographical index or geographical dictionary. It not only includes a comprehensive description of the physical and natural features of a region but also a broad narrative of the social, political, economic and cultural life of the people living in a district. The topics on physical features, material resources, history, customs and manners of the people, trade, agriculture, industries, communication, administrative departments, voluntary social organisations and places of interest in a district are covered.

GAZETTEERS DEPARTMENT:

Gazetteers Department is a separate Directorate of the Government of Maharashtra under the administrative control of the Cultural Affairs Department of the Govt. of Maharashtra. This department publishes District and State Gazetteers in Marathi and English Languages.

Working of the Department:

Information and documents required for the Gazetteer volumes is collected from the relevant departments of Govt. from non-official agencies as also from responsible citizens by correspondence and conducting surveys. It is also collected from various secondary and primary sources, archives, publications, correspondence and individual visits. The collected information is collated and scrutinized for the drafts of the Gazetteers. Important topics like history, archaeology and geography are get written by the scholars. The Edited drafts are scrutinized by the Editorial Board Members and then corrected drafts are sent for final printing.

English Gazetteers:

a) District Gazetteers: Compilation and publication of the revised District Gazetteers edition was started in 1949. Accordingly 2 District Gazetteer volumes of the 26 district of the time of formation of Maharashtra were published. For these volumes grants from Central Govt. were obtained.

DISTRICT GAZETTEERS (ENGLISH)

Sr. No.	Name of the District Gazetteer	Year of Publication	Price (Rs.)
1	2	3	4
1	Poona	1954	11.37
2	Kolhapur	1960	16.50
3	Jalgaon	1962	15.00
4	Ratnagiri	1962	16.94
5	Satara	1963	14.10
6	Kolaba	1964	18.50
7	Nagpur	1966	20.00
8	Parbhani	1967	17.00
9	Amaravati	1968	19.50
10	Beed	1969	18.00
11	SangH	1969	20.00
12	Nanded	1971	20.00
13	Osmanabad	1972	32.50
14	Chandrapur	1972	28.00
15	Dhule	1974	20.00
16	Wardha	1974	15.00
17	Yavatmal	1974	26.50
18	Nashik	1975	37.00
19	Buldhana	1976	25.50
20	Ahmednagar	1976	30.50
21	Solapur	1977	32.50
22	Akola	1977	27.50
23	Au rangabad	1977	36.1
24	Bhandara	1979	21.75
25	Thane	1982	70.00
26	Greater Bombay Part-I	1987	200.00
27	Greater Bombay Part-II	1987
28	Greater Bombay Part-III	1987

C. Ds. of Gazetteers:

This department has now undertaken the scheme of preparing C. Ds. of published District Gazetteers. Accordingly the C. Ds. of the Pune (1954), Aurangabad (1977), Nasik (1975), and Nanded (1971) District Gazetteers have been prepared and are made available on demand.

Sr. No.	Name of the Gazetteer C. D. Rom	Year of Publication	Price (Rs.)
1	Poona (1952)	2000	350.00
2	Aurangabad (1977)	1999	350.00
3	Nasik (1975)	2004	300.00
4	Nanded (1971)	2004	300.00

Note: These CD's are available at: 'Gazetteers Department, Government of maharashtra, 27, Burjorji Bharucha Marg, Fort, Mumbai - 400 023' or at 'http://www.maharashtra.gov.in' under 'State - District Gazetteers' section.

b) Supplements to the District Gazetteers: As per the instructions of the Central Govt. and for updating the statistical data contained in the parent District Gazetteer volumes, the work of compilation and publication of the Supplements to the revised District Gazetteers had been undertaken and every attempt had been made to bring the statistical data as up-to-date as possible.

SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT GAZETTEERS

Sr. No.	Name of the Supplementary District Gazetteer	Year of publication	Price (Rs.)
1	Nagpur	1978	3.80
2	Ratnagiri	1978	3.90
3	Amaravati	1978	2.60
4	Kolhapur	1980	4.50
5	Kolaba	1981	4.50
6	Sangli	1983	10.40
7	Pune	1984	9.00
8	Beed	1988	20.00
9	Satara	1989	21.00
10	Prabhani	1989	13.50

c) Maharashtra State Gazetteers: The State Gazetteers series cover subject can best be treated for the State as a whole and not for the smaller area of a district. In this series the following State Gazetteers are published.

Sr. No.	Name of the State Gazetteer	Year of publication	Price (Rs.)
1	Botany Part – I, Medicinal Plants	1953	9.60
2	Botany Part – II, Timbers	1957	4.19
3	Botany Part – III, Miscellaneous Plants	1961	5.23
4	History Part – I, Ancient Period	1967	9.00
5	History Part – 3, Maratha Period	1968	4.96
6	Maharashtra : Land and Its People	1968	8.00
7	Language and Literature	1970	9.75
8	History Part – II, Mediaeval Period	1972	23.50
9	Fauna	1974	14.00
10	Botany and Flora of Maharashtra	1987	75.00
11	History of Bombay : Modern Period	1987	45.00

d) Reprinting of Old Gazetteers:

The old Gazetteers published in the British regime (1874 to 1913) contained some valuable information which was not reproduced in the revised Gazetteers. These Gazetteers had gone out of stock. Therefore, Govt. had decided to reprint these volumes. The Gazetteers reprinted so far are as under.

BOMBAY PRESIDENCY VOLUMES

Sr. No.	Name of the Reprinted Gazetteer	Year of publication	Price (Rs.)
1	Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island (1909) Part – I	1977	25.00
2	Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island (1909) Part – II	1978	25.00
3	Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island (1909) Part – III	1978	25.00
4	Ratnagiri and Sawantwadi District Gazetteer (1880).	1996	175.00
5	Khandesh District Gazetteer (1880)	1985	54.00
6	Thana District Gazetteer Part – I (1882).	1984	73.00
7	Thana District Gazetteer Part – ll (1882).	1987	30.00
8	Thane District Gazetteer Vol XIV (1882)	2000	275
9	Nashik District Gazetteer (1883)	1994	125.00
10	Kolaba District Gazetteer (1883)	1989	63.00
11	Satara District Gazetteer (1884)	1989	97.00
12	Solapur District Gazetteer (1884)	1997	275.00
13	Poona District Gazetteer Part – I (1885)	1989	50.00
15	Poona District Gazetteer Part – II (1885)	1992	45.00
16	Poona District Gazetteer Part – III (1885)	1992	45.00
17	Kolhapur District Gazetteer Vol. XXIV (1886)	1999	250.00
18	Ahmednagar District Gazetteer Vol. XCII (1884)	2003	340.00

C. P. AND BERAR VOLUMES

Sr. No.	Name of the Reprinted Gazetteer	Year of Publication	Price (Rs.)
1	Wardha District Gazetteer (1906)	1988	30.00
2	Yavatmal District Gazetteer (1908)	1979	15.00
3	Buldhana District Gazetteer (1910)	1979	37.00
4	Akola District Gazetteer Vol. A. (1910)	1998	195.00
5	Amaravati District Gazetteer (1911)	1983	50.00
6	Nagpur District Gazetteer Vol. A. (1908)	1999	215.00
7	Bhandara District Gazetteer Vol. A. (1908)	2003	135.00

MARATHI GAZETTEERS:

1) District Gazetteers (Marathi):

Taking into consideration the language of the State, this department proposed to bring out the Gazetteers in Marathi of about 500 to 600 printed pages for every district of the State giving as up-to-date information as possible in respect of the social, economic and political life of each district.

PUBLISHED MARATHI. DISTRICT GAZETTEERS

Sr. No.	Name of District Gazetteer	Year of Publication	Price (Rs.)
1	Parbhani	1988	65.00
2	Kolhapur	1989	200.00
3	Wardha	1992	91.00
4	Aayagad	1993	275.00
5	Jalgaon	1994	225.00
6	Satara	1999	195.00

2) State Gazetteers (Marathi):

Besides District Gazetteers it is also proposed to bring out State Gazetteers Volumes in Marathi.

Sr. No.	Name of the State Gazetteer	Year of publication	Price (Rs.)
1	Maharashtra Bhoomi Va Lok	1996	175.00
2	Maharashtra : Itihas - Sthapatya Va Kala (Khand 1 - Bhag 2)	2002	275.00
3	Maharashtra : Itihas - Prachin Kal (Khand 1 - Bhag 1)	2003	350.00
4	Aushadhi Vanaspati	2004	175.00

SOURCE MATERIAL FOR A HISTORY OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN INDIA:

To publish this material this department compiles the information from the Govt. files, record offices, the Police department, Home department of the Mantralaya, news papers, etc. The volumes published under this scheme so far are as under.

Sr. No.	Publication	Year of Publication	Price (Rs.)
1)	Vol. I – Source Material for a History of the Freedom Movement in India (1818-1885).	1957	3.20
2)	Vol. II – Source Material for a History of the Freedom Movement in India.(1885-1920)	1958	10.63
3)	Vol. III – Source Material for a History of the Freedom Movement in India Mahatma Gandhi
	a) Mahatma Gandhi Part-I (1915-1922)	1965	13.30
	b) Mahatma Gandhi Part-II (1922-1929)	1968	6.25
	c) Mahatma Gandhi Part-III (1929-1931)	1969	8.25
	d) Mahatma Gandhi Part-IV (1931-1931)	1973	12.00
	e) Mahatma Gandhi Part-V (1932)	1975	11.00
	f) Mahatma Gandhi Part-VI (1932-1933)	1975	19.50
	g) Mahatma Gandhi Part-VII (1934-1943)	1975	16.75
4)	Vol. IV – Congress activities (1942-1946)	1977	3.00
5)	Vol. V – History of Non-Co-operation Movement in Sind (1919-1924)	1977	4.60
6)	Vol. VI - Non Co;-operation Movement in Bombay City (1920-1924)	1978	6.60
7)	Vol. VII - Correspondence and - Diary of G.S. Khaparde.	1977	12.00
8)	Vol. VIII Part – I – Goa Freedom Struggle Vis A Vis Maharashtra (1946-1961)	1978	8.00
8)	Vol. VIII Part – II – Goa Freedom Struggle Vis A Vis Maharshtra (1946-1961)	1978	4,30
9)	Vol. IX – Mahatma Gandhi in Maharashtra (1915-1946).	1980	10.50
10)	Vol. X Khilafat Movement (1920-1921)	1982	20.00
11)	Vol. XI. Civil Disobedience Movement (April-September 1930)	1991	118.00
12)	Vol. XII Civil Disobedience Movement (October 1930-December 1941)	1995	85.00

Who’s Who of Freedom Fighters:

The Who’s who of Freedom Fighters in Maharashtra State was planned to published in six volumes in Marathi. These volumes contained bio-data of Freedom Fighters and the valuable role they played in the freedom struggle. As per the plan this department has published the following volumes and completed the scheme.

Sr. No.	Publication	Year of Publication	Price (Rs.)
1)	Who’s who of Vidarbha Region Part – I	1970	2.00
2)	Who’s who of Vidarbha Region Part – II	1976	3.00
3)	Who’s who of Marathwada	1976	3.00
4)	Who’s who of Western Maharashtra Part – I	1979	8.00
5)	Who’s who of Western Maharashtra Part – II	1978	8.00
6)	Who’s who of Western Maharashtra Part – III	1980	8.00

Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi: Translation into Marathi language. This department has so far published 61 volumes.

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