Solapur District
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Solapur district सोलापूर जिल्हा |
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| District of Maharashtra | |
 Location of Solapur district in Maharashtra |
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| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Administrative division | Pune Division |
| Headquarters | Solapur |
| Tehsils | 1. Akkalkot, 2. Barshi, 3. Karmala, 4. Madha, 5. Malshiras, 6. Mangalwedha, 7. Mohol, 8. Pandharpur, 9. Sangola, 10. Solapur North and 11. Solapur South |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | 1. Solapur (SC), 2. Madha (shared with Satara district), 3. Osmanabad (shared with Osmanabad district) (Based on Election Commission website) |
| • Assembly seats | 10 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,845 km2 (5,732 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,315,527 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 31.83% |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 71.2% |
| • Sex ratio | 935 |
| Major highways | NH-9, NH-13, NH-211 |
| Coordinates | 17°50′N 75°30′E / 17.833°N 75.500°ECoordinates: 17°50′N 75°30′E / 17.833°N 75.500°E |
| Average annual precipitation | 545.4 mm |
| Website | Official website |
Solapur District (सोलापूर जिल्हा) is a district in Maharashtra state of India. The city of Solapur is the district headquarters. It is located on the south east edge of the state and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena basins. The entire district is drained by the Bhima River.
Solapur district leads Maharashtra in production of Indian cigarettes known as beedi.
Solapur is an ancient historical and religious place with Shri Shivyogi Siddharameshwar as its Gramadevata. Shri Siddharameshwar was a historical figure of the 12th century whose "Karmayoga" on his own native land-Solapur, turned him into a God-figure over the course of time. Siddharama was a great contributor to Lingayata religion and he is considered as one of the six prophets of Lingayat religion. He had gained the "Siddhi". As Solapur was a drought prone area, Shri Siddharameshwar dug a lake with the help of 4000 "Sharanas" to solve the problem of potable water. He entombed himself alive (Shivyogsamadhi) at Solapur.
During the Indian independence movement, the people of Solapur enjoyed full freedom on 9, 10 and 11 May 1930. However, this resulted in the executions of Shri Mallappa Dhanshetti, Shri Kurban Hussein, Shri Jagannath Shinde and Shri Kisan Sarda who were hanged on 12 January 1931, in the prison at Pune. This resulted in the city becoming recognized as "The City of Hutatmas".
The presiding deity of Maharashtra, Lord Vitthal is at Pandharpur in this district. Swami Samarth of Akkalkot has followers from all walks of life. Solapur is famous as a textile town, especially owing to its talented weavers’ community, and is an important railway junction on the North-South train line.
The Early Badami Chalukyas and the Later Kalyani Chalukyas, whose capitals were situated in the Kannada country, were known as Kuntaleshvaras (the lords of Kuntala). Their capital was situated at Manapura (modern Man in the Satara district). The neighbouring territory now comprised in the Satara and Solapur districts came to be known as Mana-desha, which is named in some records of the age of the Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri. The Kuntala country constituting the Solapur District was included in the Empire of Ashoka the Great.
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