Satara

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city

Satara is a historic city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, known for its role as a key political and cultural center of the Maratha dynasty.

Aliases (2)

Satara district ×6
Satara Municipal Council ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
administrativeDivisionOf	Satara district →
associatedWithDynasty	Maratha dynasty →
associatedWithRuler	Chhatrapati Rajaram II → Chhatrapati Shahu I →
climate	tropical wet and dry climate →
connectedByHighway	National Highway 48 NERFINISHED →
country	India →
elevation	approximately 2435 feet → approximately 742 metres →
governingBody	Satara Municipal Council →
hasEducationalInstitution	Government Polytechnic Satara → Yashwantrao Chavan Institute of Science →
hasFort	Ajinkyatara Fort →
hasNearbyFort	Kalyangad Fort → Sajjangad Fort → Vairatgad Fort →
hasRiver	Krishna River NERFINISHED → Venna River →
historicalEvent	became capital of the Maratha Empire under Shahu I →
historicalPeriodOfImportance	18th century →
historicalRole	important center of the Maratha Empire → seat of Chhatrapati Shahu I of Satara →
isDistrictHeadquartersOf	Satara district →
knownFor	Ajinkyatara Fort → Kaas Plateau → Sajjangad → Thoseghar Waterfalls → hill forts → historic role in Maratha politics →
language	Marathi →
locatedIn	Maharashtra → Satara district →
locatedInRegion	Desh region → Western Maharashtra →
locatedOn	confluence of Krishna River and Venna River →
locatedSouthOf	Pune →
nearbyAttraction	Ajinkyatara Fort → Kaas Plateau → Sajjangad → Thoseghar Waterfalls →
nearestMajorCity	Pune →
officialLanguage	Marathi →
postalCodePrefix	4150xx →
regionType	plateau city →
stateCapitalDistanceApprox	about 110 km from Pune →
timeZone	Indian Standard Time →
utcOffset	+5:30 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	MH-11 →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Karad ("Satara district") → Satara ("Satara district") →	administrativeDivisionOf
Maratha Empire → Shahu I →	capital
Maratha Empire →	administrativeCenter
Lord Dalhousie →	annexed
Doctrine of Lapse →	annexedState
Nana Fadnavis →	birthPlace
Maratha →	capitalOfPolity
Pune Junction →	connectsTo
Shahu I →	deathPlace
Karad ("Satara district") →	district
Satara ("Satara Municipal Council") →	governingBody
Maharashtra →	hasCity
Sangli →	hasNearbyCity
Chanda Sahib →	imprisonmentLocation
Satara ("Satara district") →	isDistrictHeadquartersOf
Satara ("Satara district") →	locatedIn
Karad ("Satara district") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Karad →	nearestMajorCity
Balaji Vishwanath →	residence