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Ichalkaranji
City
is
known
for
its
export
ofTextile goods
and
textile
manufacturing
industry.
The
Nearest
Airport
from
Ichalkaranji
is Pune,Maharashtra (250 km)
and Belgaum,
Karnataka (110 km)
. Kolhapur
Airport (35 km)
is
currently
under
construction.
After
construction
it
will
be
the
nearest
airport.
Ichalkaranji
is
in
western
India
about
425
kilometres
(264 mi)
south
east
of Mumbai.
The
City
is
growing
rapidly
and
now
merging
with
neighbouring
Jaysingpur
town
to
form
a
large
satellite
suburban
township
with
Sangli
city
which
is
just
24
kilometres
(15 mi)
away.
The
city
of
Ichalkaranji
assumes
a
place
amongst
the
cities
having
highest
per
capita
income
in
the
country.
Ichalkaranji
city
was
a Maratha Princely
statesituated
on
the
banks
of Panchganga
River(Marathi: पंचगंगा
नदी).
It
was
ruled
by
the
Brahmin Ghorpade dynasty
for
the
last
two
centuries.
The
dynasty
of
Maratha
rulers
of
Ichalkaranji,
has
its
origin
in
the
middle
of
the
seventeenth
century.
At
that
time,
a
poor
Brahmin
widow,
by
the
surname
of
Joshi,
from
the
coastal
Konkan
village
of
Mhapan,
near Vengurla,
in
the
present
day Sindhudurg
district,
moved
east
over
the
mountainousWestern
ghats with
her
seven-year-old
son,
Naro
Mahadeo,
to
the
village
of Kapshi.The
Maratha
general Santaji
Ghorpade,
hailed
from
that
village.
Naro
Mahadeo
early
took
a
keen
interest
in
the
cavalry
horses
of
the
general,
and
one
day
persuaded
a
syce
to
allow
him
to
ride
a
fiery
war
horse
to
the
river
to
drink
water.
This
stolen
ride
was
observed
by
the
alert
Santaji,
who
roundly
scolded
the
syce,
but
also
began
to
take
a
deep
interest
in
the
prodigal
boy,
who
rode
so
well
without
any
formal
a
training.Benefited
by
the
general's
personal
attention.
Naro
in
turn
served
Santaji
loyally
and
both
developed
affection
for
each
other.
Naro
performed
heroically
and
gallantly.
As
Naro
Mahadeo
proved
his
ability,
he
was
promoted
and
later
on
was
rewarded
with
tax
collecting
fiefs(Inams).
Out
of
gratitude
to
his
benefactor,
Naro
went
on
to
change
his
surname
from
Joshi
to
Ghorpade,
which
to
this
day
is
the
surname
of
the
dynasty
of
rulers
of
Ichalkaranji.
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