PREFACE

THE GAZETTEER of the Bombay Presidency was originally compiled between 1874 and 1884, though the actual publication of the volumes was spread over a period of 27 years. The Kolaba District Gazetteer was published in 1883.

This revised edition has been prepared under the orders of the Government of Maharashtra by an Editorial Board, specially created for that purpose in 1949. The following are the present members of the Editorial Board: —

Chief Secretary to Government (Shri N. T. Mone, I.C.S.).

Dr. S. G. Panandikar, retired Principal, Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay.

Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. V. V. Mirashi, Nagpur.

Dr. S. M. Katie, Director, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Poona.

Shri S. L. Karandikar, Poona.

Director of Archives, Bombay (Dr. P. M. Joshi).

Executive Editor and Secretary (Shri P. Setu Madhava Rao, M.A., I.A.S.).

The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961, enacted with the object of decentralization of democracy and administration, came into effect in the district, as in all the districts of Maharashtra, from 1st May 1962. As the manuscript of this volume was already in the press the salient features and the changes that have emerged with the introduction of the Act have been given at the end of the volume as an appendix.

Diacritical marks to explain the pronunciation of names of places and of words in Indian languages have been used only in three chapters, namely, Chapter 2—History, Chapter 3—People, and Chapter 19—Places of Interest and also in the Directory of Villages and Towns. In other chapters the current spellings have been retained. A key to the diacritical marks used is given at page 981.

My thanks are due to Dr. B. G. Kunte, M.A., Ph.D. (Econ.), Ph.D. (Hist.), Assistant Editor, Shri K. V. Yohannan, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent, Prof. A. N. Weling, M.A., Sarvashri D. C. Deo, M.A., and K. K. Chaudhari, M.A., Research Assistants and other members of the staff for their valuable assistance in the preparation of this volume.

My thanks are also due to Shri jf. W. D'Souza, Director, Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Bombay, and Shri S. R. Desai, Manager, Government Press and Book Depot, Nagpur, for execution of the printing work of this volume.

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