PREFACE

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 Ratnagiri District Gazetteer was published in 1880. This revised edition has been prepared under the orders of the Government of Maharashtra. The work was entrusted to an Editorial Board which was specially created for that purpose in 1949. [The following members constituted that Board:—Chief Secretary to Government (Shri M. D. Bhat, I.C.S., 1949-52; Shri M. D. Bhansali, I.C.S., 1952-58; Shri K. L. Panjabi, I.C.S., who succeeded Shri Bhansali in 1958, retired in the same year); Prof. C. N. Vakil, Bombay; Dr. G. S. Ghurye, Bombay; Dr. S. M. Katre, Poona; Dr. S. C. Nandimath, Bagalkot; Director of Archives (Dr. P. M. Joshi); Executive Editor and Secretary (Prof. D. G. Karve, 1949-52; Prof. M. R. Palande, 1952-60).] After the reorganization of States in 1957, the Editorial Board was reconstituted. [The following were the members of that Board:—Chief Secretary to Government (Shri N. T. Mone, I.C.S.); Shri V. L. Mehta, Bombay; Dr. S. G. Panandikar, Bombay,; Dr. S. M. Katre, Poona; Shri Maganbhai Desai, Ahmedabad; Director of Archives (Dr. P. M. Joshi); Executive Editor and Secretary (Prof. M. R. Palande).] With the formation of the Maharashtra State in May 1960, the Board was again reconstituted. The following are the 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. Katre, Director, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Poona.

Shri S. L. Karandikar, Nagpur.

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

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

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—The People and Their Culture and Chapter 20— 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 pages 821-22.

 

BOMBAY:	P. SETU MADHAVA RAO,
May 1962.	Executive Editor and Secretary.

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