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KASABE DIGRAJ

Kasabe Digraj (pop. 5,938) is a village in Miraj tuluka situated on the right bank of the river Krsna about 8 km (five miles) from Sangli. It is 1.60 km (one mile) off the Sangli- Islampur road with which it is connected by a kucca road. It was the saranpm village of the Cavhans to whom it was granted by Chatrapati Sahu of Satara in 1738 in lieu of military service rendered to the State The Pesvas transferred them to serve under the Patyar-dhans of Miraj and later their services were commuted into cash payments. The vada of the Saranjamdars though still in existence is much ruined, especially the bastions of the surrounding court wall. Being on the Krsna bank it has some of the finest black soil but it is also sometimes in danger of being submerged during high floods. Digraj has two primary schools, two high schools of which one is agricultural, a branch post office, a police out-post and a dispensary. There are five Hindu temples, two Jain bastis and a dargah.

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