Write short note on Shivaji Club of Kolhapur.
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Kolhapur Maratha Kingdom (1710–1949) was a Maratha princely State of British India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.[1] It was considered the most important of the Maratha principalities with the others being Baroda State, Gwalior State and Indore State. Its rulers, of the Bhonsle dynasty, were entitled to a 19-gun salute – thus Kolhapur was also known as a 19-gun state. The state flag was a swallow-tailed orange pennant
Shivaji University is situated in Kolhapur named after the Maratha emperor Chatrapathi Shivaji. It was inaugurated by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was the then president.
It is funded frequently by the University grants commission. This is a self-reliant university. It is bio diversity rich premises with huge water storage reserves.
It is also recognized by the Government of India .Thirty four associate colleges and more than fifteen thousand students graduated from the university. The chief intention of this university is to gratify the instructive prerequisites of the students of Maharashtra.