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The town and surrounding area is agriculturally rich. Former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Vijaysinh Mohite\u2013Patil was the sarpanch of Akluj.Table of ContentsHistorical background[edit]Location[edit]Climate[edit]Population[edit]Nearby airports[edit]Nearby railway stations[edit]Politics[edit]Education[edit]Flora and fauna[edit]Villages and cities near Akluj[edit]References[edit]Historical background[edit]Akluj is one of the biggest grampanchayat of Maharashtra. The name Akluj is believed to be derived from ‘Shri Akalai Devi’ which is Gramadevata of Akluj. It was built by Yadav king Raja Singhan in the 13th century. Evidence shows that, after Yadavas it was ruled by Mughals and Britishers. Aurangjeb’s Subhedar for south named Bahaddurkhan appointed Shaikh Ali as a chief official of the Akluj fort in 1673 and Ranmastkhan was appointed as a chief Thanedar in 1675. Evidences also shows that in 1679 Dilerkhan and Chhatrpati Sambhaji Maharaj stayed in the fort of Akluj for 4 months. Bajirao Peshwa II was also stayed for three months in this fort, when he was dismissed from Peshwai by Britishers in 1802. When Maharaja Sambhaji was trapped by Mughals in 1689, Mughal Sardar traveled through Akluj. In 1792 Captain Moor, the author of the Hindu Pantheon, described it as ” Akhloos, a large respectable town with a well supplied market and with a fort and several handsome buildings and wells “. In 1803 on his march from Srirangapatnam to Pune to reinstate Bajirao II, General Wellesley halted at Akluj from the 13 to 15 April. All these incident shows that from the medieval period, Akluj was important and famous as historical place.Nowadays akluj is developed around its peripheral, there are many hospitals, small businesses grown. Farming and depending businesses are major source of income in this region. Akluj has good hotels, parks, shopping complexes and many things to spend your time.Location[edit]Akluj is in Malshiras tehsil and is 120\u00a0km (75\u00a0mi) away from Solapur city. It is located on the right bank of Nira River. The elevation of Akluj is 551\u00a0m (1,808\u00a0ft). The latitude 17.9000 and longitude 75.0333. The altitude in feet 1581 Lat (DMS) north 17\u00b0 53′ 60 N  Long (DMS) east 75\u00b0 1′ 60E altitude (meters) 481.Climate[edit]The Akluj is a part of Deccan plateau so its area is flat. In general the climate of Akluj is suitable for farming and is characterized by three seasons namely summer, winter and rainy. The special characteristic of climate of the Akluj is dry except during the monsoon season. The mean annual temperature of Akluj is 36\u00a0\u00b0C (97\u00a0\u00b0F). Month of May is generally hottest (up to 42\u00a0\u00b0C (108\u00a0\u00b0F)) month of the year. September has pleasant weather with average 26\u00a0\u00b0C (79\u00a0\u00b0F) temperature. The mean annual rainfall at Akluj is 450\u00a0mm (18\u00a0in)Population[edit]As of 2011[update], the current population is approximately 40,000.A common development plan is sanctioned for Akluj, Yashwantnagar, Sangramnagar, Malewadi, Chaundeswarwadi, Malinagar, Anandnagar, Bagewadi and Savatgavhan village cluster.Nearby airports[edit]Nearby railway stations[edit]Politics[edit]Akluj’s political atmosphere has always revolved around one prominent family: Mohite-Patil. The late Shri. Shankarao Mohite Patil (Ex. MLA 1952\u20131972) started with social politics. After him Shri. Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite Patil, led politics in Solapur district. Both worked on fundamental infrastructure and worked in transportation, sugar industry and irrigation sectors.List of MLA’s from Malshiras Constituency1952 – Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, INC1957 – Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, INC1962 – Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, INC1967 – Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, INC1972 – Changojirao Deshmukh, INC1978 – Shyamrao Patil, Janata Party1980 – Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, Independent1985 – Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, INC1990 – Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, INC1995 – Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, INC1999 – Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, NCP2004 – Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, NCP2009 – Hanumant Dolas, NCP2014 – Hanumant Dolas, NCP2019 – Ram Satpute, BJPEducation[edit]Akluj has almost all type of well known educational institutions. Which includes, Engineering, Pharmacy, Education (D.Ed. & BEd), Agri, I.T.I., English medium schools and also colleges of arts, science, Computer, Management, Nursing & commerce educations. Few of them are mentioned belowShankarrao Mohite-Patil Mahavidhyalaya, MalevadiSadashivrao Mane Vidyalaya (SMV)Green-Fingers English Medium SchoolSahkar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Institute of Technology and Research (Engineering college)Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil College of NursingRajsinh Mohite-Patil Institute of Management StudiesGreen-fingers College of Computer & TechnologyVijaysinh Mohite-Patil English Medium D.Ted CollegeRatnai college of AgricultureShankarrao Mohite-Patil English Medium SchoolMaharshi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil PrashalaAkluj Night SchoolShrimati Ratnaprabhadevi Mohite-Patil Home ScienceCollege of Pharmacy (B. Pharmacy & D. Pharmacy)Aklai VidyalayaFlora and fauna[edit]Common birds seenSun bird – \u0938\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092f \u092a\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940Sparrow – \u091a\u093f\u092e\u0923\u0940Myna – \u0938\u093e\u0933\u0942\u0902\u0916\u0940Laughing Dove – \u091b\u094b\u091f\u093e \u0924\u092a\u0915\u093f\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0932\u093eKite – \u0918\u093e\u0930Brahminy kite – \u092e\u094b\u0930\u0902\u0917\u0940 \u0918\u093e\u0930Crow – \u0915\u093e\u0935\u0933\u093eCuckoo – \u0915\u094b\u0915\u0940\u0933Red-wattled Lapwing -\u091f\u093f\u091f\u0935\u0940Green bee-eater – \u0935\u0947\u0921\u093e \u0930\u093e\u0918\u0942Red-vented bulbul – \u0932\u093e\u0932\u092c\u0941\u0921\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u0941\u0932\u092c\u0941\u0932Brahminy Starling – \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0917\u092a\u093e\u0921\u0940 \u092e\u0948\u0928\u093eKingfisher – \u0916\u0902\u0921\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940 \/ \u0922\u093f\u0935\u0930Parrots – \u092a\u094b\u092a\u091fGreater coucal – \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u091c \u092a\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940Jungle Babbler – \u091c\u0902\u0917\u0932\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0924\u092d\u093e\u0908Scaly-breasted Munia – \u0920\u093f\u092a\u0915\u0947\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0928\u094b\u0932\u0940 (\u092e\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e)Oriental Magpie-Robin – \u0926\u092f\u093e\u0933Indian Robin – \u091a\u0940\u0930\u0915Lesser Whitethroat Warbler –Ashy Prinia – \u0930\u093e\u0916\u0940 \u0935\u091f\u0935\u091f\u094d\u092f\u093eCommon Tailorbird – \u0936\u093f\u0902\u092a\u0940Common Iora – \u0938\u0941\u092d\u0917Long-tailed shrike – \u0924\u093e\u0902\u092c\u0942\u0938 \u092a\u093e\u0920\u0940\u091a\u093e \u0916\u093e\u091f\u0940\u0915Grey hornbill – \u0927\u0928\u0947\u0936Egret – \u092c\u0917\u0933\u093eWhite wagtail – \u0927\u094b\u092c\u0940Villages and cities near Akluj[edit]Velapur (11.5\u00a0km\u00a0[7.1\u00a0mi])Malshiras (13.5\u00a0km\u00a0[8.4\u00a0mi])Paniv (9.0\u00a0km\u00a0[5.6\u00a0mi])Indapur (28.5\u00a0km\u00a0[17.7\u00a0mi])Tembhurni (29.0\u00a0km\u00a0[18.0\u00a0mi])Natepute (31.0\u00a0km\u00a0[19.3\u00a0mi])Walchandnagar (35.0\u00a0km\u00a0[21.7\u00a0mi]References[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/akluj-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Akluj – Wikipedia"}}]}]