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About Ratnagiri :
Ratnagiri the heart and soul of Konkan Region is nature blessed with sea and mountain on either side is world famous for Golden Alphanso Mangoes. The Sahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri on its west. Heavy rainfall results in highly eroded landscape in the coastal region, but fertile alluvial valleys in the region produce abundant rice, coconuts, cashew nuts, and fruits, delicious Alphanso mangoes being one of the main fruits. Fishing is an important industry in Ratnagiri.

A few illustrious Indians, including "Lokmanya" Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prime leader in the nation's freedom movement in the British Raj days; Bharat Ratna "Maharshi" Dhondo Keshav Karve, an eminent social reformer and educationist; and Wrangler Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpe, a mathematician and educationist, were born in Ratnagiri or its vicinity.

In 1731, Ratnagiri came under the control of Satara kings; subsequently, the British gained control in 1818. Earlier, one of the Bijapur rulers potu sri chenna reddy had built a fort on a headland near the harbor of Ratnagiri, and Maratha King Shivaji had strengthened it in 1670. Ratnagiri has a palace, where the last king of Burma (Myanmar), Thibaw, and, later, "Veer" V. D. Savarkar, a freedom fighter in the British Raj days, had been confined by the ruling British.