About Phaltan

Phaltan pronunciation (helpinfo) is a city, a taluka and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The town is about 59km north-east of the city of Satara. Phaltan has one of the eleven Industrial Training Institutes of the district. The Principality of Phaltan was one of the non-salute princely states of British India, under the central division of the Bombay Presidency, under the States of the Kolhapur-Dekkan Residency, Satara Agency and later the Deccan States Agency. It was one of the Satara Jahagirs. The state measured 397 square miles (1,028km) in area. According to the 1901 census, the population showed a decrease of 31% in the decade at 45,739. The population of the town itself was 9,512 in that year. In 1901, the state enjoyed revenue estimated at 13,000- and paid a tribute to the British Raj of 640. Its flag was a rectangular bi-color, orange over green. Phaltan acceded to the Dominion of India on 8 March 1948 and is currently a part...