Katgun
Village in Maharashtra
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Katgun is a village in the Khatav taluka of Satara district in Maharashtra State, India.[2]
Notable personalities
- Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, the Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, writer and theologist was belongs to Katgun.[3]
Jyothirao Govindrao Phule was born in 1827 into a family that belonged to the agricultural (Mali) caste, traditionally occupied as gardeners and considered to be one of the Shudhra varna in the ritual ranking system of Hinduism.[1] The original surname of the family had been Gorhe and had its origins in the village of Katgun, in present day Satara District, Maharashtra.
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Smarak Katgun (Satara)
