Walwa is a tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 in Walwa

Walwa

Walwa may refer to:*Walwa, Victoria, Australia*Walwa subdivision of Sangli district, India...

 subdivision of Sangli district

Sangli district

Sangli district is a district of Maharashtra state in west-central India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. The district is 24.51% urban. Sangli and Miraj are the largest cities. The industrial town of Kirloskarwadi is also located in the Sangli District...

 in the India

India

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n state

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 of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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It is 180 km from Pune and 340 km from Mumbai. Before independent Walawa is known for its ‘Patrisarkar movement’. There were plenty of freedom fighters like Krantishigh Nana Patil, Vinayak Thorat, Naganath Naikawadi, Rajarambapu Patil and more whose native was Walawa Subdivision.