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    Why Eknath Shinde has dug up a dargah dispute in the hills

    • January 5, 2024
    • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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    Why Eknath Shinde has dug up a dargah dispute in the hills

    Subject: Geography

    Section: Places in news

    Context: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said to the liberate of the Haji Malang Dargah in Kalyan

    About Haji Malang Dargah:

    • Located on the lowest plateau of Malanggad which is  a hill fort 3,000 feet above sea level on the Matheran hill ranges
    • The Haji Malang Dargah is revered by both Hindus and Muslims.
    • The shrine was built in honor of an Arab missionary, Haji Abd-ul-Rahman who  was popularly known  as Haji Malang.
    • Supreme Court in one of the  case observed that the dargah was a composite structure that cannot be governed either by Hindu or Muslim law, but only by its own special custom or by general law of trusts

    About Matheran hill ranges:

    • Matheran is an automobile-free hill station and a municipal council in the Karjat taluka of the Raigad district located in the Indian state of Maharashtra. 
    • It is  one of the smallest hill stations in India.
    • It is situated on the Western Ghats range at an elevation of around 2,625 feet above sea level.
    • Matheran has a reasonably dense forest cover.
    • Matheran has been declared an eco sensitive region by the Union Environment Ministry and can be called a Health Sanatorium in itself.
    • The town also has a large monkey population, including Bonnet Macaques and Hanuman Langurs.
    • The nearby Lake Charlotte is the main source of Matheran’s drinking water.
    Geography Why Eknath Shinde has dug up a dargah dispute in the hills
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