Mahad
E279533
Mahad is a historic town in Maharashtra, India, known for its proximity to Raigad Fort and its role in social and political movements, including Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Mahad Satyagraha.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahad canonical | 11 |
| Mahad town | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2585054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahad Context triple: [Raigad Fort, nearestTown, Mahad]
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A.
Dandi
Dandi is a coastal village in Gujarat, India, historically renowned as the endpoint of Mahatma Gandhi’s 1930 Salt March, a pivotal act of civil disobedience in the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Champaran
Champaran is a district in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as the site of Mahatma Gandhi’s first major civil disobedience movement against British colonial rule.
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C.
Banavasi
Banavasi is an ancient town in Karnataka, India, historically significant as an early capital of the Kadamba dynasty and a major center of early Kannada culture and inscriptions.
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D.
Kanchrapara
Kanchrapara is a town in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India, known historically for its railway workshop and suburban connectivity to Kolkata.
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E.
Buldhana
Buldhana is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra known for its Marathi-speaking population and use of the Varhadi dialect.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahad Target entity description: Mahad is a historic town in Maharashtra, India, known for its proximity to Raigad Fort and its role in social and political movements, including Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Mahad Satyagraha.
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A.
Dandi
Dandi is a coastal village in Gujarat, India, historically renowned as the endpoint of Mahatma Gandhi’s 1930 Salt March, a pivotal act of civil disobedience in the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Champaran
Champaran is a district in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as the site of Mahatma Gandhi’s first major civil disobedience movement against British colonial rule.
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C.
Banavasi
Banavasi is an ancient town in Karnataka, India, historically significant as an early capital of the Kadamba dynasty and a major center of early Kannada culture and inscriptions.
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D.
Kanchrapara
Kanchrapara is a town in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India, known historically for its railway workshop and suburban connectivity to Kolkata.
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E.
Buldhana
Buldhana is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra known for its Marathi-speaking population and use of the Varhadi dialect.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hill fort
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ social movement ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | municipal council ⓘ |
| aim | assert the right of Dalits to access public water sources ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
B. R. Ambedkar
ⓘ
Dalit rights movement ⓘ
linked to:
Dalit movement in India
|
| climate | tropical monsoon ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important site for Ambedkarite commemorations ⓘ |
| district | Raigad district ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
nearby industrial areas ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | sites related to Ambedkarite movement ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
Chiplun
ⓘ
Mahabaleshwar ⓘ Poladpur ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Mahad Satyagraha ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
capital of the Maratha Empire under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
ⓘ
center of social and political movements in Maharashtra ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to public tank agitation
ⓘ
struggle against caste-based discrimination ⓘ |
| language |
Marathi
ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
|
| leader | B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Konkan region
ⓘ
linked to:
Konkan
Raigad district ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mahad MIDC industrial area
ⓘ
Raigad Fort ⓘ |
| locatedOn | banks of the Savitri River ⓘ |
| location | Mahad ⓘ |
| nearbyFort | Raigad Fort ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Mumbai ⓘ |
| politicalSignificance | symbol of anti-caste struggle in India ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal and riverine town ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| state | Maharashtra ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| transportConnection | Mumbai–Goa Highway (NH-66) ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| year | 1927 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahad Description of subject: Mahad is a historic town in Maharashtra, India, known for its proximity to Raigad Fort and its role in social and political movements, including Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Mahad Satyagraha.
Referenced by (14)
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