Parghat

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Parghat

Old pass or loutc across the Western Ghats in Bombay, leading from Satara District to Kolaba. Two villages, Par Par or Par Proper and Pet Par, situated 5 miles west of Mahabaleshwar and immediately south of Pratapgarh, give their name to and mark this old route into the Konkan, which goes straight over the hill below Bombay Point, and winds up a very steep incline with so many curves that it was named by the British the Corkscrew Pass. Passing through the two Pars, the farther line of the Western Ghats is descended by an equally steep path to the village of Parghat in Kolaba District. This route was maintained practicable for cattle and the artillery of the period from very early times, and toll stations for the levy of transit duties as well as for defence ware stationed at various points. Afzal Khan, the Muhammadan general of the Sultan of Bijapur, brought his forces by this pass to the famous interview at Pratapgarh, where he was murdered by Sivajl. Until the building of the Kumbharli road in 1864 and the Fitzgerald Pass road in 1876, the Parghat was the only highway leading from Satara to the Konkan.