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Koka
n N
ews وزـيـن نكــو ك
Koka
n N
ews
Hon
orar
y M
embe
rs:
D
r. Ab
dulg
hani
Dal
vi
Mr.
Rafiq
ue D
alw
ai
Mr.
Nas
ir A.
Kha
n M
r. Ab
dulk
arim
Kur
awle
M
r. Fi
roz
Chou
gule
Hel
p a
chi
ld b
y d
ona
tin
g y
our
Za
kat
to W
ash
isht
i Wel
fare
So
ciet
y fo
r th
e D
isa
bled
!
Com
ing
Soon
:
Koka
ni M
uslim
s: T
heir
Li
fe a
nd C
ultu
re
By D
r. Si
raj M
oham
med
Bijl
e
FORE
WO
RD
Dea
r Bro
ther
s: D
espi
te th
e de
lay
caus
ed b
y co
llect
ing
and
asse
mbl
ing
mat
eria
ls
fit fo
r our
firs
t pub
licat
ion.
I am
pro
ud
to fi
nally
pre
sent
to y
ou th
e fir
st is
sue
of o
ur n
ewsl
ette
r “KO
KAN
NEW
S”.
Th
is is
a fi
rst s
tep,
a s
uita
ble
plat
form
to
sta
rt d
isse
min
atin
g in
form
atio
n us
eful
to u
s al
l. Th
e ne
ed fo
r a n
ewsl
ette
r is
quite
ob
viou
s an
d ne
cess
ary
in o
rder
to
exch
ange
info
rmat
ion,
cul
tivat
e ne
w
idea
s, re
late
insp
iring
e
xper
ienc
es,
and
effe
ctiv
ely
anno
unce
impo
rtan
t ac
tiviti
es.
Thro
ugh
this
new
slet
ter,
we
will
be
able
to e
xpan
d ou
r rea
ch
in p
ublic
izin
g ou
r act
iviti
es a
nd
rais
ing
the
leve
l of a
war
enes
s as
to
the
impo
rtan
ce o
f the
role
we
play
w
ithin
the
Koka
ni C
omm
unity
. O
f cou
rse,
this
new
slet
ter i
s no
t en
ough
to g
uara
ntee
the
succ
ess
of
our a
ctiv
ities
. It
is im
port
ant t
hat w
e al
l con
trib
ute
to h
elp
our c
ause
. An
y co
ntrib
utio
n, n
o m
atte
r how
sm
all,
can
be s
igni
fican
t. A
ny h
elp
that
you
ca
n pr
ovid
e, a
ny u
sefu
l inf
orm
atio
n th
at y
ou a
re w
illin
g to
sha
re, c
an g
o a
long
way
to h
elp
and
impr
ove
the
qual
ity o
f life
of t
he p
eopl
e in
nee
d in
th
e Ko
kan
regi
on.
Kok
an N
ews
Volu
me
1, Is
sue
1 | A
ugus
t - S
epte
mbe
r 200
9 Ed
itor:
Dr.
Sira
j Moh
amm
ed B
ijle
وزيــ نــ
ـنوكـ
ـــ ك
Th
e O
ffic
ial
Ne
ws
lett
er
of
the
Ko
ka
ni
Co
mm
un
ity
Th
e W
ash
ish
ti W
elfa
re S
ocie
ty
for
the
Dis
able
d (
WW
SD)
WW
SD is
a n
on-p
rofit
org
aniz
atio
n be
ing
esta
blis
hed
for
di
sabl
ed c
hild
ren
uplif
tmen
t in
vario
us d
omai
ns o
f soc
ial,
educ
atio
nal,
scie
ntifi
c, c
ultu
ral,
econ
omic
and
oth
er
ende
avor
s. Th
e so
ciet
y ai
ms
to p
rovi
de a
ssis
tanc
e to
fa
mili
es in
four
Tal
ukas
: 1)
Chi
plun
, 2) D
apol
i, 3)
G
uhag
har,
and
4) K
hed.
Act
ivit
ies:
1.
Cou
nsel
ing
2. E
arly
Inte
rven
tion
3. A
dapt
ive
Trai
ning
4.
Liv
ing
Skill
s Tr
aini
ng
5. V
ocat
iona
l Tra
inin
g 6.
Eco
nom
ic R
ehab
ilita
tion
7. S
ocia
l Int
egra
tion/
Incl
usio
n/M
ains
trea
min
g Fo
undi
ng M
embe
rs:
Dr.
Abdu
lgha
ni D
alvi
M
r. Ra
fique
Dal
wai
M
r. N
asir
A. K
han
Mr.
Nas
ir D
alw
ai
Mr.
A. K
uraw
le
Mr.
Tahi
r Anw
are
Mr.
A. G
. Nad
kar
Mr.
Maq
sud
Asht
ikar
M
r. Ab
dulra
uf S
able
D
r. Si
raj M
. Bijl
e
Aim
s an
d O
bjec
tive
s:
• D
evel
op e
duca
tiona
l pr
ogra
ms
• D
evel
op e
mpl
oym
ent
prog
ram
s •
Prov
ide
med
ical
as
sist
ance
•
Prov
ide
mic
rofin
anci
ng
prog
ram
s fo
r the
di
sabl
ed.
Vis
ion:
To
be
reco
gniz
ed S
ocie
ty o
f ex
celle
nce
for h
elpi
ng th
e di
sabl
ed a
nd p
rom
otin
g Sp
ecia
l Edu
catio
n in
the
Koka
n Re
gion
. M
issi
on:
To im
prov
e th
e qu
ality
of
disa
bled
chi
ldre
n’s
life
and
educ
atio
n th
roug
h co
llect
ive
effo
rts.
Val
ues:
•
We
belie
ve in
pur
suin
g kn
owle
dge
that
ben
efits
m
anki
nd.
• W
e be
lieve
in te
am-
build
ing
and
the
shar
ing
of k
now
ledg
e an
d re
sour
ces.
• W
e be
lieve
in a
cul
ture
of
inte
grity
, pr
ofes
sion
alis
m a
nd
hum
anity
. Fo
r mor
e in
form
atio
n ab
out t
he W
ashi
shti
Wel
fare
Soc
iety
for t
he
Dis
able
d, p
leas
e co
ntac
t: D
r. Si
raj M
oham
med
Bijl
e
Phon
e: +
966-
1-48
8520
0 M
obile
: +96
6-50
627-
4270
Em
ail:
smbi
jle@
yaho
o.co
.uk.
IN T
HIS
ISSU
E In
trod
uci
ng
WW
SD
1
Abo
ut
Kok
an
2
Icon
s 3
Per
son
alit
ies
4
Kon
kan
Rai
lway
4
New
Boo
ks
5
Ou
r vi
sion
s 6
Urd
u P
oem
s 7
Mor
e th
an 2
50 K
okan
i’s
from
Riy
adh,
Dam
mam
, an
d Ju
bail
met
on
24th
Ap
ril, 2
009
and
form
ed a
Ko
nkan
Com
mun
ity to
he
lp th
eir n
eedy
bro
ther
s in
the
King
dom
as
wel
l as
the
educ
atio
nal n
eeds
of
the
Koka
ni c
hild
ren
back
ho
me
in In
dia.
The
follo
win
g ar
e th
e fo
undi
ng m
embe
rs o
f the
Ko
kani
Com
mun
ity in
Ri
yadh
, Sau
di A
rabi
a:
Mr.
Nas
ir A.
Kha
n D
r. Ab
dulg
hani
Dal
vi
Mr.
Nas
ir D
alw
ai
Mr.
Rafiq
ue D
alw
ai
Mr.
Was
im S
argu
roh
Mr.
Nav
shad
A. K
adri
Mr.
Asga
r A. K
han
Mr.
Aman
ulla
h Z.
Kaz
i M
r. H
anif
Khat
ib
Mr.
Shoy
eb R
. Daw
ai
Mr.
Ashf
aq D
esai
a M
r. O
mai
r Jee
lani
Konk
an C
omm
unit
y, R
iyad
h, S
audi
Ara
bia
Abo
ut
Kok
an
The
Koka
n, a
lso
calle
d th
e Ko
nkan
Coa
st is
the
nam
e gi
ven
to a
str
etch
of
rugg
ed a
nd b
eaut
iful s
ectio
n of
the
wes
tern
coa
stlin
e of
Indi
a fr
om
Than
e D
istr
ict t
o G
oa. K
onka
n is
als
o on
e of
six
div
isio
ns o
f the
sta
te o
f M
ahar
asht
ra. T
he A
rabi
an S
ea is
the
mai
n ke
y ro
le p
laye
r in
the
deve
lopm
ent o
f the
Kon
kan
regi
on.
Th
e Ko
nkan
div
isio
n of
Mah
aras
htra
com
pris
es th
e en
tire
coas
tal
regi
on o
f the
sta
te. T
he D
istr
icts
nam
es a
re: T
hane
, Mum
bai,
Mum
bai
Subu
rban
, Rai
garh
, Rat
nagi
ri an
d Si
ndhu
durg
. The
Lite
racy
is: 8
1.36
%.
The
Area
is: 3
0,74
6 km
² and
pop
ulat
ion
is (2
001
cens
us):
24,8
07,3
57.
M
ahar
asht
ra li
tera
lly m
eans
Gre
at N
atio
n is
Indi
a's
third
larg
est
stat
e in
term
s of
are
a an
d se
cond
larg
est i
n te
rms
of p
opul
atio
n af
ter
Utt
ar P
rade
sh. I
t is
bord
ered
by
the
stat
es o
f Guj
arat
, Mad
hya
Prad
esh,
Ch
hatt
isga
rh, A
ndhr
a Pr
ades
h, K
arna
taka
, Goa
and
the
Uni
on te
rrito
ry
of D
adra
and
Nag
ar H
avel
i. Th
e Ar
abia
n Se
a m
akes
up
the
stat
e's
wes
tern
coa
st. M
umba
i (Bo
mba
y), I
ndia
's la
rges
t city
, is
the
capi
tal o
f M
ahar
asht
ra.
----
Pi
ctur
ed a
bove
is th
e Ja
nijra
For
t vie
wed
from
the
mai
nlan
d. B
elow
is a
bird
seye
vi
ew o
f the
For
t.
Koka
n N
ews وزـيـن نكــو ك
The
For
t of
Ja
nji
ra o
n t
he
sea
is t
he o
nly
on
e of
its
kin
d. J
an
jira
Ja
l-d
urg
(sea
for
t) w
as
con
stru
cted
by
Ma
lik
Am
bar,
an
Abs
sin
ian
min
iste
r in
the
ser
vice
of
the
Sult
an
of
Ahm
edn
ag
ar,
who
belo
ng
ed t
o th
e fa
mou
s
Niz
am
sha
hi d
yna
sty.
The
for
t, b
uil
t a
t th
e en
d
of t
he 1
7th
Cen
tury
, is
alm
ost
enti
rely
inta
ct
even
tod
ay
, des
pit
e th
e
rava
ges
of
win
d a
nd
tid
e,
a t
esti
mon
y to
the
ma
rvel
s of
an
cien
t
eng
inee
rin
g.
Th
e B
an
dra
-Wo
rli
Se
ali
nk
Op
en
s Te
n ye
ars
and
$325
mill
ion
late
r, an
am
bitio
us s
ea b
ridge
aim
ed
at e
asin
g M
umba
i's n
otor
ious
tr
affic
jam
s op
ened
rece
ntly
, he
lpin
g re
side
nts
skip
nea
rly
two
doze
n tr
affic
ligh
ts a
nd c
ut
mor
e th
an h
alf a
n ho
ur in
the
com
mut
e to
the
busi
ness
hub
in
the
sout
h.
Page
2
Vol
ume
1, Is
sue
1 | A
ugus
t-Se
ptem
ber
2009
Urd
u Po
ems
on K
okan
—
Sour
ce: I
nqui
lab,
May
29,
200
8
Page
7
Ou
r V
isio
n f
or
the
Fu
ture
W
ash
ish
ti W
elf
are
So
cie
ty f
or
the
Dis
ab
led
1.
P
lan
for
Mob
ile
lau
nch
hos
pit
al in
Was
his
hti
an
d J
agbu
di R
iver
. 2.
Est
abli
sh E
mer
gen
cy C
lin
ics
in f
our
Tal
uka
s w
ith
wel
l equ
ipp
ed
ambu
lan
ces
and
fir
st a
id.
3. E
stab
lish
Sp
ecia
l Tra
inin
g Sc
hoo
ls f
or jo
b or
ien
ted
cou
rses
for
d
isab
led
ch
ild
ren
(gi
rls
and
boy
s) f
rom
age
14
an
d a
bove
. 4
. E
stab
lish
Old
age
d h
omes
in C
hip
lun
an
d K
hed
Tal
uka
.
Koka
n N
ews وزـيـن نكــو ك
For t
he v
isio
n to
be
a re
ality
, Was
hish
ti W
elfa
re S
ocie
ty fo
r the
Dis
able
d pl
ans
to
coor
dina
te th
e ef
fort
s of
four
abo
ve
men
tione
d Ta
luka
s in
the
first
pha
se to
ac
hiev
e th
e fo
llow
ing
com
mon
min
imum
ob
ject
ives
whi
ch th
e pa
rtne
rs/f
riend
s ha
ve a
gree
d to
wor
k fo
r.
I. To
tal l
itera
cy b
y 20
20 p
artic
ular
ly in
ta
rget
Tal
ukas
and
com
plet
e in
clus
ion
of th
e di
sabl
ed
com
mun
ity.
II.
M
obili
zing
the
daily
ear
ners
, wom
an
and
pove
rty
ridde
n di
sabl
ed in
the
targ
et T
aluk
as to
form
Sel
f Hel
p G
roup
s (S
HG
) and
tast
e th
e pr
ospe
rity
so e
arne
d.
III.
Intr
oduc
e Co
mm
unity
Cou
nsel
ing
Cent
ers.
IV
. Mob
ilize
and
org
aniz
e he
alth
car
avan
fo
r pop
ular
izin
g in
the
mas
ses
the
idea
of g
ood
heal
th a
nd m
akin
g th
em a
war
e of
the
need
s an
d si
gnifi
canc
e of
hea
lth c
are,
and
he
lpin
g th
em to
mak
e us
e of
go
vern
men
t hea
lth s
chem
es a
nd
faci
litie
s av
aila
ble.
V.
In
trod
uce
in th
e di
sabl
ed c
omm
unity
cu
ltura
l and
spo
rt a
ctiv
ities
whi
ch
deve
lop
heal
thy
and
com
petit
ive
spiri
t and
mak
e us
e of
gov
ernm
ent
faci
litie
s av
aila
ble
for t
his
purp
ose.
VI. P
ublis
h m
ater
ials
to p
rom
ote
the
mis
sion
.
If yo
u ha
ve s
ugge
stio
ns o
r ide
as h
ow to
impr
ove
this
new
slet
ter,
plea
se c
onta
ct
Dr.
Bijle
at +
966-
1-48
8520
0, m
obile
+96
6-50
627-
4270
, or e
mai
l him
at s
mbi
jle@
yaho
o.co
.uk.
Page
6
Vol
ume
1, Is
sue
1 | A
ugus
t-Se
ptem
ber
2009
Ico
n o
f K
ok
an
: M
ak
hd
um
Ali
M
ah
imi
(13
72–
143
1)
Mak
hdum
Ali
Mah
imi (
1372
–143
1) w
as a
Suf
i Sai
nt fr
om th
e Ko
nkan
in In
dia,
w
idel
y ac
know
ledg
ed fo
r his
sch
olar
ly tr
eatis
es, l
iber
al v
iew
s an
d hu
man
ist i
deal
s. M
ahim
i was
bor
n in
to a
fam
ily o
f Ara
b tr
avel
ers
who
had
set
tled
dow
n on
the
isla
nd o
f Mah
im, o
ne o
f the
sev
en is
land
s th
at la
ter f
orm
ed th
e ci
ty o
f Bom
bay.
M
ahim
i was
the
first
Indi
an s
chol
ar to
writ
e an
exe
gesi
s on
the
Qur
'an,
whi
ch
gain
ed c
ritic
al a
cclim
atio
n fr
om n
umer
ous
Isla
mic
sch
olar
s in
clud
ing
Shah
W
aliu
llah.
Aut
horin
g a
tota
l of n
inet
een
book
s, he
was
giv
en th
e tit
le Q
utb-
e-Ko
kan
(Kok
an's
Pol
e St
ar).
Mah
imi i
s re
vere
d by
bot
h H
indu
s an
d M
uslim
s w
ith
high
est
eem
. Aft
er h
is d
eath
in 1
431,
he
was
bur
ied
in M
ahim
.
Mak
hdum
Ali
Mah
imi h
as le
ft a
lega
cy o
f rel
igio
us a
nd li
tera
ry w
orks
. The
M
ost d
istin
guis
hed
amon
gst t
hese
is h
is p
ione
erin
g co
mm
enta
ry o
n th
e Q
ur’a
n, A
l-T
afsi
r ar-
Rahm
ani w
ritte
n in
a s
impl
e st
yle.
It c
ompr
ehen
sive
ly e
xam
ines
the
subt
le li
nks
betw
een
the
diffe
rent
cha
pter
s in
the
Qur
’an
and
thei
r ver
ses.
Mos
que
in M
ahim
, Mum
bai
Isla
mic
Res
earc
h
Fou
nd
atio
n (
IRF
),
Mu
mba
i D
r. Z
akir
Nai
k, P
resi
dent
, IR
F, is
a m
edic
al d
octo
r by
prof
essi
onal
trai
ning
. H
e is
a
reno
wne
d an
d dy
nam
ic
inte
rnat
iona
l ora
tor o
n Is
lam
and
Com
para
tive
Relig
ion.
He
clar
ifies
Isla
mic
vi
ewpo
ints
and
cle
ars
mis
conc
eptio
ns a
bout
Is
lam
, usi
ng th
e Q
ur'a
n,
auth
entic
Had
ith, a
nd o
ther
Sc
riptu
res
as a
bas
is, i
n co
njun
ctio
n w
ith re
ason
, lo
gic,
and
sci
entif
ic fa
cts.
For m
ore
info
rmat
ion
visi
t ht
tp://
ww
w.ir
f.net
Is
lam
ic R
esea
rch
Foun
datio
n D
ongr
i, M
umba
i-40
0 00
9 In
dia
Ico
ns
of
IY C
oll
eg
e J
an
ab
A
. R
. A
ntu
lay
an
d D
r. R
afi
q Z
ak
ari
a
A
bdul
Reh
man
Ant
ulay
(lef
t), b
orn
Febr
uary
9, 1
929,
was
a u
nion
min
iste
r (M
inor
ity A
ffairs
) and
an
MP
in th
e 14
th
Lok
Sabh
a of
Indi
a. E
arlie
r he
had
been
th
e Ch
ief M
inis
ter o
f the
sta
te o
f M
ahar
asht
ra.
He
lost
the
2009
ele
ctio
ns,
repr
esen
ting
the
Raig
ad (L
ok S
abha
co
nstit
uenc
y) o
f Mah
aras
htra
.
Dr.
Raf
iq Z
akar
ia (r
ight
), bo
rn A
pril
5,
1920
, Nal
a So
para
— d
ied
July
9, 2
005,
M
umba
i, w
as a
pol
itici
an a
nd Is
lam
ic
scho
lar.
He
was
clo
sely
ass
ocia
ted
with
In
dia'
s fr
eedo
m m
ovem
ent a
nd th
e In
dian
Nat
iona
l Con
gres
s pa
rty.
Zak
aria
sp
ent o
ver 2
5 ye
ars
in p
ublic
ser
vice
, in
clud
ing
year
s as
a c
abin
et m
inis
ter i
n th
e un
ion
stat
e of
Mah
aras
htra
. A
utho
r of
mor
e th
an tw
o do
zen
book
s, he
fo
unde
d m
any
scho
ols
and
colle
ges
in
Mah
aras
htra
. He
repr
esen
ted
Indi
a in
the
UN
3 ti
mes
.
Page
3
Koka
n N
ews وزـيـن نكــو ك
Alm
as S
ayya
d t
ops
Mah
aras
htr
a H
SC B
oard
Al
mas
Naz
im S
ayya
d of
Nag
pur t
oppe
d th
e M
ahar
asht
ra H
SC
Boar
d ex
ams
scor
ing
98.5
0% m
arks
, Alm
as s
tood
firs
t in
the
list
of 1
0,59
,261
stu
dent
s w
ho h
ad b
een
give
n th
e ex
ams
in
Febr
uary
/Mar
ch 2
009.
With
an
exce
llent
98.
5% m
arks
in h
er H
SC e
xam
, Alm
as
Saye
d ha
s em
erge
d as
an
icon
esp
ecia
lly fo
r Mus
lim g
irls.
She
is
the
first
from
the
min
ority
com
mun
ities
to h
ave
hit t
his
mag
ic
figur
e.
G
ivin
g at
trib
utes
to h
er a
chie
vem
ent,
Anju
man
-e-I
slam
, the
or
gani
zatio
n w
hich
cal
led
the
mee
t, aw
arde
d he
r with
a 1
0-gr
am
gold
med
al, a
sha
wl a
nd a
bou
quet
. She
was
als
o gi
ven
a ch
eque
of
Rs5
0,00
0 un
der t
he S
eem
a Kh
atib
Sch
olar
ship
aw
ard.
Ko
nk
an
Ra
ilw
ay:
Ch
ug
gin
g
alo
ng
11
succ
ess
ful
yea
rs
It w
as o
n Ja
nuar
y 26
, 199
8 th
at tr
ains
dire
ctly
con
nect
ed
Mum
bai w
ith M
anga
lore
in s
hort
est p
ossi
ble
time,
redu
cing
th
e tr
avel
bet
wee
n th
ese
plac
es fr
om 3
6 to
16
hour
s.
Ef
fort
s ha
ve b
een
take
n to
incr
ease
saf
ety
on th
e ro
ute
by e
xecu
ting
mas
sive
ear
thw
orks
, wid
enin
g sl
opes
, pla
ntin
g gr
ass
to c
ontr
ol s
oil e
rosi
on, a
nd o
ther
geo
-tec
h w
orks
to
arre
st b
ould
er fa
lls a
nd s
oil s
lippa
ge d
urin
g m
onso
on. M
ajor
tr
affic
dis
rupt
ions
wer
e av
erte
d on
the
rout
e in
pas
t thr
ee
year
s.
Ko
nkan
Rai
lway
has
als
o m
ade
sign
ifica
nt s
trid
es in
trai
n op
erat
ions
and
inno
vatio
ns. T
he a
nti-c
ollis
ion
devi
ce (A
CD),
a pa
tent
ed te
chno
logy
of K
onka
n Ra
ilway
, is
bein
g im
plem
ente
d in
pha
ses
over
var
ious
zon
al ra
ilway
s in
Indi
a.
Succ
ess
Stor
y: K
hush
boo
Mirz
a (a
bove
), a
23 y
ear o
ld e
ngin
eer w
ith th
e In
dian
Spa
ce
Rese
arch
Org
anis
atio
n (IS
RO),
is th
e yo
unge
st m
embe
r of t
he te
am o
f 12
engi
neer
s of
the
Chec
k-O
ut D
ivis
ion
of
Indi
a’s
mai
den
moo
n m
issi
on, C
hand
raya
an-
I. C
heck
out
her
sto
ry a
t ht
tp://
ww
w.u
mm
id.c
om/c
aree
r/Kh
ushb
oo_m
irza_
from
_am
roha
_to_
moo
n.ht
m
“Giv
e C
hari
ty w
itho
ut
del
ay,
fo
r it
sta
nd
s in
the
wa
y of
ca
lam
ity”
Al-
Tir
mid
hi, H
ad
ith
589
Page
4
Vol
ume
1, Is
sue
1 | A
ugus
t-Se
ptem
ber
2009
Ne
w B
oo
k:
Mu
slim
Com
mu
nit
ies
in M
edie
val K
onka
n b
y M
omin
M
ohid
din
M
uslim
Com
mun
ities
in M
edie
val K
onka
n by
Mom
in p
rese
nts
a st
udy
of th
e M
uslim
com
mun
ities
in m
edie
val K
onka
n fr
om th
e ea
rlies
t kno
wn
arriv
als
of fo
reig
n M
uslim
s on
the
wes
tern
co
astla
nd o
f the
Kon
kan
litto
ral t
o th
e en
d of
the
19th
cen
tury
. It
seek
s to
iden
tify
the
soci
o-in
telle
ctua
l and
pol
itico
-rel
igio
us
role
s pl
ayed
by
Mus
lims
at th
is ti
me
and
to a
ppre
ciat
e th
eir
cont
ribut
ion
to v
ario
us o
ther
asp
ects
of c
ultu
re. T
he b
ook
shou
ld p
rove
of i
nter
est t
o hi
stor
ians
and
soc
iolo
gist
s, as
wel
l as
eco
nom
ists
and
oth
ers.
Sund
eep
Prak
asha
n, 2
002
ISBN
: 978
8175
7412
63
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orta
nt
Bib
liog
rap
hy
abou
t K
okan
•
Ahm
ed, S
M.:
Indo
-Ara
b Re
latio
ns, 1
978.
•
Craw
ford
, Art
hur:
Lege
nds
of th
e Ko
nkan
, 198
7.
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avan
, VP.
: The
Kon
kan
and
the
Konk
ani L
angu
age,
199
4.
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okse
y, R
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omic
Life
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e Bo
mba
y Ko
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ts o
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dy o
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es W
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ivaj
i: H
indu
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g in
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mic
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a.
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ks in
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u
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ew o
f the
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dra-
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