Sholapur(1), India(2), has a metropolitan and city population of 1.1 million(3). It is located northeast of a tributary of the Bhima River in southern Maharashtra. It is known for cotton goods, Siddheshwar Lake and a monument to four people executed by the British.
(1) Also spelled Solapur.
(2) The alternate official name, in transliteration, is Bharat.
(3) www.world-gazetteer.com, accessed February 5, 2007 and February 11, 2008.