About Shirol
Shirol is a historic place also. It was named ""Shirol"", because there is story behind it. The story is:""there was great war between the Great Shivaji Maharaj & Mughal’s. In that war mughals were defeated & the heads of cruel Mughal soldiers were hanged to main gate of city. So the name Shirol: Shir(heads) + ol(row).
Shirol is coming up as a satellite suburb of Sangli city and is 10 km from Sangli. Shirol is linked to Sangli and Miraj twin cities by MSRTC city bus service. Travel time from Shirol to Sangli is just 15 minutes.
Source : Wikipedia