Miraj (Pronunciation: [miɾəd͡z]; listenⓘ) is a city that is part of the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad metropolitan region in Sangli district, Maharashtra.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha Empire, stayed in Miraj for two months during his south India campaign.

[1] Many medical tourists visit from the adjoining districts of North Karnataka and Goa, as well as all over India and from Arab countries.

Jatiga II was succeeded by his son Gonka, who has been described in inscriptions as the conqueror of Karahata (Karad), Miraj, and Konkan.

The Shilaharas were able to retain control of Miraj despite nearby military action by Chavan-raja, a general of Western Chalukya King Jayasimha II.

[2][page needed] The historian Tazkirat-ul-Mulk reported that Hasan Gangu, the founder of the Bahmani dynasty, was in the employ of the Shaikh Muhammad Junaidi at Gangi near Miraj.

He defeated and imprisoned Rani Durgavati, the subedar of Miraj, and captured the town's fort.

Firishta mentions the fort in an account of Gilani's rebellion in 1494, which was quelled by Sultan Muhammad II (1452–1515).

Gilani's troops were offered the option of joining Muhammad's army and being treated with leniency or leaving.

On Ibrahim's death in 1580, Miraj became an assembly point for Ali's troops in his assuming the throne.

On 28 November 1659, within 18 days of Bijapur General Afzal Khan's death at Pratapgad, the western Adil Sahi district was surrendered to Annaji Datto (Shivaji's finance minister).

The art of instrument making was developed by Faridsaheb Shikalgar in the 18th century, and his descendants, who now use 'Sitarmaker' as their surname,[5] follow this tradition.

The story behind him is that at the time of his arrival in Miraj, the city was ruled by a black magician Gangna Dhobi who made human sacrifices.

Another story tells that Mira was walking barefoot, and a shoemaker decided to make shoes for him with skin torn from his own thigh.

Miraj is connected by railway to Pune in the north, Kurduvadi via Pandharpur in the northeast, and Belgaum and Goa in the south.

In February 2011, passenger trains from Kolhapur to Solapur began running on the converted Miraj-Pandharpur-Kurduvadi broad gauge track.

Trains of the South Western Railway, like the Rani Chennamma Express bound for Bengaluru, originate from Miraj Junction station.

Suresh Khade, the MLA from Miraj constituency, represents the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 elections.