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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.

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Head-quarters of Maharaja Sir Kishen Prasad Bahadur's jagir taluk, Parbhani District, Hyderabad State, situated in 19° 2' N. and 76° 29' E., on the Wan river. Population (1901), 5,759. The town suffered much from the inundation of the Wan in 1891, and the famine of 1900. It contains a State post ofifice, a police station, and two private schools with 200 pupils. Silk sar'is and fine cotton and silk fabrics are made here, and exported far and wide, and about one- third of the population subsist by weaving. The town is walled and is an important centre of trade.