Marathwada forms a revenue division of Maharashtra State and comprises the five districts of Aurangabad (present Aurangabad and Jalna), Parbhani, Nanded, Bhir and Osmanabad (present Osmanabad and Latur). The term "Marathwada" appears in the 18th century records of the Nizam State. It has been, from very ancient times a great seat of learning and culture. It can be described as the home of arts, religion and literature. It indicated the House of Maratha People i.e. a land occupied by the Marathi speaking people in the former Native State of Hyderabad.
Marathwada formed a part of the wider Dakshinapatha in ancient times and a part of Deccan in Medieval times. This region witnessed the rise and fall of many empires and dynasties almost from the beginning of the Christian era till about modern times. The Satavahanas, one of the oldest powers of the Deccan, had their capital city at Pratishtanpura, the present day Paithan in the Aurangabad district. The Satavahana rule was followed by that of the Vakatakas, the Chalukyas, the Rashtrakutas, the Yadavas and the Mughals.
This book is substantially my Ph. D. thesis submitted to Marathwada University. It attempts to assess the impact of the Nizam's rule on Marathwada in terms of its political, social and economic development. Marathwada region is now considered to be comparatively an underdeveloped area. The present book tries to pin-point as to how the long rule of the Nizams, for over a period of about 225 years was responsible for the present state of affairs of the region.
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