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{{Unreferenced|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Malegaon Jahangir
| other_name =
| nickname = Malegaon
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
[[Region]]
[[Division (country subdivision)|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 =
[[Washim district|Washim]]
[[Vidarbha]]
[[Amravati]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = in 16th century
| founder =
| named_for = Malneshwar temple and Maalyudh
| government_type = Nagar panchayat
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank = 3rdppp

| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 50,322

| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, Banjari, Gawaran etc]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 444503

| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91-7256
| registration_plate = MH37 ([[Washim District]])
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Malegaon Jahangir''' is a big town and headquarters of Malegaon [[taluka]] in Washim subdivision of [[Washim district]] of [[Maharashtra]] state in India. It is located on the state highway joining south-east Maharashtra and Vidarbha to southern India. Malegaon is on the main road which is between [[Washim]] and [[Mehkar]]. It is a major junction for road-based transport.

In medieval Prakrit, "Malla" was associated with wrestler. There is a legend that during the medieval period this town was the centre of wrestling in the Vidarbha and Marathwada region, hence the name Malegaon. Also, its strategic location made it famous and sometimes known as a gateway for Nijam Shahi and Mughals and it was a famous place where Shivaji mostly had come for Malneshwar Shivling Darshan.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

There are many temples in the Malegaon area such as Nagartas Devi Sansthan, Davha, and Malneshwar Temple. The village named Shirpur Jain which is near to Malegaon is famous for a statue of Lord Parshwanath which is stable in the air without support.

In Malegaon there is a college named Ramrao Zhanak College of Arts, Sciences and Commerce. Other schools are N N Mundada High School and Science, Commerce, Arts Jr College.

Now in modern days it is famous for cultivation of pulses, soya, wheat and other agricultural products. Another distinction is from the excellent printing industry this town offers.

==Medieval period and Raje Udaram family==
Malegaon Jahagir was a part of Mughal Berar since 1595. It was the Jahagir of Mughal nobleman [[राजे उदाराम देशमुख|Raje Udaram Deshmukh]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=माहूरचे राजे उदाराम|url=https://varhadnama.blogspot.com/2020/03/blog-post.html|url-status=live}}</ref> of Mahur. Later his wife [[Rai Bagan|Rai bagan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=वऱ्हाडनामा|url=https://varhadnama.blogspot.com/2020/02/blog-post.html|url-status=live}}</ref> or [[Raibaghini]] was the ruler of Malegaon Jahagir.<ref>{{Cite web|title=वऱ्हाडनामा|url=http://varhadnama.blogspot.com/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=varhadnama.blogspot.com|language=en}}</ref> The word ''Jahagir'' in the name of village depicts the Jahagir of Raje Udaram. The historically famous house, ruled from Malegaon Jahagir to Mahur. After the fall of Mughal empire, the family got Parwancha from Maratha king [[Chhatrapati Shahu|Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj]]. In 1802, the jahagir of the house was divided into six parts viz. Malegaon jahangir, [[Wara Jahangir]], [[Ansing|Ansing, Washim]], [[Mahur, Maharashtra|Mahur]], [[Pusad]] and [[Kalamnuri]] among six brothers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Quddusi|first=Prof. Mohammad Yaseen|title=Berar under the Mughals|year=1998|location=Nagpur}}</ref> Old district Gazetteer of Akola district, speaks about minor Jagirdar of branch of house namely, ''Gopalrao Kashirao Deshmukh''. Today, his descendants are known by the surname ‘Raje’. There is a Shanaishwar Mahadeo temple of House of Raje Udaram in Malegaon Jahagir.

During the rule of Chhatrapati Shahu I, there was a continuous struggle between Nizam of Hyderabad, Bhosale of Nagpur and Peshwas for this part of berar. The territory was made a buffer state and the tax was divided into three parts for three different rulers. The house of Raje Udaram continued its rule as a Jahagirdar.

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Washim district]]
[[Category:Talukas in Maharashtra]]

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Malegaon Jahangir - Revision history

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