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{{Infobox district<br />
| name = <br />
| official_name = Khandesh<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbUBAAAAYAAJ|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Khandesh|date=30 June 1880|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
| native_name_lang = mr<br />
| settlement_type = District<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|21|00|10|N|75|34|00|E}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Provinence<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bombay presidency]]<br />
| area_total_sq_mi = 10431<br />
| image_map = Khandeish district.jpg<br />
| map_caption = Map of Khandesh district in 1880<br />
| population_as_of = 1879<br />
| population_total = 1,028,642 <ref name="auto"/><br />
| Population years = 1879<br />
| pop_est_as_of = <br />
| extinct_date = 1906<br />
| parts_type = Subdivisions<br />
| subdivision_type2 = Savada,Bhusaval,Amalner,Pachora and Pimpalner<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9FfHPLH0tkC|title=Gazetteer|first=Bombay (India|last=State)|date=30 June 1880|publisher=Government Central Press|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''Khandesh District''' (or '''Kandesh''', '''Khandeish''') was a district, administrative division of [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay presidency]] of [[British India]] under [[British Raj|British rule]], which included the present-day [[Jalgaon District|Jalgaon]], [[Dhule District|Dhule]] and [[Nandurbar District|Nandurbar]] districts and a portion of [[Nashik District]] in [[Maharashtra]].<br />
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In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Khandesh was part of the [[Maratha Confederacy]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}, and was ruled by the Maratha [[Peshwa]]. The district was annexed to [[British India]] at the conclusion of the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] in 1818{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}. A southern portion of the district was detached to form Nashik District in 1869. In 1906 the district was divided into [[East Khandesh]] and [[West Khandesh]] districts, with their capitals at Jalgaon and Dhulia (Dhule), respectively. East Khandesh was later renamed [[Jalgaon District]], and West Kandesh, later renamed Dhule District, was split in Dhule and Nandurbar districts in 1998.<br />
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== Administration ==<br />
Jalgaon town was administrative center of Khandesh district.<br />
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On north west corner of the district Narmada river was natural border of the district and in west the base of the hills out skirt in Shahada was natural border of Khandesh. It separated Khandesh from Akrani territory that was present at north right into the hart of the hills where from Narmada river pass Satpuda. On east and south east rows of pillars and some water streams was mark the boundary of Khandesh from central provinces and [[Berar Province|Berar]]. To the south Ajanta, Satmala range was rough boundary between Khandesh and [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizam's territory]]. On south west Arva or Making, Galna hills separate Khandesh from Nasik.<br />
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For administrative purposes the British government distributed Khandesh into 16 sub divisions. Of these subdivision Amalner, Pimpalner, Pachora, Bhusaval, Savada had two petty divisions other each had one petty division.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=James M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbUBAAAAYAAJ|title=Gazetteer of Bombay presidency : Khandesh|publisher=British Government of India|year=1880|location=[[Bombay presidency]] ,India|pages=1,2}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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===Sources===<br />
* Hunter, Sir William Wilson, et al. (1908). ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 15. 1908-1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.<br />
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