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[[File:Paschim_Maharashtra.png|thumb|Desh Region in Maharashtra]]<br />
'''Desh''' (also known as '''Paschim Maharashtra''' in Maharashtra) is a region adjacent to the [[Western Ghats]] between the [[Godavari River]] and [[Krishna River]], a part of [[Deccan Plateau]], in the states of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Karnataka]]. The region is hilly and slopes towards the east, and is drained by the upper reaches of the [[Godavari River|Godavari]] and [[Krishna River|Krishna]] rivers and their tributaries.<ref name="cho">{{cite book|pages=52–54|title=Religions and communities of India|first=Pran Nath|last=Chopra|publisher=Vision Books|year=1982|isbn=978-0-85692-081-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Understanding Our Fellow Pilgrims|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IXYAAAAMAAJ|page=65|author=Gregory Naik|publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Prakash|year=2000|isbn = 9788187886105|quote=The Deshastha Brahmins “Desha" is the name given to the territory of the valleys of the Krishna and the Godavari, and the Deccan Plateau. Hence this community is spread over the states of Maharashtra (especially in Kolhapur), Karnataka, and Andhra.}}</ref> <br />
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In the context of the history of Maharashtra, "Desh" is an abbreviation for "Maharashtra-desh", that historical region of the west-central [[Deccan Plateau]] that is called the [[Division of Pune]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=st52DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA253|page=253|title=Reconsidering the Impact of Climate Change on Global Water Supply, Use, and Management|author1=Rao|author2=Prakash|author3=Patil|author4=Yogesh|publisher=IGI Global|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> Marathwada came to be called separately because it had been conquered by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] as part of the former [[Princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]].<br />
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The Desh region was the birthplace and core of the [[Maratha Kingdom]], founded by [[Shivaji]] in the 17th century, and is home to a number of cities, like [[Satara (city)|Satara]] and [[Pune]], associated with the Maratha Empire history. The region came under [[British Raj|British]] rule in 1818, at the conclusion of the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]]. Most of the region was ruled directly by the British as part of the [[Bombay Presidency]], but several princely states, including [[Satara (city)|Satara]], [[Sangli]], and [[Kolhapur]], remained under Maratha rulers in [[subsidiary alliance]] with the British. Satara was annexed by the British in 1848. After [[Partition of India|Indian Independence]] in 1947, Bombay Presidency became the Indian state of [[Bombay state|Bombay]]. Bombay state was divided into the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Gujarat in 1960.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Politics in Paschim Maharashtra is linked with the [[cooperative]] movement. Most of the sugar cooperative factories in western Maharashtra work as power centers and play a major role in politics. [[Sangli]] District has a major political climate in the region.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Merchant |first1=Minhaz |title=The economic and political influence of sugar cooperatives in Maharashtra |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19781031-the-economic-and-political-influence-of-sugar-cooperatives-in-maharashtra-823100-2014-03-18 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bavadam |first1=Lyla |title=An uneasy alliance |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/article30225053.ece |access-date=19 March 2022 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=October 22, 2004 |location=Mumbai |language=en}}</ref><br />
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