Khamgaon

History

Khamgaon used to be a major cotton hub during the British Raj and has many old buildings from the British era. Mahatma Gandhi stayed here for a brief time during Indian independence movement. They inaugurated Tilak Rashriya Vidyapeeth in the city. Anjuman High School and Junior College, and GS College of Science, Arts, and Commerce. Khamgaon was a center for Swadeshi movement after Kolkata. There are many historical and religious places around the city. Sant Gajanan Maharaj Shegaon, a holy place for Hindus, is located about northeast of Khamgaon in Shegaon. The cotton trade at Khamgaon dates from about the year 1820, when a few merchants opened shops and began to trade in ghee, raw thread, and a little cotton. The place is said to owe its start in commercial life to the good management of one Jetal Khan, a revenue collector, who invited and encouraged traders. But the settlement of capitalists here is ascribed to a characteristic accident. The great camps of Pendharis were followed by many merchants and brokers who made big gains by buying up the booty. In 1818, Colonel Doveton broke up a large horde of Pendharis at a village close to Khamgaon. They were forced to disband and scatter, so the honest prize agents of this camp settled at Khamgaon, and their descendants became virtuous dealers of cotton in particular and other merchandise in general. The general appearance of the town is picturesque. It is surrounded by low, irregular hills, while in the hollow, in and about the town, trees are plentiful. Besides the courts of the Assistant and the Additional Sessions Judge and those of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) and Civil Judge (Junior Division), there are the offices of the Sub Divisional Office, Tehsildar, and Panchayat samiti. There is also a post and…

Most-observed species

• Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
  250
• Red-wattled Lapwing

  Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  214
• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  212
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  183
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  164
• Green Bee-eater

  Merops orientalis Latham, 1801 · Aves
  153
• Black Drongo

  Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  151
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  139

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2024-09-30
  22 km NNW of Anjangaon, India