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Maharashtra reports 32 cases of heat stroke, docs urge vigilance • Apr. 11, 2025, 1:52 AM ET (The Indian Express)
Opposition demands action against police personnel blamed for Parbhani custody death • Mar. 22, 2025, 5:06 AM ET (The Indian Express)
Parbhani violence: Probe holds police accountable for law student’s death, Congress demands action • Mar. 21, 2025, 12:58 PM ET (The Hindu)
Magisterial probe holds cops responsible for custodial death of Somnath Suryawanshi in Parbhani • Mar. 21, 2025, 4:58 AM ET (The Hindu)

Parbhani, city, east-central Maharashtra state, western India. It lies in an upland plateau region about 10 miles (16 km) south of the Dudna River.

The city’s name refers to the Prabhavati Temple, which was forcibly converted to a mosque during the Mughal period. Parbhani is a commercial and industrial centre with cotton ginning and pressing as major industries. Shivaji Udyan (Shivaji’s Garden) and the fort of Roshan Khan, as well as the tomb of Hazrat Sayyad Shah Turabat, are important landmarks. The economy of the surrounding region is almost wholly agricultural; the chief crops are sorghum (jowar), pearl millet (bajra), cotton, and sugarcane. Pop. (2001) 259,329; (2011) 307,170.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.