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PLACES
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SALEGAON
Salegaon, is a village of 330 inhabitants in 1971 in Sakoli tahsil. It was included in the Salegaon sub-zamindari of which the following information is available. "This estate was a sub-zamindari of Deori-Kishori in the north-east of the Sakoli tahsil. It has an area of 17 square miles. Prior to the 30 years' settlement Salegaon was held by a Lodhi zamindar. Shortly before the settlement he had fallen into arrears with his revenue and was arranging to sell the estate. The tahsildar of Kamtha, Ajudhia Prasad, heard of this and induced the zamindar to sell the estate to him, registering it in the name of his sons. The Chief commissioner, however, set aside the sale as contrary to public policy, and called on the zamindar of Deori to pay the purchase money as superior proprietor. This, however, the zamindar declined to do, and he gave a lease of the estate to Ajudhia Prasad, whose sons are now perpetual thekedars [Bhandara District Gazetteer, 1908 ed. pp. 228, 229 ]". The village has a fine tank located on the Deori-Amgaon road about 10 miles from Salegaon. Known as Salegaon bandh, it has a capacity
to irrigate 1,900 acres of land.
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