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BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE
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WEEKLY MARKETS
Weekly Markets.— Weekly markets were very important from the point of view of trade in the past. In the absence of retail shops in smaller villages, the villagers used to make the necessary purchases from the nearby weekly market. However, with the growth of retail shops even in smaller villages, the importance of weekly markets has decreased. In the present day conditions of the rural society, villagers visit the weekly markets not for the sake of purchases alone, but to engage in some work as also to maintain social contacts.
Itinerary traders, local shopkeepers and pedlars set up tempo-rary booths at the bazar places, while agriculturists and craftsmen also bring their produce for sale. The Directory of villages and towns given in this volume shows the nearest weekly market to each village.
The old Buldhana District Gazetteer reported 97 weekly mar-kets in the district in 1910. The 1961 census recorded 104 mar-kets, of which 13 were famous for cattle trade as well.
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