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PIMPALGAON RAJA
Pimpalgaon Raja (Khamgaon T., p. 6612): This village in Khamgaon tahsil, formerly in Malkapur tahsil, lying on the river Dnyanganga, 26 miles to the south-east of Malkapur and 10 miles from Nandura is said to have been founded about 900 years ago by a Raja or prince of the cowherd caste named Piratsingh. Another tradition is that a Raja and his family were buried alive in order to ensure the successful building of the fort. About 1619 A.D. there flourished a Hindu author of several works on theology by name Ganesh Devadnya. He is also mentioned as the author of treatises on the science of Astrology. In the 18th century this was an important town and the headquarters of a paragana; but it was harassed by the Pendharis about 1787 A.D. which forced a large colony of dyers to emigrate to Nandura and other places. Mahadji Shinde halted at the place when he passed through Berar on his way to Pune from the expedition against Ghulam Kadir Beg of Delhi.
Outside the village to the south, close to the river, is the subterranean rock-cut cell of Renuka Devi. The image there is only her face painted upon the rock in the cell at the bottom of a flight of steps.
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