Osmanabad

Osmanabad, officially known as Dharashiv since the renaming of February 2023, is a city and municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the seventh largest city in the Marathwada region and the 39th largest city in Maharashtra by population. The older name recalls Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, whose state ruled the region until 1948, while the newer name derives from the Dharashiv Caves; before the Nizams the area was held by the Mauryas, Satavahanas, Rashtrakutas and Yadavas, and later by the Bahmani and Bijapur kingdoms. The city stands at an elevation of 653 metres on the Balaghat Pathar, and the Bhogavati River flows through it before meeting the Sina River near Mohol. The 2011 census of India counted 111,825 inhabitants. Osmanabad Airport lies about 13 kilometres from the city centre but has no scheduled commercial air service.