District and Sessions Court Dhule

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

District Court Dhule had been established in the year 1860 by the British Government. Before establishing District Court at Dhule Aurthor St. Gorge Richardson was looking after Judicial work of this reagion. Hon'ble Justice Shri. Mahadev Govind Ranade also worked as Assistant Judge at Dhule from 1880 to 1881. Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar also visited the District Court. District Dhule was previously known as Khandesh district. In ancient times, it was known as Rasika. Later, under the Yadavas, it was called as Senuadesa after the name of King Senuachandra who ruled over it. With the advent of Muslims, the name was changed to Khandesh to suit the title Khan given to the Faruqi Kings. The entire area of Khandesh included two districts viz. Dhule and Jalgaon and some part of Nashik District. Its headquarters was at Dhule. However, in 1906 for administrative purpose, the Khandesh was divided into two districts known as West Khandesh and East Khandesh. Dhule , Nandurbar , Nawapur Peta , Pimpalner , Shahada , Sindkheda , Taloda, were included in West Khandesh district with headquarters at Dhule.

With the reorgnisation of States in 1956, West Khandesh has been included in Bombay State and subsequently i.e,[...]