Beed is a historical city of possibly medieval origin.
Beed remained under Khaljis until 1320 when Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq(1320-25)
took over.
Adil Shahigfug rulers of Bijapur to take the control of Beed.
Syed Basit Ali wrote a brief history of Beed town in Urdu.
These questions are being asked by observers who monitor Beed these days.
At the 2001 India census, Beed town had a population of 138,091.
He recaptured the province of Daulatabad, of which, Beed was a part.
Aurangzeb(1658-1707), appointed Haji Sadar Shah in Beed as Naib-e-Subadar assistant of governor.
During the reign of Jahangir(1569-1627), Jan Sipar Khan was administering Beed town.
In 1952 Beed Nagar Pālika(Municipal Council)
was established under the undivided Hyderabad State.
My parents put together extra money for the rent in Beed,” he says.
Beed became part of Asaf Jahi kingdom(Hyderabad state)
as Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah-I seize Deccan.
During the reign of Jahangir(1569- 1627), Jan Sipar Khan was administering Beed city.
It is unclear that as to how the present name Beed came into use.
Beed remained in annexed Hyderabad state until 1956
when it was included in Bombay Presidency.
Abdul Hamīd Nathapuri wrote a history of Beed district(Zila Bīr Kī Tārīkh) in Urdu.
Area of 43 villages from Beed district was given to a newly created Latur district.
Reign of sixth Nizam Mir Mahbub Ali Khan(1869-1911) proved eventful in the history of Beed.
Beed district, according to the official statistics, has only 2.47% forest
area, that too of lower quality.
According to legend, Beed was an inhabited place in the period of Pandavas
and Kurus as Durgavati.
I travelled with a group of
agricultural labourers on a tractor in November 2017, from Beed to Belgaum.
Qazi Muhammad Qutbullah, a resident and Qazi of Beed wrote a detailed history of Beed town(Tārīkh-e-Bīr) in Urdu.
Chhagal(water container made of leather), Gupti(hidden sword in wooden stick)
etc. made in Beed were popular in the region.
She now lives in Beed city
and works as a cleaner in a school for Rs 4,500 a month.
Its official name is Beed, though; Bhir, Bir,
Bir, Bid or Bid is also seen in official and unofficial usage.
The Majalgaon block officials in Maharashtra's Beed district are working overtime to save
the life of a 38-yearold pregnant woman.
At the police grounds in Beed, hundreds of young boys
and girls practice for trials for a handful of police force jobs.
Several wars were fought in Beed between Nizam Shahi and Adil Shahigfug rulers of Bijapur to take the control of Beed.