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Bhoom
Bhum | |
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town | |
  Bhoom Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°27′35″N 75°39′39″E / 18.45972°N 75.66083°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Dharashiv |
| Tahsil | Bhoom |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 20,762 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 413504 |
| Telephone code | 912478 |
| Vehicle registration | MH25 |
| Nearest cities | Latur, Beed, Barshi and Solapur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dharashiv |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Paranda[1] |
Bhoom is a town with a municipal council in Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, India, and it is the headquarters of Bhoom tahsil. Bhoom municipal corporation is established in 1948. Bhoom is a small town situated in a valley of the Banashankar hill ranges of Sahyadri. It is situated on the banks of the River Banaganga, which eventually flows into the Bhima. In 1717, Sambhaji II of Kolhapur gave Bhoom as jagir to Shrimant Senakhaskhel Yashwantrao Thorat (a chief and military leader of his troops) for his bravery. In 19th century Bhoom was under Nizam territory during the British raj in India. However it was independently ruled by the ' Thorat ' royal family. Shrimant Vijaysinh Amarsinh Thorat is the present head of Bhoom. He was the President of Bhoom Municipal Council from 1991 -2006.
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Dharashiv District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013.