Malegaon Jahangir

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Malegaon Jahangir is a big town and headquarters of Malegaon taluka in Washim subdivision of Washim district of Maharashtra state in India. It is located on the state highway joining south-east Maharashtra and Vidarbha to southern India. Malegaon is on the main road which is between Washim and Mehkar. It is a major junction for road-based transport.

In medieval Prakrit, "Malla" was associated with wrestler. There is a legend that during the medieval period this town was the centre of wrestling in the Vidarbha and Marathwada region, hence the name Malegaon. Also, its strategic location made it famous and sometimes known as a gateway for Nijam Shahi and Mughals and it was a famous place where Shivaji mostly had come for Malneshwar Shivling Darshan.^{[citation needed]}