Deoni is a town and administrative centre of

Deoni Taluka Deoni Taluka is a taluka, administrative subdivision, of Latur District in Maharashtra, India. The administrative center for the taluka is the village of Deoni. In the 2011 census, there were forty-six panchayat villages in Deoni Taluka. Note ...

in Latur subdivision of Latur district in the

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. Deoni has a total area of 415.32 sq.km. A deoni cattle breeding farm was initiated by the Durrani brothers, who were also renowned advocates of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad, and their father Shahzadah Gulab Muhammad Khan Durrani Abdali. The name Deoni was given to this town when it was given as a Jāgīr (a feudal grant of land) to the Durrani brother's father, Shahzadah Gulab Muhammad Khan Durrani Abdali, by VI Nizam of Hyderabad

Mahboob Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, also known as, Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911) was the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad state, one of the Princely states in India between 1869 and 1911. Early life Mahboo ...

upon arriving at Hyderabad from Kandahar, Afghanistan; in addition, he was appointed as Mansabdar of Maharatwada region. He was also the fourth direct descendants of His Majesty Ahmed Shah Abdali of Afghanistan- founder of Durrani Empire. Physical and morphological characteristics viz. good milk yielders and draught animals, the Deoni is considered as an important dual-purpose breed of cattle. It is claimed that it has been developed from a strain descended from a mixture of Gir, Dangi and local cattle (Dongarpatti).It is found in three colour variations, viz. Wanera (clear white with black colour at both the sides of the face), Balankya (clear white colour body) and Shevera (white body with irregular black spots). The body is moderately developed and symmetrical with distinct muscles

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, the village of Deoni recorded 11,276 inhabitants. In the 2011 census, Deoni had 18,793 households and a population of 97,598. Deoni cattle are being maintained at Cattle BreedingFarm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir (MAFSU), Maharashtra; Deoni Cattle Breeding Farm, Gudgaripalli, Andhra Pradesh; Govt Farm, Kampasagar, Andhra Pradesh and Livestock Research and Information Centre (Deoni), Hallikhed (B), KVAFSU, Bidar, Karnataka.Dongre V B, Gandhi R S, Salunke V M, Kokate L S, Durge S M, Khandait V N and Patil P V 2017. Present status and future prospects of Deoni Cattle. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 87 (7):800-803

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