ManikchandPahade Law College, Aurangabad is the oldest law college in Marathwada region. On the eve of the states re-organization prominent Advocates and educationist of Aurangabad took the lead to establishing “Marathwada Legal & General Education Society”. Prominent amongst them were Mr. Govindbhai Shroff, Late H.G. Vaishnav, Adv. L. S. Kulkarni. The society was established with the mission to establish the law college in the region, as at that time the facility for higher education in general & legal education in particular was lacking. For taking legal education students had to run to places like Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pune and Mumbai etc.