Moreover, Parbhani also has an annual festival at Turabul Haq Dargah, which attracts lakhs of tourists each year.

[12] Parbhani was for over 650 years under Muslim rule, under the Deccan sultanates, the Mughals and later the Nizam of Hyderabad.

The town remained a part of the Princely State of Hyderabad under the rulership of the Nizam until Operation Polo of the Indian Army in 1948.

[20] According to the "Swacch Surveskshan 2018" (a cleanliness survey) under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Parbhani city was ranked under "greatest improvement over last year" category.

[21] In the same survey Parbhani was declared India's best city in giving citizen feedback.

The history of agriculture research in Parbhani dates back to pre-independence era.

However, agricultural education was available only at Hyderabad but crop research centres for sorghum, cotton, fruits among few others existed in Parbhani.

[34] Sheshrao Deshmukh Shivajirao Shankarrao Deshmukh Babajani Durrani Mohan Fad Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav Suresh Jadhav Abdul Rahman Khan Yousuf Khan Fouzia Khan Irfan ur Rahman Khan Narhar Ambadas Kurundkar Rahul Vedprakash Patil Tukaram Renge Patil Mukundrao Pedgaonkar Mira Renge V. Satish Tryambak Vasekar Meena Warpudkar Suresh Warpudkar Ramrao Narayanrao Yadav

[9] The Dargah consists of the tomb of Turabul Haq Shah, a Muslim saint who lived here during the last days of his life.

Urs is an important festival where people of all religions come together and celebrate for a week (usually start from 2 to 15 February).

A number of intensive care units and four Multi Super Specialty Hospitals are operational as of January 2024.

[50] Parbhani Civil Hospital proficiently carries out government operations as Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana, "National Rural Health Mission" for school going kids,[51] "National Program for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardio-Vascular Diseases, Cancer and Stroke".

Through its workshops of "Adolescent Reproductive & Sexual Health" the Civil Hospital tries to spread awareness against underage marriages, and teen pregnancy.

[53] Along with these, the Civil Hospital carries out its traditional duties of spreading awareness of basic hygiene, healthcare, and vaccinations.

[56] The town has connectivity to major cities of Maharashtra, such as Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nanded, chhtrapati sambhajinagar, Nashik and Kolhapur.

It is also connected to other Indian cities like New Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ajmer, Bhopal, Amritsar, Allahabad, Rameshwaram, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam.

[57] Parbhani Junction has many facilities, such as baggage check, metal detectors, VIP Lounge, parking, ATMs, ATVM (Automatic Ticket Vending Machines), canteen (Rail Aahar), fruit stalls, book stalls, Indian Post (Bhartiya Daak), foot overbridges, water for passengers, milk dairy, television, wifi network (54 Mbit/s), etc.

These highways open further connectivity options for Parbhani, making it to connect with north-eastern cities of Indore, Jhansi, Agra and North-Southern cities like Varanasi, Nagpur, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kanyakumari.

With four studios, it produces programmes in Marathi, Hindi, English, Urdu and Sanskrit languages.

The transmission covers Parbhani, Nanded, Hingoli, Latur, Jalna, Beed and Dharashiv districts, resulting an audience of approximately 10 lakhs.

All the major newspapers, and electronic news media channels have their offices, or representatives in the city.

In 2011 Maharashtra State cabinet decided to elevate Parbhani along with Latur and Chandrapur to municipal corporation as city crossed mark of 3,00,000 population in 2011 census.

First election for the Municipal Corporation was conducted in 2012, after the predecessor City Council's term ended.