Many intellectuals were shocked by violent incidents in the Marathwada region the region of saints which has given many social reformation movements to the state in medieval India Omvedt Gail 1993 Reinventing revolution new social movements and the socialist tradition in India M E Sharpe Publishers pp 64 66 ISBN 9780765631763 Damle Y B January June 1994 Holocaust in Marathwad 1978 ICSSR Research Abstracts Quarterly Indian Council of Social Science and Research XXIII