Manikchand Pahade Law College, Aurangabad is the oldest law college in the Marathwada region. On the eve of the state's re-organization, prominent Advocates and educationists of Aurangabad took the lead in establishing the “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 a 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, Mumbai, etc.
The next task for the society was to raise funds and establish infrastructure for the college. This task was shared by the “ManikchandPahade Smarak Samiti”. The college is posthumously named by ManikchandPahade, the great freedom fighter who has contributed a lot to the freedom movement and in “Hyderabad Mukti Sangram”.