Berar

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Berar was a historical region in central India that became a significant Maratha-ruled province, later integrated into British India and now largely part of Maharashtra.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Berar canonical 19
Berar region (historical) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeStatusUnderBritish assigned district to Nizam then under British administration ⓘ
agriculturalRegion yes ⓘ
annexedToBritishIndia early 20th century ⓘ
associatedWith Nagpur as regional center ⓘ
borders Khandesh region ⓘ
linked to: Khandesh

Telangana region ⓘ
linked to: Telangana

Vidarbha region ⓘ
cededBy Nizam of Hyderabad ⓘ
cededTo British Government of India ⓘ
cededYear 1853 ⓘ
colonialRevenueImportance high ⓘ
country India ⓘ
historicalCapital Ellichpur ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Bhonsle dynasty of Nagpur ⓘ
linked to: Bhosale dynasty

Maratha Empire ⓘ
historicalName Varhad ⓘ
linked to: Varhadi

Varhadi ⓘ
Warhad ⓘ
integratedIntoModernState Madhya Pradesh (as part of Central Provinces and Berar) ⓘ
linked to: Madhya Pradesh
knownFor black cotton soil ⓘ
cotton cultivation ⓘ
languageRegionFor Varhadi dialect of Marathi ⓘ
linked to: Varhadi dialect
largelyBecamePartOf Maharashtra in 1960 ⓘ
laterAdministeredAs Berar Province ⓘ
Central Provinces and Berar ⓘ
linked to: Central Provinces
laterControlledBy British Empire ⓘ
British India ⓘ
locatedIn central India ⓘ
majorCity Akola ⓘ
Amravati ⓘ
Buldhana ⓘ
Washim ⓘ
Yavatmal ⓘ
mergedInto Central Provinces and Berar ⓘ
linked to: Central Provinces
mergeYear 1903 ⓘ
nowMostlyIn Maharashtra ⓘ
partlyIn Telangana ⓘ
partOf Deccan region ⓘ
preColonialPower Ahmadnagar Sultanate ⓘ
Bahmani Sultanate ⓘ
Gond kingdoms ⓘ
religionHistorically Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
reorganizedInto Bombay State ⓘ
reorganizedYear 1956 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Deccan routes ⓘ

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