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 6
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vidarbha historicalRegionOf Berar
subject linked to: Vidarbha region
Amravati locatedIn Berar region (historical)
linked to: Berar