Kaira district

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Kaira district is the former name of Kheda district, an administrative region in the state of Gujarat, India, known historically for its role in the Indian independence movement.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kaira district canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative district ⓘ
historical district ⓘ
administrativeHeadquarters Kheda ⓘ
linked to: Kheda district
administrativeType district ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kaira ⓘ
Kheda district ⓘ
associatedWith Independence-era peasant struggles ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
borderedBy Ahmedabad district (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Ahmedabad district

Broach/Bharuch district (historical) ⓘ
Panchmahal district (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Panchmahal district

Vadodara district (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Vadodara district
country India ⓘ
demographicGroup Anavil Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Anavil Brahmin

Patidar community ⓘ
various Adivasi communities ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
governedBy British colonial administration ⓘ
hasCurrentName Kheda district ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance center of anti-tax campaigns ⓘ
site of early Gandhian satyagraha ⓘ
hasUrbanCenter Anand ⓘ
Kheda town ⓘ
linked to: Kheda district

Nadiad ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial period ⓘ
historicalRegion Charotar ⓘ
knownFor Kheda Satyagraha ⓘ
peasant agrarian movements ⓘ
role in Indian independence movement ⓘ
languageSpoken Gujarati ⓘ
locatedIn British India ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Gujarat ⓘ
locatedNear Ahmedabad district ⓘ
Vadodara district ⓘ
majorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
mergedInto Gujarat state in 1960 ⓘ
movementOccurredIn Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 ⓘ
linked to: Kheda Satyagraha
namedAfter Kheda town ⓘ
linked to: Kheda district
notableCrop cotton ⓘ
food grains ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
partOf Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Bombay State (post-independence, pre-Gujarat) ⓘ
linked to: Bombay State

Gujarat state ⓘ
linked to: Gujarat
subdivisionOf Gujarat Division (historical) ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Kheda district ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kheda district → hasAlternativeName → Kaira district ⓘ
1918 peasant movement → location → Kaira district ⓘ