Shahabad region

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The Shahabad region is a historical area in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its former feudal estates and role in regional politics and agrarian society.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shahabad region canonical 2
old Shahabad district 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
administrativelyDividedInto Bhojpur district ⓘ
Buxar district ⓘ
linked to: Buxar

Kaimur district ⓘ
Rohtas district ⓘ
associatedWith agrarian unrest ⓘ
left-wing peasant organizations ⓘ
colonialAdministration Shahabad district under Bengal Presidency (historically) ⓘ
contains Ara ⓘ
Bhabua ⓘ
Buxar ⓘ
Sasaram ⓘ
agricultural land ⓘ
rural villages ⓘ
country India ⓘ
demography predominantly rural population ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
historicalFeature land concentration in few families ⓘ
large zamindari estates ⓘ
tenant peasantry ⓘ
historicallyCorrespondsTo old Shahabad district ⓘ
linked to: Shahabad region
historicalPeriod British colonial period in India ⓘ
linked to: British India

post-independence India ⓘ
knownFor agrarian society ⓘ
caste-based politics ⓘ
feudal estates ⓘ
landlord–tenant conflicts ⓘ
peasant movements ⓘ
regional politics in Bihar ⓘ
zamindari system ⓘ
language Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
locatedIn Bihar ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
mainCrops oilseeds ⓘ
paddy ⓘ
pulses ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
majorRiver Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges

Sone River ⓘ
partOf Magadh cultural region ⓘ
politicalInfluence Bihar state politics ⓘ
postIndependenceChange abolition of zamindari ⓘ
reorganization of districts ⓘ
religion Hindu majority ⓘ
Muslim minority ⓘ
socialStructure caste-based hierarchy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Jagdishpur estate → locatedIn → Shahabad region ⓘ
Western Bihar → politicalRegion → Shahabad region ⓘ
subject linked to: western Bihar
Shahabad region → historicallyCorrespondsTo → old Shahabad district ⓘ
linked to: Shahabad region