Ceded Districts

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The Ceded Districts refer to a historical region in southern India comprising territories ceded by the Nizam of Hyderabad to the British, roughly corresponding to the modern Rayalaseema area of Andhra Pradesh.

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Label Occurrences
Ceded Districts canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Asaf Jahi dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithPolity Hyderabad State ⓘ
cededFrom Hyderabad State ⓘ
cededTo British East India Company ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
colonialTermUsedBy British administrators ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
formedByCessionFrom Nizam of Hyderabad ⓘ
formerColonialDesignation Ceded Districts of Madras Presidency ⓘ
governedBy British East India Company administration ⓘ
hasCapitalCityHistorically Kurnool (regional center) ⓘ
historicalNameOf Rayalaseema area ⓘ
linked to: Rayalaseema
historicalPeriod late 18th century to mid 20th century ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
historicalSignificance early British expansion in Deccan ⓘ
includesRegion Anantapur region ⓘ
linked to: Anantapur district

Chittoor region ⓘ
linked to: Chittoor district

Kadapa region ⓘ
Kurnool region ⓘ
linked to: Kurnool district
languageMajority Telugu ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Andhra State ⓘ
Madras State ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Nadu
locatedIn southern India ⓘ
linked to: South India
majorRiverSystemNearby Penna River ⓘ
Tungabhadra River ⓘ
partOf Madras Presidency ⓘ
partOfLargerRegion Deccan Plateau ⓘ
partOfPresentDay Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
presentDayRegionName Rayalaseema ⓘ
presentDayState Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
primaryAgriculture dryland farming ⓘ
regionType dry inland plateau ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo Rayalaseema ⓘ
underColonialAdministrationBy Madras Presidency ⓘ

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

Rayalaseema → hasTraditionalName → Ceded Districts ⓘ