Harsud
E271226
Harsud is a historic town in Madhya Pradesh, India, known for being submerged and relocated due to the construction of the Indira Sagar Dam on the Narmada River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harsud canonical | 2 |
| New Harsud | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2486768 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harsud Context triple: [Indira Sagar Dam, locatedNearTown, Harsud]
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A.
Dhundhari
Dhundhari is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in and around Jaipur and adjoining regions of Rajasthan, India.
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B.
Dhundhar
Dhundhar is a historical region in eastern Rajasthan, India, centered around Jaipur and known for its rich Rajput heritage and cultural significance.
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C.
Sachkhere
Sachkhere is a town in western Georgia known as a local administrative and economic center in the Imereti region.
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D.
Shadharwan
Shadharwan is the sloped stone base or foundation that runs along the lower exterior walls of the Kaaba in Mecca.
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E.
Halisahar
Halisahar is a town in the North 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal, situated along the Hooghly River and forming part of the Kolkata metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harsud Target entity description: Harsud is a historic town in Madhya Pradesh, India, known for being submerged and relocated due to the construction of the Indira Sagar Dam on the Narmada River.
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A.
Dhundhari
Dhundhari is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in and around Jaipur and adjoining regions of Rajasthan, India.
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B.
Dhundhar
Dhundhar is a historical region in eastern Rajasthan, India, centered around Jaipur and known for its rich Rajput heritage and cultural significance.
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C.
Sachkhere
Sachkhere is a town in western Georgia known as a local administrative and economic center in the Imereti region.
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D.
Shadharwan
Shadharwan is the sloped stone base or foundation that runs along the lower exterior walls of the Kaaba in Mecca.
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E.
Halisahar
Halisahar is a town in the North 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal, situated along the Hooghly River and forming part of the Kolkata metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionBeforeSubmergence | Harsud tehsil ⓘ |
| affectedBy | large-scale displacement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Narmada Valley Development Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
Narmada Valley development
dam-induced resettlement in India ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | central Madhya Pradesh ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Nimar ⓘ |
| damProjectRiver |
Narmada
ⓘ
surface form:
Narmada River
|
| economicActivityBeforeSubmergence |
agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ |
| governingBody | local municipal council (before submergence) ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Hindi
ⓘ
Nimadi ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic town lost to dam reservoir ⓘ |
| historic | true ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the major Indian towns fully submerged by a dam project ⓘ |
| knownFor |
relocation due to dam project
ⓘ
submergence due to Indira Sagar Dam ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Khandwa district
ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ Nimar ⓘ
surface form:
Nimar region
|
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | Central India ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | IST ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Narmada
ⓘ
surface form:
Narmada River
|
| nearbyCity |
Harda
ⓘ
Khandwa ⓘ |
| nearbyRiverProject | Indira Sagar Dam ⓘ |
| partOf | Indira Sagar Dam project-affected area ⓘ |
| populationDisplaced | thousands of residents ⓘ |
| projectTypeCausingSubmergence |
hydroelectric dam
ⓘ
irrigation reservoir ⓘ |
| region | central India ⓘ |
| relocated | true ⓘ |
| relocatedTo |
Harsud
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
New Harsud
|
| relocationType | planned town relocation ⓘ |
| resettlementIssue | controversies over compensation and rehabilitation ⓘ |
| riverBasin |
Narmada Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Narmada basin
|
| state | Madhya Pradesh ⓘ |
| submerged | true ⓘ |
| submergedBy |
Indira Sagar Dam
ⓘ
surface form:
Indira Sagar Dam reservoir
|
| timeZoneOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
connected by road to Indore
ⓘ
connected by road to Khandwa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harsud Description of subject: Harsud is a historic town in Madhya Pradesh, India, known for being submerged and relocated due to the construction of the Indira Sagar Dam on the Narmada River.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Harsud