Berar

E305708
former province historical region

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Berar canonical 6
Berar region (historical) 1

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 ⓘ
surface form: Khandesh region

Telangana ⓘ
surface form: Telangana region

Vidarbha region ⓘ
cededBy Kingdom of Hyderabad ⓘ
surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad
cededTo Government of British India ⓘ
surface form: British Government of India
cededYear 1853 ⓘ
colonialRevenueImportance high ⓘ
country India ⓘ
historicalCapital Ellichpur ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Bhosale dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Bhonsle dynasty of Nagpur

Maratha Empire ⓘ
historicalName Varhadi ⓘ
surface form: Varhad

Varhadi ⓘ
Warhad ⓘ
integratedIntoModernState Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
surface form: Madhya Pradesh (as part of Central Provinces and Berar)
knownFor black cotton soil ⓘ
cotton cultivation ⓘ
languageRegionFor Varhadi dialect ⓘ
surface form: Varhadi dialect of Marathi
largelyBecamePartOf Maharashtra in 1960 ⓘ
laterAdministeredAs Berar Province ⓘ
Central Provinces ⓘ
surface form: Central Provinces and Berar
laterControlledBy British Empire ⓘ
British India ⓘ
locatedIn central India ⓘ
majorCity Akola ⓘ
Amravati ⓘ
Buldhana ⓘ
Washim ⓘ
Yavatmal ⓘ
mergedInto Central Provinces ⓘ
surface form: Central Provinces and Berar
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Bhonsle of Nagpur → ruledTerritory → Berar ⓘ
Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar → hasJurisdictionOver → Berar ⓘ
Vidarbha region → historicalRegionOf → Berar ⓘ
subject surface form: Vidarbha
Amravati → locatedIn → Berar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berar region (historical)
Yavatmal district → historicalRegion → Berar ⓘ
Nagpur kingdom → historicalRegion → Berar ⓘ
Government House, Nagpur → associatedWith → Berar ⓘ