Kaira district

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former administrative district historical district

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.

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Label Occurrences
Kaira district canonical 2

Statements (49)

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

Bharuch district, Gujarat, India ⓘ
surface form: Broach/Bharuch district (historical)

Panchmahal district ⓘ
surface form: Panchmahal district (historical)

Vadodara district ⓘ
surface form: Vadodara district (historical)
country India ⓘ
demographicGroup Anavil Brahmin ⓘ
surface form: Anavil Brahmins

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

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 ⓘ
surface form: Kheda Satyagraha of 1918
namedAfter Kheda district ⓘ
surface form: Kheda town
notableCrop cotton ⓘ
food grains ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
partOf Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Bombay State ⓘ
surface form: Bombay State (post-independence, pre-Gujarat)

Gujarat ⓘ
surface form: Gujarat state
subdivisionOf Gujarat Division (historical) ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Kheda district ⓘ

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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 ⓘ