Berar

[ bey-rahr, ba- ]

noun

1. a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.

Berar

/ bɛˈrɑː /

noun

1. a region of W central India: part of Maharashtra state since 1956; important for cotton growing

Example Sentences

The greater were Ahmadnagar, Bijapur and Golconda, the lesser Bidar and Berar.

From New York Times

Railways were built in the newly acquired state of Berar to shift raw cotton for export to Bombay.

From Economist

Berar had already been annexed by Ahmednagar in 1572, and Bidar was absorbed by Bijapur in 1609.

From Project Gutenberg

As representative of the landowners of Berar and Bengal he took an important part in the discussion on the Bengal Tenancy Bill.

From Project Gutenberg

“The Berar treaty,” he told Sir Charles Wood, “is more likely to keep the nizam on his throne than anything that has happened for fifty years to him,” while at the same time the control thus acquired over a strip of territory intervening between Bombay and Nagpur promoted his policy of consolidation and his schemes of railway extension.

From Project Gutenberg