Central Provinces and Berar

[ bey-rahr ]

noun

1. a former province in central India: became the state of Madhya Pradesh 1950.

Central Provinces and Berar

/ bɛˈrɑː /

noun

1. a former province of central India: renamed Madhya Pradesh in 1950, Berar being transferred to Maharashtra in 1956

Example Sentences

As the immediate result of this change the offices of heads of departments in Berar, except the judicial commissionership and the conservatorship of forests, were amalgamated with the corresponding appointments in the Central Provinces, and Berar is now treated as one of the divisions of that province for purposes of revenue administration, with a divisional commissioner as its immediate head.

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Population.—The population of the Central Provinces and Berar as now defined according to the census of 1901 was 10,847,325, and is of very diverse ethical construction, having been recruited by immigration from the countries surrounding it on all sides.

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Under this latter raja the Nagpur state covered practically the whole of the present Central Provinces and Berar, as well as Orissa and some of the Chota Nagpur states.

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The provinces which have chief commissioners are the Central Provinces and Berar, the North-West Frontier Province and Coorg.

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