Nerbudda Division

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Nerbudda Division
Division of British India
1853–1947
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Central Provs 1909.jpg
1909 map of the Central Provinces.
Capital Hoshangabad
Area 
 1901
47,609.2 km2 (18,382.0 sq mi)
Population 
 1901
1785008
History
History 
 Creation of the division
1853
1947
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Nagpur State flag.png Nagpur kingdom
Madhya Pradesh Flag of India.svg

The Nerbudda Division, named after the Narmada River (Nerbudda), was a former administrative division of the Central Provinces of British India. [1] It encompassed a good part of the Narmada River basin in the eastern part of present-day Madhya Pradesh state of India. The Nerbudda Division had an area of 47,609.2 km2 with a population of 1,785,008 in 1901. [2]

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The Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and Berar in 1936 until the Independence of India.

Territory

The main mountains in the division were the Mahadeo Hills, the central part of the Satpura Range, where Pachmarhi, the summer hill station for British officials, and the Pachmarhi Cantonment were located. [3]

The main towns in the division were Narmadapuram (15,863 inhabitants in 1881), Burhanpur (33,341 inhabitants in 1901) and Gadarwara (6,978 in 1901); other important towns were Khandwa, Harda, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Pandhurna, Sohagpur, Seoni and Mohgaon.

Administrative divisions

Districts

The Nerbudda Division included the following districts: [1]

Princely states

Makrai State was the only princely state within the division and was under the supervision of the Nerbudda commissioner.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nerbudda"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 388.
  2. Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India , Volume 6. 1908–1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  3. Pachmarhi, Jewel in the crown of Central India

Coordinates: 22°45′N77°43′E / 22.750°N 77.717°E / 22.750; 77.717