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  • A region of west-central India. It was one of the early kingdoms of the Deccan.

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Examples

  • [121] In Berar for ten days -- Kitts '_Berar Census Report, l.c. _

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • One-tenth of the funds required to support that population during the cessation of the cotton manufacture would suffice to establish agencies in Berar and the North-West Provinces: that would increase in one season the present production by a million of bales, and, in process of time, would produce sufficient cotton to supply all the wants of England.

    The Cotton of Various Climes 1862

  • The authors compared death rates across 27 countries during the period 1915 – 1923 and found that the rates varied wildly from place to place, even within a single country: In British India, for instance, the mortality rate ranged from 2.1 percent in Burma to 7.8 percent in the province of Berar.

    Primary Sources 2007

  • The authors compared death rates across 27 countries during the period 1915 – 1923 and found that the rates varied wildly from place to place, even within a single country: In British India, for instance, the mortality rate ranged from 2.1 percent in Burma to 7.8 percent in the province of Berar.

    Primary Sources 2007

  • Me: That means you haven't seen me at all, and I come from the capital of C.P. and Berar state.

    Kandyache Thallipeeth bhags 2008

  • Me: That means you haven't seen me at all, and I come from the capital of C.P. and Berar state.

    Archive 2008-05-01 bhags 2008

  • One hundred and sixty political meetings were held in the Central Provinces and Berar alone in the first fortnight of October 1945 where the demand for clemency for INA prisoners was raised.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • The Bahmani dynasty, founded by rebels against Muhammad Tughluk, who elected Bahman Shah (1347–48), at first ruled four provinces: Gulbarga, Daulatabad, Berar, and Bidar.

    1337-38 2001

  • The Vakatakas, extended their power from the fortress of Gawilgarh in northern Berar to Nagpur, Bundelkhand, and Kuntala, probably limiting Gupta expansion to the south.

    c. South India 2001

  • In 1574 Ahmadnagar annexed Berar, which had hindered the allied campaign.

    1529 2001

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