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Balapur, he founded a new city named Shahpur and constructed a beautiful palace for himself. As his relationship was deteriorating with Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, the commander of the army, Akbar recalled Khan-i-Khanan and sent his trusted friend Abul Fazl to help him. Mirza Murad died in 1598. After his death, Mirza Daniyal was given the charge as governor of Berar, Ahmadnagar, and Khandesh, and Khan-i-Khanan was sent along with Mirza Daniyal. Akbar died in 1605.
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In 1611, the southern provinces of
Ahmadnagar, Berar, and Khandesh defied Mughal sovereignty under Malik Ambar. Jahangir sent Man Singh and others to crush the revolt. Man Singh died a natural death on 6 July 1614 at Ellichpur. During Jahangir's rule, Malik Ambar, till his death in 1626, recovered a
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Before the Mughal occupation, Berar was a part of the Nizam Shahi
Sultanate of Ahmadnagar. It was ceded to Emperor Akbar by Chand Bibi in 1596, who was unable to stand against the imperial forces led by Prince Mirza Murad. After this initial victory, Prince Mirza Murad settled in Berar, with Balapur
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as its main fort. Aurangzeb was appointed
Viceroy of the four Deccan Subahs for the first time, and he occupied the post for eight years (till 1644). He was again appointed viceroy for the second time in 1653, and he remained in that post till 1657.During Aurangzeb's reign, Mirza Azam was appointed
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taskmasters, it remained long prey to the turbulent elements let loose by the sudden cessation of the wars. From time to time bands of soldiers, whom the government was powerless to control, scoured the country, and rebellion upon rebellion till 1859, when the last fight against open rebels took
540:. It was these "Hyderabad Assigned Districts" that were popularly supposed to form the province of Berar. In 1860, by a new treaty modified in Nizam's favour of 1853, it was agreed that Berar should be held in trust by the British government for the purposes specified in the treaty of 1853.
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became the
Viceroy of Berar. Berar was successively overrun by the Mughals after the Mughals appointed the Maratha Senapati Sawai Shri Shriman Santaji Bhonsle Seena Sahib-e-Subah because Santaji was the father-in-law of Mirza Bedarbakht, son of Mirza Azam, and grandson of Aurangzeb.
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Berar consisted of one
Division with a Commissioner and six districts viz. Amraoti, Ellichpur, Wun, Akola, Buldana, and Basim in 1905. It was rearranged into four Amraoti, Yeotmal, Akola, and Buldana districts. In 1869, municipal administrations were introduced at Amraoti,
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British Commissioner–General of the Central Provinces. In 1936, with the establishment of the legislative assembly of the "Central Provinces and Berar", the territory was renamed as the
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Amraoti. In 1864, the talukas of Malkapur, Chikhli, and Mehkar were separated from the West Berar District, and a new district, Southwest Berar District, was formed, which was renamed Mehkar District in 1865. In 1867,
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506:), the Wardha River was fixed as the eastern boundary of Berar, the Melghat and adjoining districts in the plains being assigned to the Nizam, in exchange for the districts east of the Wardha held by the Peshwa.
489:(1803), which forced the Bhonsla raja to cede his territories south of Gawilgarh and Narnala Fort and east of the Wardha River. The forts of Gavilgad and Narnala remained subject to the Bhosale raja of Nagpur.
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In 1853, after the administration of the province was assigned to the
British East India Company by the Nizam following a treaty, it was divided into two districts, South Berar with its headquarters at
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of 1900, for example, nearly 8.5% of the population died, "with the greatest number of deaths", according to the historian Sven
Beckert, "occurring in districts most specialized in cotton production".
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and the British, these ceded territories in Berar were transferred in perpetual sovereignty to the Nizam, together with some tracts about Sindkhed and Jalna, which had been held by
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substantial part of the Deccan from the Mughals including Berar. In 1628, the first year of the reign of Shah Jahan (Mirza Khurram), Berar again came under the Mughal sway.
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was selected as the district's headquarters, and later the district was renamed as Buldana district. In 1868,
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Building Berar's prosperity on cotton, however, came with a price. During the
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trade, as did the laying of a railway line across the province.
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734:. Buldhana District Gazetteer website. Archived from
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285:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
1336:Territorial evolution of the British Empire
763:. Amravati district website. Archived from
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429:at Berar, and then Amir Qamaruddin
718:Empire of Cotton: a Global History
658:Commissioner - Lt. Col W Hastings
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172:• Establishment of the
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441:Nizam and Maratha period
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1246:North-Western Provinces
282:Encyclopædia Britannica
1367:Regions of Maharashtra
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