Central Provinces and Related Topics

Central Provinces and Berar

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Province of British India and later the Dominion of India which existed from 1903 to 1950.

Central Provinces and Berar in 1909, showing the districts, divisions, and princely states under the authority of the province, as well as the 1905 changes to the eastern boundary

Central Provinces and Berar, 1903. Princely states are shown in yellow.

It was formed by the merger of the Central Provinces with the province of Berar, which was territory leased by the British from the Hyderabad State.

Madhya Pradesh

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State in central India.

Physical map of Madhya Pradesh village Tumen Ashoknagar

Matang was completely developed and manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur

Mesolithic rock painting, Bhimbetka rock shelters, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bateshwar temple complex, Padavli, Morena

Brahma statue with various deities at Amarkantak.

Langur monkey (Semnopithecus dussumieri), Orchha

Tigress with cubs in Kanha Tiger Reserve

Tickell's blue flycatcher, Bandhavgarh National Park

Male nilgais fighting, Lakeshwari, Gwalior district

The River Narmada flows through a gorge of marble rocks in Bhedaghat, Jabalpur

The Shri Ram Ghat on the Shipra River in Ujjain

Betwa in the Ashoknagar District of Madhya Pradesh

Bagh Print Traditional hand block print craft in Bagh.

A man playing flute in Orchha, with a white tilak on his forehead, and holy saffron-coloured clothes.

Sand sculpture by Sudarshan Pattnaik at Bandrabhan near Hoshangabad

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University's main gate

St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur, established in the year 1868 is among the oldest schools in India

In 1861, the British merged the Nagpur Province with the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories to form the Central Provinces.

Maharashtra

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Maharashtra (, abbr.

Late Harappa figure from Daimabad hoard, Indus Valley Civilization

2nd century BCE Karla Caves are a group of Buddhist caves near Lonavala

Bibi Ka Maqbara, a replica of the Taj Mahal, was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

Statue of Shivaji opposite Gateway of India in South Mumbai

The Bombay-Poona Mail Train of the GIPR company in 1907

Dried up the Godavari at Puntamba, Ahmadnagar district after a poor Monsoon

A Bengal tiger in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve

Divisions of Maharashtra, along with their respective districts (With Palghar district formed in 2014 from the northern part of Thane district)

Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai. Hinduism is the dominant religion in Maharashtra

Mantralaya or administrative headquarters of Maharashtra state government in South Mumbai

The Bombay High Court, one of the oldest high courts in India

Mumbai is a major contributor to the economy of Maharashtra

Freshly grown sugarcane, agriculture is the second leading occupation in Maharashtra

Students at a state-run primary school in Raigad district.

Founded in 1887, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) is one of the oldest engineering colleges in Asia

Situated in Pune, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune was established in 1948 after the Indian independence.

Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (Agricultural University) at Akola

A Primary Healthcare center in the village of Amboli in Pune district

Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station, the state's power production source

Misal Paav, a popular dish from Maharashtra

A Girl and a Woman dressed in traditional Maharashtrian Nauvari lugada (nine-yard sari)

P L Deshpande (in center), one of the most popular authors in Marathi language

Children playing cricket in a farm outside the village of Chinawal in Jalgaon.

Night-time skyline of Downtown Mumbai at Nariman Point

Khandoba mandir of Lord Khandoba in Jejuri

Pandharpur, a Hindu pilgrimage centre in the state

The largest princely states in the territory were Nagpur, Satara and Kolhapur; Satara was annexed to the Bombay Presidency in 1848, and Nagpur was annexed in 1853 to become Nagpur Province, later part of the Central Provinces.

Nagpur Province

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Province of British India that covered parts of the present-day states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh.

Map of the Central provinces of British India

In 1861, Nagpur Province was merged into the Central Provinces together with the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories.

Carved statue in the medieval city of Sirpur

Chhattisgarh

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Landlocked state in Central India.

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Tendu Patta (Leaf) collection in Chhattisgarh, India.

Danteshwari Temple is one of the Shakti peethas

A carving in the 10th- or 11th-century Hindu temple of Malhar village. This area, 40 km from Bilaspur, was supposedly a major Buddhist centre in ancient times.

Suwa Nacha at Khudmudi Village, Chhattisgarh

Red Velvet Mite is used as medicine in traditional healing in Chhattisgarh

Chloroxylon is used for pest management in organic rice cultivation in Chhattisgarh

Medicinal rice of Chhattisgarh used as an immune booster

Herbal farming in Chhattisgarh: Gulbakawali

Herbal farming in Chhattisgarh: Safed Musli with Arhar

Kodo Millet is used as a life saving medicine in Chhattisgarh

It came under British rule from 1845 to 1947 as the Chhattisgarh Division of the Central Provinces.

Territory under Maratha control in 1760 (yellow), without its vassals

Marathi people

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Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India.

A watercolor painting of Pune from the late Peshwa era as seen from the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers, by British artist Henry Salt. The picture clearly shows the permanent features of the place and cremations. River confluences have been popular in Hinduism for cremations and also for ceremonial disposal of ashes

A replica Killa (fort) presented by a family at a Maharashtra Mandal Diwali program in United States

Deepmala Deep Stamb in Omkareshwar Temple in Pune

A Marathi household shrine with Khandoba at the forefront

Naivedya (Food offering) for the ancestors during a Pitru paksha ceremony

Dnyaneshwar palakhi on its way to Pandharpur

Woman playing Zimma on the night of a Mangala Gauri celebration in the Month of Shravan

A clay idol of Ganesh being immersed in water at the conclusion of the annual Ganeshotsav on the 11th day or Anant Chaturdashi

Women performing Bhondla dance during the festival of Navratri

Devotees showering turmeric powder (bhandara) on each other at Khandoba Temple in Jejuri during Champa Shashthi.

Traditional Sesame seed based sweets for Makar Sankrant

Shimga being celebrated on the port of Harne on the Konkan coast

Bullock cart race at a Jatra in Manchar, Maharashtra

A simple Maharashtrian meal with bhaaji, bhakari, raw onion and pickle

A typical Diwali plate of snack (faral ). Clockwise from top: chakli, kadboli, shev, gaathi, chivda and in the center are yellow besan and white rava ladu.

Princess Indira Raje (1892-1968) of Baroda as a young girl with her mother,
Chimnabai II, wearing a 'Nauvari', a traditional Maharashtrian sari

During this era Marathi people resided in the Bombay presidency, Berar, Central provinces, Hyderabad state and in various princely states that are currently part of present-day Maharashtra.