Ellichpur District
| Ellichpur District अचलपूर जिल्हा | |||||||||
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| District of British India | |||||||||
| 1867–1905 | |||||||||
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Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 6,747 km2 (2,605 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 297,403 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Creation of the district from East Berar | 1867 | ||||||||
• Merged with Amravati district | 1905 | ||||||||
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Ellichpur District is a former district of
Ellichpur
(Achalpur) was the administrative headquarters of the district.
Ellichpur District had an area of 6,747 km² with a population of 315,616 in 1891, which was reduced to 297,403 in 1901 owing to the 1899-1900 famine.[1]
History
Ellichpur District was part of the province of
taluks of Ellichpur, Daryapur, Melghat, and Morsi
were separated from East Berar District. Morsi taluk was retransferred to Amraoti after a short time.
Melghat taluk was situated in the
Gawilgarh was located in Melghat taluk. It was dissolved in August 1905 and merged with Amravati district
(Amraoti).
See also
References
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12, pp 10–18. 1908-1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 291.
- ^ Olson, James S. and Robert Shadle, eds. Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Vol. 1. Greenwood Publishing Group, UK 1996. P. 227.