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Bewar, Mainpuri
Bewar is a town and nagar panchayat in Bhongaon tehsil of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. Historically the seat of a ''pargana'' and tehsil, it today serves as the seat of a community development block. As of 2011, Bewar had a population of 23,729, in 4,202 households. Name Local folk etymology derives the name "Bewar" from the ber plant, hence the local pronunciation "Berwar". According to Paul Whalley, the name is instead derived from the Sanskrit word vyāpāra', which means business, trade, or commerce, and in this case would denote a place where commercial activity takes place. Geography Bewar is located about 27 km east of Mainpuri, the district headquarters, at the crossroads with the Etawah-Farrukhabad highway. Bhongaon, the tehsil headquarters, is 13 km away. History At the turn of the 20th century, Bewar was both a tehsil and ''pargana'' headquarters. It was noted for its "fairly large and important bazar", where numerous shops did business selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |