Ellichpur District is a former district of
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
. It encompassed the western portion of present-day
Amravati District in
Maharashtra state.
Ellichpur
Achalpur, formerly known as Ellichpur and Illychpur, is a city and a municipal council in Amravati District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the second most populous city in Amravati District after Amravati and seventh most populou ...
(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.
History
Ellichpur District was part of the province of
Berar Berar may refer to:
*Vidarbha, the eastern region of Maharashtra Province, India, historically known as Berar
*Berar Sultanate (1490–1596), one of the Deccan sultanates
*Berar Subah (1596–1724), a Subah of the Mughal Empire
*Berar Province (1724 ...
, which came under British administration in 1853, although it nominally remained part of the
Kingdom of Hyderabad
Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...
until 1903.
[Olson, James S. and Robert Shadle, eds. ''Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Vol. 1.'' Greenwood Publishing Group, UK 1996. P. 227.] Ellichpur was immediately included in East Berar District, which included all of present-day Amravati District, with its administrative headquarters at Amraoti (Amravati). Ellichpur District was created in 1867 when the
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
s 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
Satpura Range
The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh. The range parallels the Vindhya Range to the north, and these ...
, while the taluks of Ellichpur and Daryapur are located on the
Payanghat, the central valley of Berar. Ellichpur was the administrative headquarters of Ellichpur Taluk, Daryapur that of Daryapur Taluk, and
Chikalda that of Melghat Taluk. The district included six towns, Ellichpur,
Paratwada
Paratwada, formerly known as Paltanwada and also known as "Achalpur Camp" is a city and a municipal council in Amravati District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is also the second most populous city in Amravati District after Amravati ...
,
Anjangaon
Anjangaon is a city and a municipal council in Amravati district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Anjangaon City got the status of Municipal Council in 1930. It is the first municipal council established in Amravati district and the second ...
,
Karasgaon,
Sirasgaon, and
Chandur Bazar
Chandur bazar is a City governed by a Municipal Council in Amravati district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Chandurbazar is situated about from the border of Madhya Pradesh.
Demographics
India census, Chandurbazar had a population of ...
. The historic fortress of
Gawilgarh
Gawilghur (also, Gavalgadh, Gawilgarh or Gawilgad, Pronunciation: aːʋilɡəɖ was a well-fortified mountain stronghold of the Maratha Empire north of the Deccan Plateau, in the vicinity of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati District, Mahara ...
was located in Melghat taluk. It was dissolved in August 1905 and merged with
Amravati district (Amraoti).
See also
*
Berar Division
The Berar Division, formerly Berar Province, was one of the former administrative divisions of the Central Provinces and Berar of British India. Ellichpur (Achalpur) was the capital and the administrative headquarters of the division.
The Ber ...
References
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Districts of British India
Berar