Berar

American

[bey-rahr, ba-] / beɪˈrɑr, bæ- /

noun

a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.

Berar British

/ bɛˈrɑː /

noun

a region of W central India: part of Maharashtra state since 1956; important for cotton growing

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The greater were Ahmadnagar, Bijapur and Golconda, the lesser Bidar and Berar.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015

Railways were built in the newly acquired state of Berar to shift raw cotton for export to Bombay.

From Economist • Dec. 30, 2014

The same can be said of pomaded, 49-year-old Azam Jah, Prince of Berar and eldest son of India's wizened, 72-year-old Nizam of Hyderabad.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, had kept his vow to stay inside his own territory of Hyderabad.

From Time Magazine Archive

Berar was ceded to the Padishah; Amurath retired from Ahmadnagar.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter

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