Bundelkhand

American

[boon-dl-kuhnd, -khuhnd] / ˌbʊn dlˈkʌnd, -ˈxʌnd /

noun

a former group of Indian states in central India, now part of Madhya Pradesh.

Bundelkhand British

/ ˌbʌndəlˈkʌnd, -ˈxʌnd /

noun

a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh

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Etymology

Origin of Bundelkhand

First recorded in 1870–75; from Hindi: literally, “domain of the Bundela” (a clan in the Rajput)

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Bundelkhand

In 2018, a labourer from Bundelkhand found a diamond worth 15m rupees in a mine in Panna.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024

Banpur, a village of about 13,000, lies in the mostly poor Bundelkhand region deep in India’s interior.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

The incident took place in a drought-parched village in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2021

Few parts of the country were as badly in need of justice as hardscrabble Bundelkhand, located in the southwestern frontier of Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state.

From Newsweek ● Aug. 6, 2013

BIJAWAR, a native state of central India, in the Bundelkhand agency.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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