Bundelkhand
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bundelkhand
First recorded in 1870–75; from Hindi: literally, “domain of the Bundela” (a clan in the Rajput)
Example Sentences
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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
It is for reasons like these that the Indian government has declared Bundelkhand among the most “backward” places in the country and, by extension, the world.
From Newsweek • Aug. 6, 2013
Their home is the Bundelkhand country, which these Districts adjoin, and they say that their original headquarters was at Kharagpur in Bundelkhand, whence they have spread over the surrounding country.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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