Nimar is the southwestern region of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

state in west-central India. This region has sub-regions which include Nimad, Khandya and Bhuwana. The region lies south of the Vindhya Range, and consists of two portions of the Narmada and

Tapti The Tapti River (or Tapi) is a river in central India located to the south of the Narmada river that flows westwards before draining into the Arabian Sea. The river has a length of around and flows through the states of Maharashtra, Guja ...

river valleys, separated by a section of 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 ...

, about 15 miles (24 km) in breadth. On the highest peak, about 800 ft (244 m) above the plain and 1800 ft (549 m) above sea-level, stands the fortress of

Asirgarh Asirgarh Fort is an Indian fortress ''(qila)'' situated in the Satpura Range about north of the city of Burhanpur, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Because the fortress commands a pass through the Satpuras connecting the valleys of the ...

, commanding a pass which has for centuries been the chief highway between Upper India and the Deccan. The Nimar region is home to the

Nimadi language Nimadi is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Nimar region of west-central India within the state of Madhya Pradesh. This region lies adjacent to Maharashtra and south of Malwa. The districts where Nimadi is spoken are: Barwani, Khandwa ...

History

Nimar was formed as a 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 ...

, in the

Nerbudda Division The Nerbudda Division, named after the Narmada River (Nerbudda), was a former administrative division of the Central Provinces of British India. It encompassed a good part of the Narmada River basin in the eastern part of present-day Madhya Prades ...

of the Central Provinces. The administrative headquarters were at

Khandwa Khandwa is a city and a nagar nigam in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Khandwa district, formerly known as East Nimar District. Khandwa is a major railway junction; the Malwa line conn ...

; but the capital in Muslim times was

Burhanpur Burhanpur'' is a historical city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative seat of Burhanpur District. It is situated on the north bank of the Tapti River and northeast of city of Mumbai, southwest of the state's capi ...

. Area, 4273 mi² (11,067 km²), population (1901) 329,615. The staple crops were cotton and millet; ganja or Indian hemp was also allowed to be grown under government supervision. The Great Indian Peninsula railway ran through the district, and a branch of the Rajputana line from

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

joined it at Khandwa. There were factories for ginning and pressing cotton at Khandwa, and manufacture of gold-embroidered cloth at Burhanpur. The district contained extensive forests, and the government preserved a section known is the Punasa forest, which extended for about 120 miles (190 km) along the south bank of the Narmada, home to forests of

teak Teak (''Tectona grandis'') is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae. It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. ''Tectona grandis'' has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters ( pan ...

(''Tectona grandis''), Terminalia tomentosa, sain (''Terminalia tomentosa'') and Hardwickia, anjan (''Hardwickia binata'') trees. Nimar was also a district in the princely state of Indore lying west of the British district on both banks of the Narmada. Area, 3871 mile² (10,026 km²); pop. (1901) 257,110. From 1823 onwards this tract, then belonging to Sindhia rulers of Gwalior, was under British management; in 1861 it was ceded in full sovereignty to the British, but in 1867 it passed to Holkar rulers of

as the result of an exchange of territory. After Indian Independence Act 1947, Indian independence in 1947, The former British district became the Nimar District of the new state of Madhya Pradesh, with its administrative seat at Khandwa; the Nimar District of

state became the Nimar district of the new state of Madhya Bharat, with its administrative seat at Khargone. When Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956, The former Madhya Bharat district became West Nimar District, while the eastern district became East Nimar District. West Nimar district was split into the districts of Barwani District, Barwani and Khargone District, Khargone on 24 May 1998 and similarly East Nimar district was split into the districts of Khandwa District, Khandwa and Burhanpur District, Burhanpur on 15 August 2003.

Districts of Nimar

* Barwani district, Barwani * Burhanpur district, Burhanpur * Harda district, Harda * jhabua district, jhabua * Khandwa district, Khandwa * Khargone district, Khargone * Dhar district, Dhar (Southern part)

Cities of Nimar

* Anjad * Bagh, Dhar, Bagh * Barwaha * Barwani * Beria * Bhagwanpura, Madhya Pradesh, Bhagwanpura * Bhikangaon *

* Dhamnod * Dharampuri * Dharampuri * Gogawan * Harda * Harsud * jhabua * Jhirniya * Kasrawad * Kenud *

* Khargone * Khetia * Kukshi * Kukshi * Maheshwar * Manawar * Manawar * Mandav * Mandhata * Mandleshwar * Mundi * Nepanagar * Pandhana * Pansemal * Rajpur, Madhya Pradesh, Rajpur * Sanawad * Satwas * Sendhwa * Shahpur, Burhanpur, Shahpur} * Thikri

Notable people

* Bala Bachchan * Tantia Bhīl - a tribal leader who actively fought against British Raj between 1878 and 1889 * Nandkumar Singh Chauhan * Vijayalaxmi Sadho * Luke Wilson - Scholar and Gentleman. * Arun Yadav Former Member of Parliament,Khandwa * Sachin Yadav - MLA and former Agricultural minister of Madhya Pradesh. * Subhash Yadav - Former deputy chief minister. * Narendra Gaindhar - Software engineer.

References

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