Akola District
Akola district (Marathi pronunciation: �kolaː is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city of Akola is the district headquarters. Akola district forms the central part of Amravati Division, which was the former British Raj Berar Province. Area of the district is 5,428 km2. It is bounded on the north and east by Amravati District, to the south by Washim District, and to the west by Buldhana District. Washim was earlier a part of Akola till 1999. Akola district includes seven talukas which are Akola, Akot, Telhara, Balapur, Barshitakli, Murtijapur and Patur. Officer Members of Parliament * Anup Dhotre ( BJP) - Akola Guardian Minister List of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector History he Battle of ArgaonBk village is located in Telhara Tehsil, took place on 28 November 1803, between the British under the command of Governor Arthur Wellesley and the forces of Maratha under Bhonsle of Na ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Districts Of Maharashtra
Maharashtra is an States and union territories of India, Indian state that was formed on 1 May 1960 with 26 initial District (India), districts. Since then, 11 additional districts have been created, the most recent of which is Palghar district. The state currently has 36 districts. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions shown below. All divisions in Maharashtra Maharashtra is divided into 36 districts, which are grouped into six divisions. Regions Geographically, historically, politically, and according to cultural sentiments, Maharashtra has five main regions: * Konkan (Konkan division) * Paschim Maharashtra, also known as Desh, Maharashtra, Desh (Pune division) * North Maharashtra (Nashik Division) - contains Khandesh * Marathwada (Aurangabad division) * Vidarbha (Nagpur division, Nagpur and Amravati division, Amravati divisions) - formerly Central Provinces and Berar Divisions Districts The table below lists important geographic and demographi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Highway 161 (India)
National Highway 161, (may be referred to as NH 161), is a National Highway in India running through the states of Maharashtra and Telangana of India. The National Highway 161 joins the cities of Akola, Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Degloor, Bichkunda, Pitlam, Nizampet, Shankarampet(A), Jogipet, Sanga Reddy and Hyderabad in Central-Southern India with each other. Junctions * At Akola with NH 6 connecting Hajira - Surat - Dhule - Akola - Amravati - Nagpur - Durg - Raipur - Mahasamund - Sambalpur - Baharagora - Kolkata * At Akola with NH161A connecting Akot - Akola - Barshitakli - Mangrulpir - Digras - Arni - Mahur - Kinwat - Himayatnagar - Mudkhed - Nanded - Mukhed - Maharashtra-Karnataka border * At Washim with NH 161E connecting Washim - Mangrulpir - Karanja - Hiwra Budruk on NH 6 * At Nanded with NH 222 connecting Kalyan - Ahmednagar - Pathardi - Parbhani - Basmat - Nanded - Nirmal * At Nanded with NH 204 connecting Ratnagiri - Kolhapur - Sangli - Pandharpur - ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Buldhana District
Buldhana district (Marathi pronunciation: ulɖʰaːɳa is located in the Amravati division of Maharashtra, India. It is situated at the western border of Vidarbha region and is 500 km away from the state capital, Mumbai. The district has towns and cities like deulghat, dhad, mehakar, Shegaon, Malkapur, Khamgaon, Lonar and Chikhli. It is surrounded by Madhya Pradesh in the north, Akola, Washim, and Amravati districts on the east, Jalna district on the south, and Jalgaon and Aurangabad districts on the west. Khamgaon is the largest city in the district. Buldhana district holds religious significance as it is the site of the Shri Gajanan Maharaj Temple, Shegaon. Lonarkar Top (about 923 meters) is highest altitude in Buldhana District placed in Ambabarwa Wildlife Sanctuary. Office holders Members of Parliament * Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav ( SHS) * Raksha Khadse (BJP) Guardian minister List of Guardian ministers District Magistrate/Collector list of Di ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Washim District
Washim district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [ʋaːʃim]) is a List of districts of Maharashtra, district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. The area of the district is . Officer Members of Parliament *Sanjay Deshmukh (Shiv Sena (1966–2022), SHS) *Anup Dhotre (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) Guardian Minister list of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector Geography Washim district is located in the western region of Vidarbha, Vidharbha (20.1390° N, 77.1025° E). Akola district, Akola lies to its north, Amravati district, Amravati lies to its north-east, Hingoli district, Hingoli lies to its south, Buldhana district, Buldhana lies to its west, Yavatmal district, Yavatmal lies to its east. River Painganga River, Penganga is the main river of the district. It flows through the Tehsil of Risod. Later it flows through the boundary of Washim and Hingoli districts. River Kas is the main tri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amravati District
Amravati district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [əmɾaːʋət̪iː]) is a Districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in central India. It is the administrative headquarter of Amravati division, which is one of the two divisions in Vidarbha (other being Nagpur), out of total 6 Regions and Divisions of Maharashtra, regions in state of Maharashtra. The district is situated between 20°32' and 21°46' north latitudes and 76°37' and 78°27' east longitudes. The district occupies an area of 12,235 km2. The district has boundaries with Betul District of Madhya Pradesh state to the north, and with the Maharashtra districts of Nagpur District, Nagpur to the northeast, Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh to the northeast Wardha District, Wardha to the east, Yavatmal District, Yavatmal to the south, Washim District, Washim to the southwest, and Akola District, Akola and Buldhana District, Buldhana districts to the west. History In 1853, the present terri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Berar Province
Berar Province, also known as the Hyderabad Assigned Districts, was a province of Hyderabad. After 1853, it was administered by the British, although the Nizam retained formal sovereignty over the province. Azam Jah, the eldest son of the 7th Nizam, held the title of Mirza- Baig ("Prince") of Berar, modern day approximately Amravati Division of Vidarbha , Northern Maharashtra. In 1881, the population of Berar was 2,672,673. The total area of the territory was . After 1 October 1903, the administration of the province was placed under the Commissioner-General for the Central Provinces, as the Berar Division. In 1936, the territory was renamed as the Central Provinces and Berar, and its legislative assembly was established. The successor to Berar, with changed boundaries, is Amravati Division in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. History Background Before the Mughal occupation, Berar was a part of the Nizam Shahi Sultanate of Ahmadnagar. It was ceded to Emperor Ak ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or direct rule in India. * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, which were collectively called ''Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India'', and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British British paramountcy, paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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States And Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Highway 548C (India)
National Highway 548C, commonly referred to as NH 548C is a national highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 48. NH-548C traverses the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India. Route Satara, Koregaon, Pusegaon, Mhaswad, Malshiras, Akluj, Tembhurni, Kurudwadi, Barshi, Kuslamb, Yermala, Kalamb, Kaij, Dharur, Majalgaon, Partur, Watur, Mantha, Lonar, Mehkar, Janephal, Khamgaon, Shegaon, Akot, Anjangaon, Wadgaon, Paratwada, Baitul. Junctions : Terminal near Satara. : near Tembhurni. : near Kuslamb, Barshi. : near Yermala. : near Kaij. : near Majalgaon. : near Mantha. : near Mantha. : near Mehkar. : near Khamgaon. : near Shegaon. : near Patsul. : near Akot. : near Paratwada. : Terminal near Betul. : : See also * List of national highways in India * List of national highways in India by state List of the new national highway numbers (state-wise). Andhra Pradesh There are 55 national highways including one nati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Highway 361C (India)
National Highway 361C, commonly referred to as NH 361C, is a national highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 61. NH-361C traverses the state of Maharashtra in India. Route Digras, Donad, Darwha, Karanja, Mozor, Murtizapur. Junctions : Terminal near Digras. : Terminal near Murtizapur. See also * List of national highways in India * List of national highways in India by state List of the new national highway numbers (state-wise). Andhra Pradesh There are 55 national highways including one national expressway (NE7) in Andhra Pradesh with a total length of 8683.15km as of 31 Dec 2022. These are administered by ... References External links NH 361C on OpenStreetMap National highways of India National highways in Maharashtra {{India-NH-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |