Nerbudda Division
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The Nerbudda Division, named after the Narmada River (Nerbudda), was a former administrative division of the Central Provinces of British India.[1] It encompassed a good part of the Narmada River basin in the eastern part of present-day Madhya Pradesh state of India. The Nerbudda Division had an area of 47,609.2 km2 with a population of 1,785,008 in 1901.[2]
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Division of British India | |||||||||
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1909 map of the Central Provinces. | |||||||||
Capital | Hoshangabad | ||||||||
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• 1901 | 47,609.2 km2 (18,382.0 sq mi) | ||||||||
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• 1901 | 1,785,008 | ||||||||
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• Creation of the division | 1853 | ||||||||
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The Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and Berar in 1936 until the Independence of India.