Baghelkhand


Bagelkhand or Baghelkhand is a Proposed [states and union territories of India#Madhya Pradesh|proposed state] and a mountain range in central India that covers the northeastern regions of Madhya Pradesh and a small area of southeastern Uttar Pradesh.

History

Dahala

Baghelkhand was known as Dahala in the 6th–12th century. Rewa State was founded in the area circa 1140. The area's current name refers to the Vaghela dynasty who ruled this state.

Bagelkhand Agency

The Bagelkhand Agency was a British political unit which managed the relations of the British with a number of autonomous princely states existing outside British India, namely Rewa and 11 minor states, of which the most prominent were Maihar, Nagod and Sohawal. Other principalities included Jaso, Kothi, Baraundha as well as the Kalinjar Chaubes, consisting of the princely estates of Paldeo, Kamta-Rajaula, Tarauwhan, Pahra and Bhaisaunda.

Geography

Bagelkhand is surrounded by the Indo-Gangetic plains in the north and east, Bundelkhand in the west and the Vindhya Range in the south.
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Administration

Currently it divided between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It includes the districts Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Sidhi, Maihar , Katni in Madhya Pradesh and Chitrakoot & Southern Part of Sonbhadra and Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics

The inhabitants of Bagelkhand are called Bagheli and they speak the Bagheli language which is also designated as a dialect of Hindi.