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Central Provinces and Berar
The
Central Provinces and Berar
was a
province
of
British India
and later the
Dominion of India
which existed from 1936 to 1950. It was formed by the merger of the
Central Provinces
with the province of
Berar
, which was territory leased by the British from the
Princely State of Hyderabad
. The Central Provinces comprised 19th-century British conquests from the
Mughals
and
Marathas
in central India, and covered much of present-day
Chhattisgarh
with portions of
Madhya Pradesh
, and
Maharashtra
states. Its capital was
Nagpur
.
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