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#REDIRECT [[Baghelkhand]]
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'''Bagelkhand''' or '''Baghelkhand''' is a region and also a mountain range in western [[India]] that covers the northeastern regions of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and a small area of southeastern [[Uttar Pradesh]].
==History==
[[File:Central India Agency 1909.jpg|thumb|Map of the [[Central India Agency]] with the Bagelkhand Agency at the eastern end|left]]
===Dahala===
Baghelkhand was known as Dahala 6th–12th century, [[Kalachuris of Tripuri|Kalachuri dynasty]] with stronghold at [[Kalinjar Fort]]. The area got its current name after Baghela Rajputs in the 14th century, later it was absorbed into Rewa state.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|title=Baghelkhand {{!}} historical region, India|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Baghelkhand|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
===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 (princely state)|Rewa]] and 11 minor states, of which the most prominent were [[Maihar State|Maihar]], [[Nagod State|Nagod]] and [[Sohawal State|Sohawal]]. Other principalities included [[Jaso State|Jaso]], [[Kothi State|Kothi]], [[Baraundha]] (aka [[Patharkachhar]]) as well as the [[Kalinjar Chaubes]], consisting of the princely estates of [[Paldeo]], [[Kamta-Rajaula]], [[Taraon]], [[Pahra]] and [[Bhaisaunda]].<ref>Malleson, G. B. ''An historical sketch of the native states of India,'' London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984</ref>
==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.<ref name="britannica"/>
==Administration==
[[Image:UP region map.gif|250px|thumb|Regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]]]]
Currently it divided between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It includes the Madhya Pradesh districts [[Rewa District|Rewa]], [[Satna District|Satna]], [[Shahdol District|Shahdol]],  [[Sidhi District|Sidhi]], and [[Singrauli District|Singrauli]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Chitrakoot District|Chitrakoot]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="britannica"/>
==Demographics==
The inhabitants of Bagelkhand are called Bagheli and they speak the [[Bagheli language]] which is also designated as a [[dialect of Hindi]].<ref name="britannica"/>
===Religion===
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|title = Religion in Baghelkhand (2011)<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">http://censusindia.gov.in/</ref>
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| right1  = Percent
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|orange|95.48}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|3.42}}
{{bar percent|Others|grey|1.10}}}}
===Languages===
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|title = Languages in Baghelkhand (2011)<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">http://censusindia.gov.in/</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hindi]]|orange|65.59}}
{{bar percent|[[Bagheli]]|navajowhite|25.33}}
{{bar percent|[[Bundeli]]|brown|3.20}}
{{bar percent|[[Urdu]]|green|0.17}}
{{bar percent|Others|grey|5.71}}}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Historical regions of North India}}
{{Proposed states and territories of India}}
[[Category:Regions of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Regions of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Regions of India]]
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