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| | name = Baghelkhand
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| | settlement_type = Region
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| | image_map = India Bagelkhand locator map.svg
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| | map_caption = Location of Bagelkhand in India
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| |pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India
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| |pushpin_map_alt = Location of Baghelkhand
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| | coordinates = {{coord|24.5|81.2|display=title}}
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| | subdivision_type = Country
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| | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
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| | subdivision_type1 = State
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| | subdivision_type3 = Covering territory
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| | subdivision_name3 = *[[Rewa District|Rewa]], [[Satna District|Satna]], [[Shahdol District|Shahdol]], [[Sidhi District|Sidhi]], [[Singrauli District|Singrauli]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br/> | |
| *[[Chitrakoot District|Chitrakoot]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| | subdivision_name4 = [[Bagheli language]] dialect of [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] ([[Hindi]])
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| '''Bagelkhand''' or '''Baghelkhand''' is a region and also a mountain range in central [[India]] that covers the northeastern regions of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and a small area of southeastern [[Uttar Pradesh]].
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| ==History==
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| [[File:Central India Agency 1909.jpg|thumb|Map of the [[Central India Agency]] with the Bagelkhand Agency at the eastern end|left]]
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| ===Dahala===
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| 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>
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| ===Bagelkhand Agency===
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| 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>
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| ==Geography==
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| 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"/>
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| ==Administration==
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| [[Image:UP region map.gif|250px|thumb|Regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]]]]
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| 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"/>
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| ==Demographics==
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| 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"/>
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| == References ==
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| ==Further reading==
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| {{EB1911 poster|Bagelkhand}}
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| *{{Britannica|48811}}
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| {{Historical regions of North India}}
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| {{Proposed states and territories of India}}
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| [[Category:Regions of Madhya Pradesh]]
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| [[Category:Regions of Uttar Pradesh]]
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| [[Category:Regions of India]]
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