Chandur

Amravati (uhm-RAH-vuh-tee) with the rest of the Berar was assigned to the East India Company by the Nizam following the treaty of 1853. After this province was assigned to the Company, it was divided into two districts, South Berar with its headquarters at Hingoli with neighbouring region restored to the Nizam and North Berar was reconstituted into East Berar with headquarters at Akola. In 1903, the Treaties of Assignment were superseded by an agreement under which the Nizam leased Berar to the Government of India in perpetuity. Berar was joined to the central provinces in 1903 to form the enlarged province of central provinces and Berar. With the reorganisation of states in 1956, Amravati, along with the entire Vidarbha region, was included in Bombay State, which became a part of the Marathi-speaking Maharashtra in 1960.