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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|native_name = अचलपूर जिल्हा<br />
|conventional_long_name =Ellichpur District<br />
|common_name =Ellichpur District<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|subdivision = District<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1867<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start= Creation of the district from East Berar <br />
|year_end = 1905<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end= Merged with [[Amravati district]]<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =East Berar District<br />
|s1 =Amravati district<br />
|flag_p1 = Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png<br />
|flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|image_flag =British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Ellichpur District-map.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Ellichpur District in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]<br />
|stat_area1 =6747<br />
|stat_year1 =1901<br />
|stat_pop1 = 297403<br />
|footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
'''Ellichpur District''' is a former district of [[British India]]. It encompassed the western portion of present-day [[Amravati District]] in [[Maharashtra]] state. [[Ellichpur]] (Achalpur) was the administrative headquarters of the district.<br />
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Ellichpur District had an area of 6,747 km² with a population of 315,616 in 1891, which was reduced to 297,403 in 1901 owing to the [[Indian famine of 1899–1900|1899-1900 famine]].<ref>Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. (1908). ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', Volume 12, pp 10&ndash;18. 1908-1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Ellichpur District was part of the province of [[Berar Province|Berar]],<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Ellichpur|volume=9|page=291|}}</ref> which came under British administration in 1853, although it nominally remained part of the [[Kingdom of Hyderabad]] until 1903.<ref>Olson, James S. and Robert Shadle, eds. ''Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Vol. 1.'' Greenwood Publishing Group, UK 1996. P. 227.</ref> Ellichpur was immediately included in East Berar District, which included all of present-day Amravati District, with its administrative headquarters at Amraoti (Amravati). Ellichpur District was created in 1867 when the [[taluk]]s of Ellichpur, Daryapur, Melghat, and [[Morshi|Morsi]] were separated from East Berar District. Morsi taluk was retransferred to Amraoti after a short time.<br />
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Melghat taluk was situated in the [[Satpura Range]], while the taluks of Ellichpur and Daryapur are located on the [[Payanghat]], the central valley of Berar. Ellichpur was the administrative headquarters of Ellichpur Taluk, Daryapur that of Daryapur Taluk, and [[Chikalda]] that of Melghat Taluk. The district included six towns, Ellichpur, [[Paratwada]], [[Anjangaon]], [[Karasgaon]], [[Sirasgaon]], and [[Chandur Bazar]]. The historic fortress of [[Gawilgarh]] was located in Melghat taluk. It was dissolved in August 1905 and merged with [[Amravati district]] (Amraoti).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Berar Division]]<br />
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