Vidarbha
Proper noun
Meaning
Vidarbha
Vidarbha (a region of Maharashtra, India)
Examples
Buldhana (Maharashtra): “Earlier, it was difficult to find brides given the water scarcity in the villages… now, the situation has changed,” says a villager in this remote district of drought-prone Vidarbha region in Maharashtra.
Flooding took place in the last week of August in some parts of the two districts, located in the state's Vidarbha region, following heavy downpour and discharge of water from dams in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
However, under the influence of the Bay of Bengal, eastern Vidarbha receives good rainfall in July, August and September. citation Biodiversity Flora of Maharashtra is heterogeneous in composition.
Amitabh donated ₹ lakh (equivalent to in 2016) to clear the debts of nearly 40 beleaguered farmers in Andhra Pradesh. citation He also donated ₹ lakh (equivalent to in 2016) to clear the debts of some 100 Vidarbha farmers.
On 1 May 1960, Maharashtra was re-organised along linguistic lines; this added Vidarbha and Marathwada regions to its fold and thus brought major portions of Marathi population socio-politically together.
Tibetan tradition which says that Nagarjuna was born of a brahmin family of Vidarbha."