Central Provinces and Berar Central Provinces and Berar The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India and later the Dominion of India which existed from 1936 to 1950. It was formed by the merger of the Central Provinces with the province of Berar, which was territory leased by the British from the Hyderabad State. Through an agreement signed on 5 November 1902, 6th Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI leased Berar permanently to the British for an annual payment of 25 lakhs Rupees. Lord Curzon decided to merge Berar with the Central Provinces, and this was proclaimed on 17 September
Provinces of Thailand Interior, responsible for the provincial administration of the whole country. Starting in 1893 the already existing commissionaireships in some parts of the country were renamed "superintendent commissioner" ("khaluang Thesaphiban"), and their area of responsibility was called a "monthon". In strategically important areas the monthon were created first, while in other areas the provinces kept their independence a bit longer. Several smaller provinces were reduced in status to a "amphoe" (district) or even lower to a "tambon" (sub-district) and included in a neighboring province, sometimes for administrative reasons, but sometimes to remove an uncooperative governor. In some regions rebellions broke out