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Also known as Rohilakhand

{| class="infobox" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width:250px; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:95%;" |- | colspan="2" style="margin-left:inherit; background:pink; text-align:center; font-size:medium;"|Historical region of North IndiaRohilkhand |- style="text-align:center;" | colspan="2" | 250px|An old Painting of the dargah of ruler of Rohilkhand, Sardar Hafiz Rahmat Khan |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Location | Uttar Pradesh |- style="vertical-align: top;" | State established: | 1690 CE |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Language | Kauravi dialect of Hindi, Standard Hindi, Sta

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  • Etymology
  • History
  • Rulers
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

{| class="infobox" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width:250px; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:95%;" |- | colspan="2" style="margin-left:inherit; background:pink; text-align:center; font-size:medium;"|Historical region of North IndiaRohilkhand |- style="text-align:center;" | colspan="2" | 250px|An old Painting of the dargah of ruler of Rohilkhand, Sardar Hafiz Rahmat Khan |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Location | Uttar Pradesh |- style="vertical-align: top;" | State established: | 1690 CE |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Language | Kauravi dialect of Hindi, Standard Hindi, Standard Urdu |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Dynasties | Panchala (Mahabharata era)Mughals (1526–1736)Rohillas (1736–1858) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Historical capitals | Aonla, Bareilly and Rampur |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Separated subahs | Bareilly, Bijnor, Budaun, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Rampur and Shahjahanpur |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Covering Territory Bareilly division Moradabad division Saharanpur division Meerut division Aligarh division |- style="vertical-align: top;"

|}Rohilkhand () is a region in the northwestern part of Uttar Pradesh, India, that is centered on the Bareilly and Moradabad divisions. It is part of the upper Ganges Plain, and is named after the Rohilla, a community of Pashtun heritage. The region was called Madhyadesh and Panchala in the Sanskrit epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. During the colonial era in India, the region was governed by the Royal House of Rampur.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rohilkhand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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