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== History ==
Nimar was formed as a district of [[British India]], in the [[Nerbudda Division]] of the [[Central Provinces]]. The administrative headquarters were at [[Khandwa]]; but the capital in Muslim times was [[Burhanpur]]. Area, 4273 mi² (11,067 km²), population (1901) 329,615. The staple crops were cotton and millet; ganja or Indian hemp was also allowed to be grown under government supervision. The Great Indian Peninsula railway ran through the district, and a branch of the Rajputana line from [[Indore]] joined it at Khandwa. There were factories for ginning and pressing cotton at Khandwa, and manufacture of gold-embroidered cloth at Burhanpur. The district contained extensive forests, and the government preserved a section known is the Punasa forest, which extended for about 120 miles (190 km) along the south bank of the Narmada, home to forests of [[teak]] (''Tectona grandis''), [[sain]] (''Terminalia tomentosa'') and [[Hardwickia|anjan]] (''Hardwickia binata'') trees.<ref name=EB1911/>
Nimar was also a district in the [[princely state]] of Indore lying west of the British district on both banks of the Narmada. Area, 3871 mile² (10,026 km²); pop. (1901) 257,110. From 1823 onwards this tract, then belonging to [[Sindhia]] rulers of [[Gwalior]], was under British management; in 1861 it was ceded in full sovereignty to the British, but in 1867 it passed to [[Holkar]] rulers of [[Indore]] as the result of an exchange of territory.<ref name=EB1911/>
After [[Indian independence]] in 1947, The former British district became the Nimar District of the new state of Madhya Pradesh, with its administrative seat at Khandwa; the Nimar District of [[Indore]] state became the Nimar district of the new state of [[Madhya Bharat]], with its administrative seat at [[Khargone]]. When Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956, The former Madhya Bharat district became [[West Nimar District]], while the eastern district became [[East Nimar District]]. West Nimar district was split into the districts of [[Barwani District|Barwani]] and [[Khargone District|Khargone]] on 24 May 1998 and similarly East Nimar district was split into the districts of [[Khandwa District|Khandwa]] and [[Burhanpur District|Burhanpur]] on 15 August 2003.
==Districts of Nimar==
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