ELLICHPUR, or ILLICHPUR  , a town of India in the Amraoti district of Berar . Pop . (Igor) 26,082 . It is first mentioned authentically in the 13th century as " one of the famous cities of the Deccan." Though tributary to the Mahommedans after 1294, it remained under Hindu administration till 1318, when it came directly under the Mahommedans . It was afterwards capital of the province of Berar at intervals until the Mogul occupation, when the seat of the provincial governor was moved to Balapur . The town retains many relics of the nawabs of Berar . It has ginning factories and a considerable trade in cotton and forest produce . It is connected by good roads with Amraoti and Chikalda . It was formerly the headquarters of the district of Ellichpur, which had an area of 2605 sq. m. and a population in 1901 of 297,403 . This district, however, was merged in that of Amraoti in 1905 . The civil station of Paratwada, 2 M. from the town of Ellichpur, contains the principal public buildings .