Divisions of British India
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Imperial entities of India | |
| Dutch India | 1605–1825 |
|---|---|
| Danish India | 1620–1869 |
| French India | 1769–1954 |
| Casa da Índia | 1434–1833 |
| Portuguese East India Company | 1628–1633 |
| East India Company | 1612–1757 |
| Company rule in India | 1757–1858 |
| British Raj | 1858–1947 |
| British rule in Burma | 1824–1948 |
| Princely states | 1721–1949 |
| Partition of India |
1947 |
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The Divisions of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire.[1]
Divisions in Bengal
The seven Bengal Regulation Districts[2] were named as 'divisions' in 1851:
- Jessore Division, area 14,853 sq mi, population 5,345,472 (1851)
- Bhagalpur Division (Bhaugulpore), area 26,464 sq mi, population 8,431,000
- Cuttack Division, area 12,664 sq mi, population 2,793,883
- Murshidabad Division (Moorshedabad), area 17,556 sq mi, population 6,815,876
- Dacca Division, area 20,942 sq mi, population 4,055,800
- Patna Division, area 13,803 sq mi, population 7,000,000
- Chittagong Division, area 7,410 sq mi, population 2,406,950
- Chota Nagpur Division
Divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam
The divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province in 1912:
- Dacca Division
- Chittagong Division
- Rajshahi Division
- Assam Valley Division
- Surma Valley and Hill Districts Division
Divisions in Baroda
- Kadi Division
- Baroda Division
- Amreli Division
- Navsari Division
Divisions in Bombay
- Northern Division
- Southern Division
- Central Division
- Sind Division
Divisions in Burma
- Arakan Division
- Pegu Division
- Irrawaddy Division
- Tenasserim Division
- Mimbu Division
- Mandalay Division
- Sagaing Division
- Meiktila Division
Divisions in Central India
See also: Agencies of British India and Residencies of British India
- Gwalior Residency
- Bundelkhand Agency
- Baghelkhand Agency
- Malwa Agency
- Bhopal Agency
- Indore Residency
- Bhopawar Agency
- Chhattisgarh Division
- Nagpur Division
- Jubbulpore Division
- Nerbudda Division
- Berar Division
Divisions of Hyderabad
- Aurangabad Division
- Gulbarga Division
- Gushanabad Division (Medak Division)
- Warangal Division
Divisions in Rajputana
See also: Rajputana Agency
- Western Rajputana States Residency
- Haraoti and Tonk Agency
- Mewar Residency
- Eastern Rajputana States Agency
- Kotah and Jhalawar Agency
Divisions in Agra
- Meerut Division
- Agra Division
- Bareilly Division
- Allahabad Division
- Benares Division
- Gorakhpur Division
- Kumaun Division
Divisions in Oudh
- Lucknow Division formerly also Sitapur Division
- Faizabad Division (Fyzabad Division)
Divisions in Punjab
See also
- Medak Gulshanabad Division
- Presidencies and provinces of British India
- Subdivisions of British India
- Territorial evolution of the British Empire
References
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907-1909
- ↑ William Cooke Taylor, A Popular History of British India, p. 505
External links
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