Divisions of British India
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The divisions of British India were the administrative divisions of the Government of the British Raj or the Indian Empire.[1]
Divisions in Bengal
[edit | edit source]The seven Bengal Regulation Districts were named as 'divisions' in 1851:
- Jessore Division, area 14,853 sq mi, population 5,345,472 (1851)
- Bhagalpur Division area 26,464 sq mi, population 8,431,000
- Cuttack Division, area 12,664 sq mi, population 2,793,883
- British 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
The partition of Bengal in 1905 , there were seven divisions in Bengal :
- Presidency Division
- Burdwan Division
- Patna Division
- Bhagalpur Division
- Tirhut Division
- Chota Nagpur Division
- Orissa Division (Cuttack)
After the reunification of Bengal in 1911, the boundaries of Bengal were changed and the Bengal were divided five divisions . viz :
Divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam
[edit | edit source]The divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province 1905—1912:
- Dacca Division
- Chittagong Division
- Rajshahi Division
- Assam Valley Division
- Surma Valley and Hill Districts Division
Divisions in Baroda
[edit | edit source]Divisions in Bombay
[edit | edit source]Divisions in Burma
[edit | edit source]- Arakan Division
- Pegu Division
- Irrawaddy Division
- Tenasserim Division
- Mimbu Division
- Mandalay Division
- Sagaing Division
- Meiktila Division
Divisions in Central India
[edit | edit source]- Gwalior Residency
- Bundelkhand Agency
- Baghelkhand Agency
- Malwa Agency
- Bhopal Agency
- Indore Residency
- Bhopawar Agency
Divisions in Central Provinces and Berar
[edit | edit source]Divisions of Hyderabad
[edit | edit source]- Aurangabad Division
- Gulbarga Division
- Gushanabad Division (Medak Division)
- Warangal Division
Divisions in Rajputana
[edit | edit source]- Western Rajputana States Residency
- Haraoti and Tonk Agency
- Mewar Residency
- Eastern Rajputana States Agency
- Kotah and Jhalawar Agency
Divisions in United Provinces
[edit | edit source]- Meerut Division
- Agra Division
- Bareilly Division
- Allahabad Division
- Benares Division
- Gorakhpur Division
- Kumaun Division
- Jhansi Division
- Lucknow Division formerly also Sitapur Division
- Faizabad Division (Fyzabad Division)
Divisions in Punjab
[edit | edit source]- Lahore Division
- Rawalpindi Division
- Multan Division
- Ambala Division and Delhi Division until 1921
- Jalandhar Division
See also
[edit | edit source]- Medak Gulshanabad Division
- Presidencies and provinces of British India
- Subdivisions of British India
- Territorial evolution of the British Empire
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907-1909
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