Ceded and Conquered Provinces
| Ceded and Conquered Provinces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region of the Kumaon Division was annexed in 1816. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Agra | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• 1835 (?) | 9,479 km2 (3,660 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1835 (?) | 4,500,000 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1805 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1834 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Portions in Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Delhi | ||||||||||||
Calcutta—through the Ceded and Conquered Provinces—to Delhi
.The Ceded and Conquered Provinces constituted a region in northern
Faizabad divisions of Awadh; in addition, it included the Delhi territory and, after 1816, the Kumaun division and a large part[2] of the Garhwal division of present-day Uttarakhand state.[1] In 1836, the region became the North-Western Provinces (under a Lieutenant-Governor), and in 1904, the Agra Province within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.[1]
Ceded Provinces
At the start of the 19th century, only the
Nawab of Farrukhabad ceded Farrukhabad district to the British.[1]
Conquered Provinces
With the outbreak the
Hamirpur were added, as well as a small area in Jalaun district.[1]
In 1816, under the
Treaty of Sugauli signed at the conclusion of the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816), the Kumaon division and Dehradun district of present-day Uttarakhand state were annexed as well.[1]
Administration
Punjab province
, was a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.The Ceded and Conquered Provinces were a part of the
Act of the British Parliament (statute 3 and 4, William IV, cap. 85) concurrently promulgated the division of the Bengal Presidency, the elevation the Ceded and Conquered Provinces to the new Presidency of Agra, and the appointment of a new Governor for the latter.[3] However, the plan was never carried out, and in 1835 another Act of Parliament (statute 5 and 6, William IV, cap. 52) renamed the region the North Western Provinces, this time to be administered by a Lieutenant-Governor, the first of whom, Sir Charles Metcalfe, would be appointed in 1836.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. XXIV 1908, p. 158
- ^ It included the districts of Chamoli, Pauri, Dehradun, and Rudraprayag in present-day Garhwal division of Uttarakhand state; the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand had become a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces in 1805. The two remaining districts, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi, of present-day Garhwal division of Uttarakhand state were part of the princely state of Tehri, and never a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
- ^ a b c d Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. V 1908, p. 72
References
- Alavi, Seema (1993), "The makings of Company power: James Skinner in the Ceded and Conquered Provinces, 1802–1840", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 30 (4): 437–466, S2CID 143864350
- Bayly, C. A. (2002), Rulers, Townsmen, and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion 1770–1870, Delhi: Oxford University Press. Pp. 530, ISBN 0-19-566345-4
- Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. V (1908), Abāzai to Arcot ("Agra Province" pp. 71–72), Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council, Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Pp. viii, 1 map, 437.
- Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. XXIV (1908), Travancore to Zīra ("United Provinces" pp. 132–276), Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council, Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Pp. vi, 1 map, 437.
- Mann, Michael (1995), "A permanent settlement for the Ceded and Conquered provinces: Revenue administration in north India, 1801-1833", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 32 (2): 245–269, S2CID 143460002