Divisions of British India

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1909 British Indian Empire map as appeared in The Imperial Gazetteer of India

The divisions of British India were the administrative divisions of the Government of the British Raj or the Indian Empire.[1]

Divisions in Bengal

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 :

After the reunited of Bengal in 1911, the boundaries of Bengal were changed and the Bengal were divided five divisions . viz :

Divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam

The divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province 1905—1912:

Divisions in Baroda

Divisions in Bombay

Divisions in Burma

Divisions in Central India

Divisions in Central Provinces and Berar

Divisions of Hyderabad

  • Aurangabad Division
  • Gulbarga Division
  • Gushanabad Division
    (Medak Division)
  • Warangal Division

Divisions in Rajputana

Divisions in United Provinces

  • 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

See also

References

  1. 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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