Jubbulpore Division
| Jubbulpore Division जबलपुर | |||||||||
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| Division of British India | |||||||||
| 1861–1947 | |||||||||
 Flag | |||||||||
 1909 map of the Central Provinces. | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1881 | 48,401 km2 (18,688 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1881 | 2,201,633 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Creation of the division | 1861 | ||||||||
• Independence of India | 1947 | ||||||||
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The Jubbulpore Division, named after its capital
The Central Provinces became the
History
Immediately after occupation of the area around Jubbulpore the British authorities established a provisional administration under the superintendent of Political Affairs of Bundelkhand. In 1820 a division containing 12 districts was formed which was known as the Agency of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories.[2][3] This new division was placed under an agent of the general governor at Jubbulpore.[4]
Jubbulpore Division was established in 1861 when the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were merged with Nagpur Province, which the British had annexed in 1853, in order to form the Central Provinces.[5]
Territory
There were 11 towns and 8501 villages in the Jubbulpore Division. After the
Districts
The Jubbulpore Division included the following districts:
See also
References
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6. 1908-1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.
- ^ Henry Harpur SpryModern India: With Illustrations of the Resources and Capabilities of Hindustan, Volume 2. London 1837
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 532.
- ^ "History of Sagar". Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Philip F. McEldowney (1980). Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Virginia.
Further reading
- McEldowney, Philip F. (1980). Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921. Ph. D. Dissertation.