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<div>{{Short description|Overview of the administrative divisions of British India}}<br />
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For administrative purposes, [[British Raj|British India]] was divided into the following administrative divisions:<br />
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== Main administrative divisions ==<br />
* [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Provinces of British India]]<br />
* [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Presidencies of British India]]<br />
* [[Divisions of British India]]<br />
* [[Districts of British India]]<br />
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==Political units==<br />
While British India did administratively not include the [[princely state]]s, which remained nominally outside the [[British Raj]],<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.</ref> under the administration of their own rulers, the relationship of the British with these states was managed by:<br />
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* [[Agencies of British India]]<br />
* [[Residencies of British India]]<br />
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Still, the British authorities recurred to the [[doctrine of lapse]] when they decided to interfere in the internal matters of a princely state.<ref>William Cooke Taylor, ''A Popular History of British India''</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Territorial evolution of the British Empire]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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