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	'''Agra Presidency''' was one of the six Northwestern Provinces of [[British India]] (which constituted one of the eight separate administrations into which India was divided in the first half of the 19th century). It had an area of {{convert\|~~9,479~~\|mi2\|abbr=on}} and a population of about 4,500,000.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-V1/Agra.html \|title=Agra \|publisher=Chestofbooks.com \|access-date=2013-12-31}}</ref>		'''Agra Presidency''' was one of the six Northwestern Provinces of [[British India]] (which constituted one of the eight separate administrations into which India was divided in the first half of the 19th century). It had an area of {{convert\|9479\|mi2\|abbr=on}} and a population of about 4,500,000.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-V1/Agra.html \|title=Agra \|publisher=Chestofbooks.com \|access-date=2013-12-31}}</ref>

	Presidency of Agra was established on 14 November 1834 under the provisions of [[Government of India Act 1833]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KS1xUqeg4t0C&pg=PA7~~&lpg=PA7&dq=%22Presidency+of+Agra%22&source=bl&ots=TzdrTP_zQs&sig=eLy79sDp9XvItkGeX091wil9BMI&hl=en&ei=_BcASoCxMMuUkAWEkvGTBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum~~=~~6 Land reforms in India By Pramod Kumar Agrawal]~~</ref> by elevating and renaming the [[Ceded and Conquered Provinces]]. Sir [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe\|C. T. Metcalfe]] was appointed as the new [[List of Governors of Agra\|Governor]] for the Presidency.<ref name=igi-V-72>{{cite book\|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. V\|year=1908\|p=72}}</ref> However, in 1835 another Act of Parliament (statute 5 and 6, William IV, cap. 52) renamed the region to the [[North-Western Provinces]], this time to be administered by a [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces\|Lieutenant-Governor]]. Agra Presidency ceased to exist on 1 June 1836.		Presidency of Agra was established on 14 November 1834 under the provisions of [[Government of India Act 1833]]<ref>{{cite book \| last=Agrawal \| first=P.K. \| title=Land Reforms in India: Constitutional and Legal Approach (with Special Reference to Uttar Pradesh) \| publisher=M.D. Publications \| year=1993 \| isbn=978-81-85880-09-9 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KS1xUqeg4t0C&pg=PA7 \| page=7}}</ref> by elevating and renaming the [[Ceded and Conquered Provinces]]. Sir [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe\|C. T. Metcalfe]] was appointed as the new [[List of Governors of Agra\|Governor]] for the Presidency.<ref name=igi-V-72>{{cite book\|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. V\|year=1908\|page=72}}</ref> However, in 1835 another Act of Parliament (statute 5 and 6, William IV, cap. 52) renamed the region to the [[North-Western Provinces]], this time to be administered by a [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces\|Lieutenant-Governor]]. Agra Presidency ceased to exist on 1 June 1836.

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox Former Subdivision

|conventional_long_name = Presidency of Agra
|common_name = Agra
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|capital = [[Agra]]
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|s1 = North-Western Provinces
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|today = Portions in [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Uttarakhand]] [[Rajasthan]] [[Madhya Pradesh]] [[Himachal Pradesh]] [[Haryana]] [[Delhi]]
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'''Agra Presidency''' was one of the six Northwestern Provinces of [[British India]] (which constituted one of the eight separate administrations into which India was divided in the first half of the 19th century). It had an area of {{convert|9,479|mi2|abbr=on}} and a population of about 4,500,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-V1/Agra.html |title=Agra |publisher=Chestofbooks.com |access-date=2013-12-31}}</ref>

Presidency of Agra was established on 14 November 1834 under the provisions of [[Government of India Act 1833]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KS1xUqeg4t0C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22Presidency+of+Agra%22&source=bl&ots=TzdrTP_zQs&sig=eLy79sDp9XvItkGeX091wil9BMI&hl=en&ei=_BcASoCxMMuUkAWEkvGTBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 Land reforms in India By Pramod Kumar Agrawal]</ref> by elevating and renaming the [[Ceded and Conquered Provinces]]. Sir [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|C. T. Metcalfe]] was appointed as the new [[List of Governors of Agra|Governor]] for the Presidency.<ref name=igi-V-72>{{cite book|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. V|year=1908|p=72}}</ref> However, in 1835 another Act of Parliament (statute 5 and 6, William IV, cap. 52) renamed the region to the [[North-Western Provinces]], this time to be administered by a [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces|Lieutenant-Governor]]. Agra Presidency ceased to exist on 1 June 1836.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm Provinces of British India]

{{Presidencies and provinces of British India}}
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[[Category:Presidencies of British India]]
[[Category:British administration in Uttar Pradesh]]

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