|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| {{moresources|date=August 2019}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Vizagapatam district]] |
| {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} | | |
| {{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}} | | {{Redirect category shell| |
| {{Infobox former subdivision
| | {{R from move}} |
| |native_name =
| |
| |conventional_long_name =Vizagapatam District
| |
| |common_name =Vizagapatam
| |
| |nation = [[British India]]
| |
| |subdivision = Area
| |
| |era =
| |
| |year_start =
| |
| |date_start =
| |
| |event_start=
| |
| |year_end = 1947
| |
| |date_end =
| |
| |event_end= [[Partition of India|Indian independence]]
| |
| |event1 =
| |
| |date_event1 =
| |
| |p1 =
| |
| |s1 =Dominion of India
| |
| |flag_p1 =
| |
| |flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
| |
| |image_flag =British Raj Red Ensign.svg
| |
| |image_coat =
| |
| |image_map =
| |
| |image_map_caption =
| |
| |stat_area1 =
| |
| |stat_year1 =
| |
| |stat_pop1 =
| |
| |footnotes =
| |
| }} | | }} |
|
| |
| '''Vizagapatam District''' was a [[district]] in the [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]]. Covering an area of {{convert|17222|sqmi|km2|order=flip}} and sub-divided into 22 taluks.
| |
|
| |
| ==History==
| |
|
| |
| [[File:Madras Prov North 1909.jpg|thumb|200px|Madras province (North), 1909]]
| |
| During the British rule in India, Vizagapatam emerged as a district. It is one of the largest district in British India. On 1 April 1936, Bihar and Orissa Province was split to form [[Bihar Province]] and [[Orissa Province]]. Parts of the Vizagapatam District and the [[Ganjam District (Madras Presidency)|Ganjam District]] (excluding [[Ichchapuram]], [[Palasa]], [[Tekkali]], [[Pathapatnam]] and [[Srikakulam]]) of [[Madras Presidency]] were transferred to [[Orissa Province]] along with portions of the [[Vizagapatam Hill Tracts Agency]] and [[Ganjam Hill Tracts Agency]].
| |
|
| |
| Present day it covers the areas of [[Visakhapatnam District|Visakhapatnam]], [[Vizianagaram District|Vizianagaram]] and part of [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]] districts of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Koraput District|Koraput]], [[Malkangiri District|Malkangiri]], [[Nabarangapur District|Nabarangapur]] and [[Rayagada District|Rayagada]] districts of [[Odisha]]. The Vizagapatnam city is the administrative headquarters of the district.
| |
|
| |
| == Taluks ==
| |
| Vizagapatam district was sub-divided into 22 [[taluk]]s some of which were agencies.
| |
|
| |
| * Koraput Agency (Area: {{convert|671|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Koraput)
| |
| * Nowrangapur Agency (Area: {{convert|2172|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Nowrangapur)
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| ==See also==
| |
| [[History of Visakhapatnam]]
| |
|
| |
| ==References==
| |
| {{reflist}}
| |
| {{Historical districts of India}}
| |
| {{coord missing|Andhra Pradesh}}
| |
|
| |
| [[Category:Districts of the Madras Presidency]]
| |
| [[Category:History of Andhra Pradesh]]
| |
| [[Category:History of Odisha]]
| |
This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect: