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| {{short description|Province of British India}}
| | #REDIRECT [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] {{R from merge}} |
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| {{Infobox Former Subdivision
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| |conventional_long_name = United Provinces of British India
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| |common_name = United Provinces
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| |subdivision = Province
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| |nation = [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]
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| |p1 = United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
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| |flag_p1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg
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| |s1 = United Provinces (1937–50)
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| |flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg
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| |image_flag = British Raj Red Ensign.svg
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| |flag_type = [[Star of India (flag)|Flag]]
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| |image_map = Map of the United Provinces from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907-1909).jpg
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| |image_map_caption = Map of the United Provinces from [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
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| |capital = Lucknow
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| |year_start = 1921
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| |year_end = 1937
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| |today = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />[[Uttarakhand]]
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| The '''United Provinces of British India''', more commonly known as the '''United Provinces''', was a [[province]] of [[British India]], which came into existence on 3 January 1921 as a result of the renaming of the ''[[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]]''. It corresponded approximately to the combined regions of the present-day Indian states of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]]. It ceased to exist on 1 April 1937 when it was renamed as the [[United Province]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Provinces of British India|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm|access-date=2021-10-24|website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}</ref> [[Lucknow]] became its capital some time after 1921. [[Nainital]] is the summer capital of the [[province]].{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
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| ==Administrative divisions==
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| The United Provinces of British India included 9 [[divisions of British India|divisions]] with 48 districts.
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| * [[Meerut Division]]
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| ** [[Meerut District]]
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| ** [[Dehra Dun District]]
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| ** [[Saharanpur District]]
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| ** [[Muzaffarnagar District]]
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| ** [[Bulandshahr District]]
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| ** [[Aligarh District]]
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| * [[Agra Division]]
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| ** [[Muttra District]] (Mathura)
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| ** [[Agra District]]
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| ** [[Farrukhabad District]]
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| ** [[Mainpuri District]]
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| ** [[Etawah District]]
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| ** [[Etah District]]
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| * [[Rohilkhand Division]]
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| ** [[Bijnaur District]] (Bijnor)
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| ** [[Moradabad District]]
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| ** [[Budaun District]]
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| ** [[Bareilly District]]
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| ** [[Shahjahanpur District]]
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| ** [[Pilibhit District]]
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| * [[Allahabad Division]]
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| ** [[Kanpur Nagar district|Cawnpore District]] (Kanpur)
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| ** [[Fatehpur District]]
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| ** [[Allahabad District]]
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| * [[Jhansi Division]]
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| ** [[Banda district (India)|Banda District]]
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| ** [[Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur District]]
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| ** [[Jhansi District]]
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| ** [[Jalaun District]]
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| * [[Benares Division]]
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| ** [[Mirzapur District]]
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| ** [[Benares District]]
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| ** [[Jaunpur District]]
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| ** [[Ghazipur District]]
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| ** [[Ballia District]]
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| * [[Gorakhpur Division]]
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| ** [[Azamgarh District]]
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| ** [[Gorakhpur District]]
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| ** [[Basti District]]
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| * [[Kumaun Division]]
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| ** [[Almora District]]
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| ** [[Naini Tal District]]
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| ** [[Garhwal District]]
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| * [[Lucknow Division]]
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| ** [[Lucknow District]]
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| ** [[Unao District]] (Unnao)
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| ** [[Rae Bareli District]]
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| ** [[Hardoi District]]
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| ** [[Sitapur District]]
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| ** [[Kheri District]]
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| * [[Faizabad Division]]
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| ** [[Faizabad District]]
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| ** [[Bahraich District]]
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| ** [[Gonda District]]
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| ** [[Sultanpur District]]
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| ** [[Bara Banki District]]
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| ** [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Partabgarh District]]
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| {{div col end}}
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| ===Princely states===
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| *[[Rampur State]]
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| *[[Garhwal Kingdom|Tehri-Garhwal State]]
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| ==Dyarchy (1920–37)==
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| The [[Government of India Act 1919]] expanded the United Provinces Legislative Council to 123 seats include more elected Indian members. The reforms also introduced the principle of [[dyarchy]], whereby certain responsibilities such as agriculture, health, education, and local government, were transferred to elected ministers. However, the important portfolios like finance, police and irrigation were reserved with members of the Governor's Executive Council. Some of the prominent members and ministers in the United Provinces were [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan]] (Home Member), [[C. Y. Chintamani]] (Minister of Education and Industries) and [[Jagat Narain Mulla]] (Minister Local Self Government).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jafri|first1=Saiyid Zaheer Husain|title=Transformations in Indian History|year=2009|publisher=Anamika Publishers and Distributors|page=447|isbn=9788179752616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2c9312fKPqgC}}</ref>
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| == See also ==
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| * [[List of Governors of the United Provinces of British India]]
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{Presidencies and provinces of British India}}
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| {{coord missing|Uttar Pradesh}}
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| {{Uttarakhand}}
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| [[Category:1921 establishments in British India]]
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| [[Category:1937 disestablishments in British India]]
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| [[Category:Provinces of British India]]
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| [[Category:British administration in Uttar Pradesh]]
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