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{{Short description|Region of British India in the early 20th century}} | |||
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{{Infobox former subdivision | {{Infobox former subdivision | ||
| conventional_long_name = Saugor and Nerbudda Territories | |||
|conventional_long_name =Saugor and Nerbudda Territories | | common_name = Saugor and Nerbudda | ||
|common_name =Saugor and Nerbudda | | nation = [[British India]] | ||
|nation | | status_text = [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Region of British India]] | ||
|status_text = [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Region of British India]] | | era = | ||
|era | | year_start = 1818 | ||
|year_start | | date_start = | ||
|date_start | | event_start = Territories captured by the [[British East India Company]] | ||
|event_start = Territories captured by the [[British East India Company]] | | year_end = 1861 | ||
|year_end | | date_end = | ||
|date_end | | event_end = Merger of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories and [[Nagpur Province]] | ||
|event_end | | event1 = | ||
|event1 | | date_event1 = | ||
|date_event1 = | | p1 = Marathas of Saugor | ||
|p1 | | s1 = Central Provinces | ||
|s1 | | flag_p1 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg | ||
|flag_p1 | | flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg | ||
|flag_s1 | | image_flag = British Raj Red Ensign.svg | ||
|image_flag | | flag_type = [[Star of India (flag)|Flag]] | ||
|flag_type=[[Star of India (flag)|Flag]] | | image_coat = | ||
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|stat_pop1 | | capital = [[Jabalpur|Jubbulpore]] (Jabalpur) | ||
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The region extended on either side of the [[Narmada River]] (Nerbudda). [[Jabalpur|Jubbulpore]] was the capital and the military headquarters of the territory. The city was one of the candidates for the administrative capital of British India, when the Government decided to move the capital outside [[Calcutta]] in 1911. <ref>''[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', (New ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1909. Vol. 10.</ref> | The '''Saugor and Nerbudda Territories''', was a region of [[Company rule in India|British India]],<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Saugor |volume=24 |page=235}}</ref> located in the central part of present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central India. It included the present-day districts of [[Sagar District|Sagar]] (Saugor), [[Damoh District|Damoh]], [[Jabalpur District|Jabalpur]], and [[Narsinghpur District|Narsinghpur]]. | ||
The region extended on either side of the [[Narmada River]] (Nerbudda). [[Jabalpur|Jubbulpore]] (now pronounced 'Jabalpur') was the capital and the military headquarters of the territory. The city was one of the candidates for the administrative capital of British India, when the Government decided to move the capital outside [[Calcutta]] in 1911.<ref>''[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', (New ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1909. Vol. 10.</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were captured by the [[British East India Company]] from the [[Maratha]]s at the conclusion of the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]], in 1818. Saugor was the seat of a Maratha governor, and the northern portion of the territory was ceded by the Maratha [[Peshwa]]; the southern portion, which included [[Jabalpur|Jubbulpore]] and the upper [[Narmada River|Nerbudda]] valley, was ceded by the [[Bhonsle]] Maharaja of [[Nagpur]]. | The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were captured by the [[British East India Company]] from the [[Maratha]]s at the conclusion of the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]], in 1818. [[Marathas of Saugor|Saugor was the seat of a Maratha governor]], and the northern portion of the territory was ceded by the Maratha [[Peshwa]]; the southern portion, which included [[Jabalpur|Jubbulpore]] and the upper [[Narmada River|Nerbudda]] valley, was ceded by the [[Bhonsle]] Maharaja of [[Nagpur]]. | ||
Immediately after the occupation, 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.<ref>[[Henry Harpur Spry]] ''Modern India: With Illustrations of the Resources and Capabilities of Hindustan, '' Volume 2. London 1837</ref> This new division was administered, from Jubbulpore, by an Agent to the Governor-General (AGG). In 1835 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were incorporated into the newly | Immediately after the occupation, 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.<ref>[[Henry Harpur Spry]] ''Modern India: With Illustrations of the Resources and Capabilities of Hindustan, '' Volume 2. London 1837</ref> This new division was administered, from Jubbulpore, by an Agent to the Governor-General (AGG). In 1835 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were incorporated into the newly formed [[North-Western Provinces]], which brought together the British Dominions in the southern portion of present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.<ref>[http://apnasheharonline.com/history-of-sagar/ History of Sagar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811172816/http://apnasheharonline.com/history-of-sagar/ |date=11 August 2014 }}</ref> | ||
In 1842–1843, during the [[Bundela | In 1842–1843, during the [[Bundela rebellion]], two [[Bundela]] landlords Jawahir Singh and Madhukar Shah rebelled against the British in Saugor district, spreading the unrest to Jabalpur District. Following the uprising the territory was placed again under the administration of an Agent to the Governor-General, Sir [[William Henry Sleeman]], but the arrangement did not work well and in 1853 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were reattached to the North-Western Provinces.<ref>Shiri Ram Bakshi, S.R. Bakshi & O.P. Ralhan eds., ''Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages''. Sarup & Sons. p. 12</ref> | ||
In 1861 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were merged with [[Nagpur Province]], which the British had annexed in 1853, in order to form the [[Central Provinces]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/CP/ch02regions.html |title= Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph.D. Dissertation |year=1980 |author=Philip F. McEldowney |publisher=University of Virginia | In 1861 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were merged with [[Nagpur Province]], which the British had annexed in 1853, in order to form the [[Central Provinces]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/CP/ch02regions.html |title=Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph.D. Dissertation |year=1980 |author=Philip F. McEldowney |publisher=University of Virginia |archive-date=21 June 2012 |access-date=24 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621044726/http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/CP/ch02regions.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories, was a region of British India,[1] located in the central part of present-day Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It included the present-day districts of Sagar (Saugor), Damoh, Jabalpur, and Narsinghpur.
The region extended on either side of the Narmada River (Nerbudda). Jubbulpore (now pronounced 'Jabalpur') was the capital and the military headquarters of the territory. The city was one of the candidates for the administrative capital of British India, when the Government decided to move the capital outside Calcutta in 1911.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were captured by the British East India Company from the Marathas at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, in 1818. Saugor was the seat of a Maratha governor, and the northern portion of the territory was ceded by the Maratha Peshwa; the southern portion, which included Jubbulpore and the upper Nerbudda valley, was ceded by the Bhonsle Maharaja of Nagpur.
Immediately after the occupation, 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.[3] This new division was administered, from Jubbulpore, by an Agent to the Governor-General (AGG). In 1835 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were incorporated into the newly formed North-Western Provinces, which brought together the British Dominions in the southern portion of present-day Uttar Pradesh state.[4]
In 1842–1843, during the Bundela rebellion, two Bundela landlords Jawahir Singh and Madhukar Shah rebelled against the British in Saugor district, spreading the unrest to Jabalpur District. Following the uprising the territory was placed again under the administration of an Agent to the Governor-General, Sir William Henry Sleeman, but the arrangement did not work well and in 1853 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were reattached to the North-Western Provinces.[5]
In 1861 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were merged with Nagpur Province, which the British had annexed in 1853, in order to form the Central Provinces.[6]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 235.
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, (New ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1909. Vol. 10.
- ↑ Henry Harpur Spry Modern India: With Illustrations of the Resources and Capabilities of Hindustan, Volume 2. London 1837
- ↑ History of Sagar Archived 11 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Shiri Ram Bakshi, S.R. Bakshi & O.P. Ralhan eds., Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages. Sarup & Sons. p. 12
- ↑ Philip F. McEldowney (1980). Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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