 Imperial entities of India | |
| Dutch India | 1605–1825 |
|---|---|
| Danish India | 1620–1869 |
| French India | 1668–1954 |
| Casa da Índia | 1434–1833 |
| Portuguese East India Company | 1628–1633 |
| East India Company | 1612–1757 |
| Company rule in India | 1757–1858 |
| British Raj | 1858–1947 |
| British rule in Burma | 1824–1948 |
| Princely states | 1721–1949 |
| Partition of India | 1947 |
The Divisions of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire.[1]
Divisions in Bengal[edit | edit source]
The seven Bengal Regulation Districts were named as 'divisions' in 1851:
- Jessore Division, area 14,853 sq mi, population 5,345,472 (1851)
- Bhagalpur Division area 26,464 sq mi, population 8,431,000
- Cuttack Division, area 12,664 sq mi, population 2,793,883
- British division
(Moorshedabad), area 17,556 sq mi, population 6,815,876
- Dacca Division, area 20,942 sq mi, population 4,055,800
- Patna Division, area 13,803 sq mi, population 7,000,000
- Chittagong Division, area 7,410 sq mi, population 2,406,950
Divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam[edit | edit source]
The divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province 1905—1912:
- Dacca Division
- Chittagong Division
- Rajshahi Division
- Assam Valley Division
- Surma Valley and Hill Districts Division
Divisions in Baroda[edit | edit source]
Divisions in Bombay[edit | edit source]
Divisions in Burma[edit | edit source]
- Arakan Division
- Pegu Division
- Irrawaddy Division
- Tenasserim Division
- Mimbu Division
- Mandalay Division
- Sagaing Division
- Meiktila Division
Divisions in Central India[edit | edit source]
- Gwalior Residency
- Bundelkhand Agency
- Baghelkhand Agency
- Malwa Agency
- Bhopal Agency
- Indore Residency
- Bhopawar Agency
- Chhattisgarh Division
- Nagpur Division
- Jubbulpore Division
- Nerbudda Division
- Berar Division
Divisions of Hyderabad[edit | edit source]
- Aurangabad Division
- Gulbarga Division
- Gushanabad Division (Medak Division)
- Warangal Division
Divisions in Rajputana[edit | edit source]
- Western Rajputana States Residency
- Haraoti and Tonk Agency
- Mewar Residency
- Eastern Rajputana States Agency
- Kotah and Jhalawar Agency
Divisions in Agra[edit | edit source]
- Meerut Division
- Agra Division
- Bareilly Division
- Allahabad Division
- Benares Division
- Gorakhpur Division
- Kumaun Division
Divisions in Oudh[edit | edit source]
- Lucknow Division formerly also Sitapur Division
- Faizabad Division (Fyzabad Division)
Divisions in Punjab[edit | edit source]
- Lahore Division
- Rawalpindi Division
- Multan Division
- Ambala Division and Delhi Division until 1921
- Jalandhar Division
See also[edit | edit source]
- Medak Gulshanabad Division
- Presidencies and provinces of British India
- Subdivisions of British India
- Territorial evolution of the British Empire
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907-1909
External links[edit | edit source]
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