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Districts of British India

Summary

The Districts of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire. Districts were generally subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India[1]

History edit

Districts, often known as zillas in vernacular, were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under Bengal Presidency. Then it was established as subdivisions the most Provinces of British India [2]

Most of the districts that were created during the British Raj became Districts of India after the independence of India a and some Districts were joining Pakistan.

Historical districts edit

The following list includes only districts of British India that which was active during the partition of India in 1947:

Districts in the Assam Province edit

*Assam Valley Division edit

Districts: edit

Frontier Tracts: edit

*Surma Valley and Hills Division edit

Hill's Districts: edit

Plain Districts: edit

Districts in the Baluchistan Province edit

Districts in the Bengal Presidency edit

During the partition of India in 1947 , Bengal had 28 districts in 5 divisions: edit

*Burdwan Division(Chuchura) edit

*Chittagong Division edit

*Dacca Division edit

*Presidency Division(Calcutta) edit

*Rajshahi Division(Jalpaiguri) edit

Districts in the Bihar Province edit

*Bhagalpur Division edit

*Chota Nagpur Division(Ranchi) edit

*Patna Division edit

*Tirhut Division(Muzaffarpur) edit

Districts in the Bombay Presidency edit

District of Central Provinces and Berar edit

*Berar Division(Amraoti) edit

*Chhattisgarh Division(Raipur) edit

*Jubbulpore Division edit

*Nagpur Division edit

District in the Jammu and Kashmir State edit

*Jammu Province edit

Districts : edit

Jaigirs: edit

*Kashmir Province edit

*Frontier Districts: edit

Districts: edit

Agency: edit

District in the Hyderabad State edit

*Aurangabad division edit

*Gulbarga Division edit

*Gulshanabad Division (Medak) edit

*Warangal Division edit

Districts in the Madras Presidency edit

District in the Mysore State edit

Districts of North-West Frontier Province edit

Districts of Orissa Province edit

Districts of Punjab Province edit

*Ambala Division edit

*Jullundur Division edit

*Lahore Division edit

*Multan Division edit

*Rawalpindi Division edit

Districts of Sind Province edit

Districts of United Provinces edit

*Agra Division edit

*Allahabad Division edit

*Benares Division edit

*Faizabad Division edit

*Gorakhpur Division edit

*Jhansi Division edit

*Kumaon Division(Nainital) edit

*Lucknow Division edit

*Meerut Division edit

*Rohilkhand Division (Bareilly) edit

Other districts edit

Former Districts edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907-1909
  2. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. V, 1908

External links edit

  • Pamphlets issued by the India office and by other British and Indian governmental agencies, relating to the government of India, and to various political, economic, and social questions concerning it and Burma