Divisions of British India

The divisions of British India were the administrative divisions of the Government of the British Raj or the Indian Empire.[1]

Divisions in Bengal

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

The partition of Bengal in 1905 , there were seven divisions in Bengal :

After the reunited of Bengal in 1911, the boundaries of Bengal were changed and the Bengal were divided five divisions . viz :

Divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam

The divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province 1905—1912:

Divisions in Baroda

  • Kadi Division
  • Baroda Division
  • Amreli Division
  • Navsari Division

Divisions in Bombay

  • Northern Division
  • Southern Division
  • Central Division
  • Sind Division until 1936

Divisions in Burma

Divisions in Central India

Divisions in Central Provinces and Berar

Divisions of Hyderabad

Divisions in Rajputana

  • Western Rajputana States Residency
  • Haraoti and Tonk Agency
  • Mewar Residency
  • Eastern Rajputana States Agency
  • Kotah and Jhalawar Agency

Divisions in United Provinces

Divisions in Punjab

See also

References

  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