The North-Western Provinces was an
administrative region
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
in
British India. The North-Western Provinces were established in 1836, through merging the administrative divisions of the
Ceded and Conquered Provinces. In 1858, the nawab-ruled kingdom of
Oudh was annexed and merged with the North-Western Provinces to form the renamed North-Western Provinces and Oudh. In 1902, this province was reorganized to form the
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
Allahabad
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
served as its capital from 1858, when it also became the
capital of India
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Early period
* Rajgir : Initial capital of the Magadha Empire from 6th century BCE to 460 BCE, ...
for a day.
Area
The province included all divisions of the present-day state of
Uttar Pradesh with the exception of the
Lucknow Division and
Faizabad Division of
Awadh.
[ Among other regions included at various times were: the '' Delhi Territory'', from 1836 until 1858, when the latter became part of the ]Punjab Province Punjab Province may refer to:
* Punjab Province (British India), a former province of British India from 1849 to 1947
In Pakistan
* Punjab, Pakistan, a province in Pakistan from 1970 onward
* West Punjab, a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 195 ...
of British India; Ajmer and Merwara, from 1832 and 1846, respectively, until 1871, when Ajmer-Merwara became a minor province of British India; and the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories from 1853 until 1861, when they were absorbed into the Central Provinces
The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur. ...
.
Administration
The ''North Western Provinces'' was governed by a Lieutenant-Governor, who was appointed by the East India Company from 1836 to 1858, and by the British Government from 1858 to 1902.[
In 1856, after the annexation of Oudh State, the ''North Western Provinces'' became part of the larger province of ''North Western Provinces and Oudh''. In 1902, the latter province was renamed the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh; in 1904, the region within the new ''United Provinces'' corresponding to the ''North Western Provinces'' was renamed the Agra Province.]
See also
* List of chief commissioners of Oudh
* List of lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces
* List of lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces and chief commissioners of Oudh
* Company rule in India
* British Raj
* United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
Notes
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1836 establishments in British India
1902 disestablishments in British India
Subdivisions of British India
British administration in Uttar Pradesh