North-Western Provinces
Administrative region of British India (1836–1902)
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The North-Western Provinces (NWP) was an administrative region 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 (NWP&O). In 1902, this province was reorganized to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.[2] Allahabad served as its capital from 1858, when it also became the capital of India for a day.[1]
| North-Western Provinces | |||||||||||
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| Province of India under Company rule (1836‐1858) India under the British Raj (1858–1902) | |||||||||||
| 1836–1902 | |||||||||||
North-Western Provinces, constituted in 1836 from erstwhile Presidency of Agra | |||||||||||
| Capital | Agra (1836–1858), Allahabad (1858–1902)[1] | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1835 | 9,479 km2 (3,660 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1835 | 4,500,000 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1836 | ||||||||||
• Delhi Territory transferred from N.W. Provinces to Punjab | 1858 | ||||||||||
• Saugor and Nerbudda Territories separated from N.W. Provinces | 1861 | ||||||||||
• Ajmer separated from N.W. Provinces | 1871 | ||||||||||
• The offices of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh were combined in the same person | 1877 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1902 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||
| India (North-West Provinces) Act 1835[a] | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to authorise the Court of Directors of the East India Company to suspend the Execution of the Provisions of the Act of the Third and Fourth William the Fourth, Chapter Eighty-five, so far as they relate to the Creation of the Government of Agra. |
| Citation | 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 52 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 August 1835 |
| Commencement | 31 August 1835 |
| Repealed | 1 January 1916 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Government of India Act 1833 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Government of India Act 1915 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Area
The province included Uttrakhand, and, all divisions of the present-day state of Uttar Pradesh with the exception of the Lucknow Division and Faizabad Division of Awadh.[2] Among other regions included at various times were: the Delhi Territory, from 1836 until 1858, when the latter became part of the Punjab Province 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.[2][3]
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.[2]
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.[4]
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
- Northwest India (pre-1947)
Notes
- The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.