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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 and some Districts were joining Pakistan.
Historical districts edit
The following list includes only districts of British India that were active during the partition of India in 1947
Districts in the Assam Province edit
Assam Valley Division edit
Districts edit
- Darrang District
- Goalpara District
- Kamrup District
- Lakhimpur District
- Nowgong District
- Sibsagar District
Frontier Tracts edit
Surma Valley and Hills Division edit
Hill's Districts edit
- Garo Hills District
- Khasi and Jaintia Hills District
- Lushai Hills District
- Naga Hills District
- Naga tribal areas
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
- Bankura District
- Birbhum District
- Burdwan District
- Howrah District
- Hooghly District'
- Midnapore District
Chittagong Division edit
Dacca Division edit
Presidency Division ((Calcutta) edit
- Calcutta District
- Jessore District
- Khulna District
- Murshidabad District
- Nadia District
- 24 Paraganas District
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
- Ahmedabad District
- Ahmednagar District
- Belguam District
- Bharuch District
- Bijapur District[disambiguation needed]
- Bomby City District
- Bomby Suburban District
- Colaba District
- Dharwar District
- East Khandesh District
- Khira District
- Nasik District
- North Kanara District
- Panchmahal District
- Poona District
- Ratnagiri District
- Satara District
- Sholapur District
- Surat District
- Thana District
- West Khandesh District
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
- Anantapur District
- Bellary District
- Chingleput District
- Chittoor District
- Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)
- Cuddapah District
- East Godavari District
- Guntur District
- Krishna District
- Kurnool District
- Madura District (Madras Presidency)
- Malabar District
- Nellore District
- North Arcot District
- Rannad District
- Salem District
- South Arcot District
- South Canara District
- Tanjore District
- Tinnevely District
- Trichinopoly District
- Vizagapatam District
- West Godavari District
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
- Amritsar District
- Gujranwala District
- Gurdaspur District
- Lahore District
- Shekhupura District
- Sialkot District
Multan Division edit
- Dera Ghazi Khan District
- Jhang District
- Lyallpur District
- Montgomery District
- Multan District
- Muzaffargarh District
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
- Bahraich District
- Bara Banki District
- Faizabad District
- Gonda District
- Pratapgarh District
- Sultanpur District
Gorakhpur Division edit
Jhansi Division edit
Kumaon Division (Nainital) edit
Lucknow Division edit
Meerut Division edit
Rohilkhand Division (Bareilly) edit
Other districts edit
- Ajmer District (the only District of Ajmer-Merwara Province)
- Coorg District (the only District of Coorg Province)
Former Districts edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907-1909
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. V, 1908
External links edit