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Districts of British India

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

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

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