North-Western Provinces and Oudh
| North-Western Provinces | |||||
| Province of India under Company rule (till 1858) India under the British Raj (from 1858) |
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| Capital | Agra, Lucknow, Allahabad | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1836 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1902 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1835 (?) | 9,479 km2(3,660 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1835 (?) | 4,500,000 | |||
| Density | 474.7 /km2 (1,229.6 /sq mi) | ||||
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The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India. In 1836, The North-Western Provinces was established by merging all the administrative divisions of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces. In 1858, the nawab-ruled state of Oudh was annexed and merged with 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 served as its capital in 1858 when it also became the capital of India for a day.
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 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 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.
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