North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces 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. In 1902, this province was reorganized to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahabad served as its capital from 1858, when it also became the capital of India for a day.
| North-Western Provinces | |||||||||||
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| Province of India under Company rule (till 1858) India under the British Raj (from 1858) | |||||||||||
| 1836–1902 | |||||||||||
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North-Western Provinces, constituted in 1836 from erstwhile Presidency of Agra | |||||||||||
| Capital | Agra (1836–1858), Allahabad (1858–1902) | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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