Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces

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colonial administrative office government position

The Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces was the senior British colonial administrative official responsible for overseeing governance and administration in the Central Provinces region of British India.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrative office ⓘ government position ⓘ
abolishedAsOffice	when the province was upgraded to a Governorship (Central Provinces and Berar) ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Central Provinces ⓘ
appointedBy	Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of India Viceroy of India ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
followedBy	Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar ⓘ
governmentSystem	colonial rule ⓘ
governs	Central Provinces ⓘ surface form: Central Provinces (as a Chief Commissionership)
hasAuthorityOver	district collectors in the Central Provinces ⓘ judicial administration at the provincial level (subject to higher courts) ⓘ police administration in the Central Provinces ⓘ revenue administration in the Central Provinces ⓘ
hasDuty	implement policies of the Government of India in the Central Provinces ⓘ maintain law and order in the Central Provinces ⓘ manage revenue administration in the Central Provinces ⓘ oversee governance of the Central Provinces ⓘ oversee public works and infrastructure in the Central Provinces ⓘ report to higher authorities in the Government of India ⓘ supervise district administration in the Central Provinces ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	British districts of the Central Provinces ⓘ princely states under the Central Provinces agency (in varying periods) ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	senior provincial administrator ⓘ
historicalContext	reorganization of British Indian provinces in the 19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalStatus	office created by British Indian statutes and regulations ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Central Provinces ⓘ Central Provinces ⓘ surface form: Central Provinces and Berar
officeHolderClass	British colonial administrator ⓘ Indian Civil Service officer ⓘ
officeScope	civil administration ⓘ executive authority at provincial level ⓘ
officeType	provincial head ⓘ
partOf	Indian Civil Service ⓘ surface form: British Indian civil administration
positionHeldInOrganization	British India ⓘ surface form: Government of India (British Raj)
precededBy	earlier local and regional administrative arrangements under British rule ⓘ
residence	Nagpur ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Nagpur ⓘ
subordinateTo	Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of India in Council Viceroy of India ⓘ
timePeriod	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Provinces → governedBy → Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces ⓘ

Michael O’Dwyer → positionHeld → Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab