Allahabad Division

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Allahabad Division was an administrative subdivision centered on the city of Allahabad within British India’s North-Western Provinces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
division of British India
adminCenter Allahabad
borderedBy Benares Division
Bundelkhand
surface form: Bundelkhand region

Oudh
surface form: Oudh Division
colonialAdministrationType division
contains Prayagraj district
surface form: Allahabad District

Banda District
Fatehpur District
Hamirpur district
surface form: Hamirpur District

Jhansi district
surface form: Jhansi District
country British India
currency Indian rupee
economicActivity agriculture
trade
governmentType colonial provincial administration
hasLanguage Awadhi
Bhojpuri
Hindi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
historicalRegion United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
historicalStatus defunct administrative division
legalSystem British Indian law
locatedIn Allahabad
British India
surface form: British Raj

South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

North-Western Provinces
South Asia
namedAfter Allahabad
notableCity Allahabad
partOf North-Western Provinces
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
predecessor administrative arrangements of the Bengal Presidency in the region
presentDayLocation Madhya Pradesh
surface form: Madhya Pradesh, India

Uttar Pradesh
surface form: Uttar Pradesh, India
religionMajority Hinduism
religionMinority Christianity
Islam
river Ganges
Yamuna
successor Allahabad Division self-linksurface differs
surface form: Allahabad Division (United Provinces)
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
transportInfrastructure served by railway lines of British India
underAuthorityOf Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces

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North-Western Provinces contains Allahabad Division
Prayagraj district locatedInRegion Allahabad Division
this entity surface form: Allahabad division
Prayagraj district partOf Allahabad Division
this entity surface form: Allahabad division
present-day Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) locatedIn Allahabad Division
subject surface form: Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
this entity surface form: Allahabad division
Allahabad Division successor Allahabad Division self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Allahabad Division (United Provinces)