Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces

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colonial administrative office government position office of lieutenant-governor

The Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces was a senior British colonial administrator who governed the North-Western Provinces of India under the British Raj.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces canonical 7
Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh 2
Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative office ⓘ
government position ⓘ
office of lieutenant-governor ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Agra Province ⓘ
North-Western Provinces ⓘ
major cities such as Agra and Allahabad ⓘ
regions of present-day Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
Governor-General ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India
category British administration in India ⓘ
Colonial India political office ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1902 ⓘ
followedBy Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh

Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
governmentalBody Government of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
governs provincial executive council ⓘ
hasDuty implementation of British colonial policy ⓘ
maintenance of law and order ⓘ
oversight of public works ⓘ
revenue administration ⓘ
supervision of district officials ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil administration ⓘ
criminal administration ⓘ
education policy in the province ⓘ
land revenue system ⓘ
police administration in the province ⓘ
historicalPeriod British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
inception 1858 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity North-Western Provinces ⓘ
officeCreatedAsResultOf transfer of power from East India Company to British Crown in 1858 ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Lieutenant Governor ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-Governor
officeRank above district magistrates and commissioners ⓘ
below Governor-General of India ⓘ
officeScope provincial administration ⓘ
partOf Government of British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj administration

Indian Civil Service hierarchy ⓘ
precededBy administration under the East India Company ⓘ
replaces Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh
residence Allahabad ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Allahabad ⓘ
subordinateTo Governor-General ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India
usedBy British colonial administration in India ⓘ

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Subject: Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces
Description of subject: The Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces was a senior British colonial administrator who governed the North-Western Provinces of India under the British Raj.

Referenced by (14)

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

Indian Councils Act 1861 → appliedToOffice → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence → positionHeld → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab
Etawah, North-Western Provinces, British India → underJurisdictionOf → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Legislative Council of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh → subordinateTo → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh
Governor of the United Provinces → follows → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh
Governor of the United Provinces → predecessorOffice → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Allahabad Division → underAuthorityOf → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Benares Division → underAuthorityOf → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Gorakhpur Division → underAuthorityOf → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces → replaces → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh
Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces → followedBy → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh
Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces → followedBy → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
British administration in Awadh → governedBy → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
British administration in Awadh → governedBy → Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces