North-Western Provinces

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North-Western Provinces was a major administrative region of British India in the 19th and early 20th centuries, encompassing much of what is now the northern part of Uttar Pradesh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
province of British India
capital Agra
Allahabad
contains Agra division
surface form: Agra Division

Allahabad Division
Benares Division
Bundelkhand
surface form: Bundelkhand region

Doab
surface form: Doab region

Gorakhpur Division
Meerut division
surface form: Meerut Division

Rohilkhand
surface form: Rohilkhand region

present-day Agra
present-day Agra region
present-day Aligarh
Allahabad
surface form: present-day Allahabad (Prayagraj)

present-day Allahabad region
present-day Amroha
present-day Auraiya
present-day Azamgarh
present-day Bahraich
present-day Ballia
present-day Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh)
present-day Banda
present-day Barabanki
present-day Bareilly
present-day Bareilly region
present-day Basti
present-day Bijnor
present-day Budaun
present-day Bulandshahr
present-day Chandauli
present-day Deoria
present-day Etawah
Faizabad
surface form: present-day Faizabad (Ayodhya district)

present-day Farrukhabad
present-day Fatehpur
present-day Firozabad
present-day Ghaziabad
present-day Ghazipur
present-day Gonda
Gorakhpur
surface form: present-day Gorakhpur

present-day Gorakhpur region
present-day Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh)
present-day Hardoi
present-day Hathras
present-day Jalaun
present-day Jaunpur
present-day Jhansi
present-day Kanpur
present-day Kanpur Dehat
present-day Kanpur Nagar
present-day Kanpur region
present-day Kasganj
present-day Lakhimpur Kheri
present-day Lalitpur
present-day Lucknow (later with Oudh)
Lucknow district
surface form: present-day Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

present-day Mainpuri
present-day Mathura
present-day Mau
present-day Meerut
present-day Meerut region
present-day Mirzapur
Moradabad
surface form: present-day Moradabad

present-day Muzaffarnagar
present-day Noida region
present-day Pilibhit
present-day Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)
present-day Rae Bareli
present-day Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)
present-day Saharanpur
present-day Sambhal
present-day Sant Kabir Nagar
present-day Shahjahanpur
present-day Shahjahanpur district
present-day Shravasti
present-day Siddharthnagar
present-day Sitapur
present-day Sultanpur
present-day Unnao
present-day Varanasi
present-day Varanasi region
country British India
dissolved 1902
followedBy United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
inception 1830s
locatedIn northern India
present-day Uttar Pradesh
partOf Bengal Presidency

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Company rule in India appliesToJurisdiction North-Western Provinces
British East India Company governedTerritory North-Western Provinces
Oudh integratedInto North-Western Provinces
this entity surface form: British-ruled North-Western Provinces
this entity surface form: North-Western Provinces, British India
Rajputana Agency partOf North-Western Provinces
this entity surface form: North-Western Provinces and Oudh (in some periods)
Motilal Nehru placeOfBirth North-Western Provinces
United Provinces predecessor North-Western Provinces
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh predecessor North-Western Provinces
Bengal Army recruitmentRegion North-Western Provinces
Charter Act 1853 regionAffected North-Western Provinces