United Provinces

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The United Provinces was a major administrative region of British India that later became the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
province of British India
afterIndependenceBecame state of Uttar Pradesh in the Dominion of India
afterRepublicBecame state of Uttar Pradesh in the Republic of India
alsoKnownAs UP
borderedBy Bihar and Orissa Province
Central Provinces
surface form: Central Provinces and Berar

Nepal
Punjab
surface form: Punjab Province

Rajputana Agency
capital Allahabad
Lucknow
colonialPower United Kingdom
containsCity Agra
Allahabad
Lucknow
Varanasi
containsRegion Oudh
surface form: Awadh

Bundelkhand
Rohilkhand
containsRiver Ganges
Yamuna
country British India
currency Indian rupee
dateAbolished 1950
dateEstablished 1902
dateRenamed 1937
establishedAsName United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
flagUsed British Red Ensign
surface form: British India Red Ensign
governmentType colonial provincial government
hadGovernor Grand Pensionary
surface form: Governor of the United Provinces
legalSystem Anglo-Indian law
legislature Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces
Legislative Council of the United Provinces
locatedIn South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
majorLanguage Hindi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
officialLanguage English
partOf British India
surface form: British Raj

Governor-General’s provinces
predecessor North-Western Provinces
Oudh
religionMajority Hinduism
religionMinority Islam
reorganizedAs Uttar Pradesh
shortName United Provinces self-link
sovereignState United Kingdom
successor Uttar Pradesh
timePeriod 20th century

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British India includedTerritory United Provinces
Central Provinces borderedBy United Provinces
United Provinces shortName United Provinces self-link
Oudh successor United Provinces
British Indian Army recruitmentRegions United Provinces
Sarojini Naidu placeOfDeath United Provinces
Chandrasekhar Azad deathPlace United Provinces
Chandrasekhar Azad regionOfActivity United Provinces
Motilal Nehru placeOfDeath United Provinces
Sachindra Nath Sanyal regionOfActivity United Provinces
this entity surface form: United Provinces (British India)
Indian Home Rule League areaServed United Provinces
HSRA regionOfActivity United Provinces
Nightingale of India placeOfDeath United Provinces
subject surface form: Sarojini Naidu
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman residence United Provinces
Swarup Rani placeOfActivity United Provinces
Azad placeOfDeath United Provinces
Al-Hilal (Urdu weekly) circulationArea United Provinces
Bhagwati Charan Vohra placeOfActivity United Provinces
Provincial Legislature of the United Provinces associatedWith United Provinces
this entity surface form: United Provinces provincial government
Allahabad Address deliveredAt United Provinces
Punjab Province under British India borderedBy United Provinces
subject surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
Madan Mohan Malaviya placeOfDeath United Provinces
Royal Indian Artillery recruitmentArea United Provinces
Purushottam Das Tandon stateRepresented United Provinces
Purushottam Das Tandon workedIn United Provinces