United Provinces

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former administrative division province of British India

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
United Provinces (British India) 1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Central Provinces → borderedBy → United Provinces ⓘ
Chandrasekhar Azad → deathPlace → United Provinces ⓘ
British India → includedTerritory → United Provinces ⓘ
Motilal Nehru → placeOfDeath → United Provinces ⓘ
Sarojini Naidu → placeOfDeath → United Provinces ⓘ
British Indian Army → recruitmentRegions → United Provinces ⓘ
Chandrasekhar Azad → regionOfActivity → United Provinces ⓘ
Sachindra Nath Sanyal → regionOfActivity → United Provinces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Provinces (British India)
United Provinces → shortName → United Provinces self-link ⓘ
Oudh → successor → United Provinces ⓘ