Imperial Gazetteer of India

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The Imperial Gazetteer of India was a comprehensive multi-volume geographical and administrative survey of British India, compiled and published by the British colonial government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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British colonial gazetteers of Balochistan 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gazetteer
geographical encyclopedia
reference work
associatedWith British Raj NERFINISHED
compilationBy British colonial government in India NERFINISHED
country British India
covers administrative divisions of British India
agriculture in British India
cities and towns in British India
climate of regions in India
districts of British India
history of regions in India
industries in British India
mountain ranges of India
population statistics of British India
princely states of India
provinces of British India
rivers of India
trade and commerce in British India
transport and communications in British India
villages in British India
editor William Wilson Hunter NERFINISHED
endTime early 20th century
genre administrative survey
geographical survey
hasEdition first edition
revised edition
hasPart atlas
narrative volumes
statistical volumes
language English
mainSubject British India NERFINISHED
administration of British India
geography of India
notableFor comprehensive coverage of British India
standard reference on British India
placeOfPublication Calcutta NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
publisher Government of India NERFINISHED
Oxford University Press
startTime late 19th century
timePeriodDescribed 19th century
early 20th century
usedFor colonial administration
geographical reference
policy making in British India
statistical reference

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Rewa Kantha Agency documentedIn Imperial Gazetteer of India
Tareen tribe ethnographicSource Imperial Gazetteer of India
this entity surface form: British colonial gazetteers of Balochistan