The Districts of British India were administrative units of the Government of the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was him ...

or Indian Empire. Districts were generally subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India

History

Districts, often known as '' zillas'' in

vernacular A vernacular or vernacular language is in contrast with a "standard language". It refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular country or region. The vernacular is typically the native language, n ...

, were established as subdivisions of the provinces (''praanths'' in vernacular) and divisions of British India that were under one of the three Presidencies. '' Imperial Gazetteer of India'', vol. V, 1908 Most of the districts that were created during the British Raj became Districts of India after the independence of India.

Historical districts

The following list includes only districts of British India that became extinguished or that saw major changes in their history:

Districts in the Madras Presidency

* Anantapur district * Bellary district (including parts of Present-day Kurnool district) * Chingleput District * Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency) *

Cuddapah district Kadapa district (officially: YSR district; formerly: Cuddapah district) is one of the twenty six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On 19 August 2005 nomenclature of “Cuddapah” has been changed as “Kadapa” by the Governm ...

* Ganjam district (including present-day

Gajapati district Gajapati district is a district of Odisha State in India. It was created from Ganjam District on 2 October, 1992. Gajapati district was named after Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb, the King of the Paralakhemundi estate and the first Prime ...

and parts of

Srikakulam district Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the six districts, located in the extreme ...

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Godavari District Godavari District was a district in Madras Presidency in British India created in 1859, which was formerly within the Rajahmundry (Rajamahendravaram) District created in 1823. In 1859, Rajahmundry district, along with Masulipatnam and Guntur dis ...

* Krishna district (including Guntur district) * Kurnool district (including parts of present-day Prakasam district) *

Madura District (Madras Presidency) Madurai District was one of the districts of the Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the present-day districts of Madurai, Dindigul, Theni, Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai and parts of Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ...

Malabar District Malabar District, also known as Malayalam District, was an administrative district on the southwestern Malabar Coast of Bombay Presidency (1792-1800) and Madras Presidency (1800-1947) in British India, and independent India's Madras State (19 ...

* Nellore district (including parts of present-day Prakasam and Tiruvallur districts) * North Arcot *Salem District * South Arcot District *

South Canara South Canara was a district of the Madras Presidency of British India, located at . It comprised the towns of Kassergode and Udipi and adjacent villages, with the capital in Mangalore city. South Canara was one of the most heterogeneous areas ...

Tanjore District Thanjavur District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River and is mostly agrarian. As of 2011, Thanjavur district h ...

* Tinnevely District *

Trichinopoly District The Trichinopoly district was a district of the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the present-day districts of Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Ariyalur and Perambalur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The administrative headquarte ...

* Vizagapatam district (including Vizianagaram district)

Districts in the
Bengal Presidency The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia an ...

* Bakerganj District * Bassein District * Champaran District * Garo Hills district *

Jungle Mahals Jungle Mahals, ( jungle estates) was a district formed by British possessions and some independent chiefdoms lying between Birbhum, Bankura, Midnapore and the hilly country of Chota Nagpur in what is now the Indian state of West Bengal.O’Mall ...

Jungle Terry Jungle Terry or Jungleterry, from hi, जंगल तराई ''jangal tarāi'', meaning 'jungle lowland', was a term applied in the 18th century to an area bordering Bengal and Bihar that included large tracts of Bhagalpur and Monghyr distric ...

* Khasi and Jaintia Hills * Lushai Hills District * Manbhum District * Naga Hills District * Purnia District *

Shahabad district Shahabad district or Arrah district, headquartered at Arrah (now part of Bhojpur District, Bihar) was a Bhojpuri speaking district in western Bihar, India, making the western border of Bihar with Uttar Pradesh. In 1972, the district was split ...

* Singhbhum District * Tipperah District

Districts in the Bombay Presidency

* East Khandesh * Kaladgi District *

Khandesh District Khandesh District (or Kandesh, Khandeish) was a district, administrative division of Bombay presidency of British India under British rule, which includes the present-day Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra. In the 18th and ea ...

* Upper Sind Frontier District * West Khandesh

Other districts

* Bhilsa District *

Chanderi District Chanderi District was a former administrative district of British India. It covered most of present-day Lalitpur District of Uttar Pradesh state and the eastern portion of Ashoknagar District of Madhya Pradesh state. History Before 1811, the ...

* Delhi District *

Ellichpur District Ellichpur District is a former district of British India. It encompassed the western portion of present-day Amravati District in Maharashtra state. Ellichpur (Achalpur) was the administrative headquarters of the district. Ellichpur District ha ...

* Garhwal District * Hazara District * Isagarh District * Kumaon District * Lyallpur District * Merwara District *

Montgomery District Montgomery District was an administrative district of the former Punjab Province of British India, in what is now Pakistan. Named after Sir Robert Montgomery, it lay in the Bari Doab, or the tract between the Sutlej and the Ravi rivers, extendi ...

* Muhamdi District * Nimar District * North Bareilly District * Quetta-Pishin District * Shahpur District * Sironj District * Thal-Chotiali * Wun District * Neemuch District * Peshawar District

References

External links

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