For administrative purposes,
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...
was divided into the following administrative divisions:
Main administrative divisions
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Provinces of British India
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Presidencies of British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...
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Divisions of British India
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Districts of British India
The districts of British India were key administrative units of the British Raj, or Indian Empire, serving as subdivisions of the Provinces of British India, provinces and divisions of British India. These districts, often referred to as ''zila ...
Political units
While British India did administratively not include the
princely states, which remained nominally outside the
British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent,
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, under the administration of their own rulers, the relationship of the British with these states was managed by:
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Agencies of British India
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Residencies of British India
The Residencies of British India were political offices, each managed by a Resident (title), Resident, who dealt with the relations between the British Government of India and one (or a territorial set) of princely states.
History
The Residency ...
Still, the British authorities recurred to the
doctrine of lapse when they decided to interfere in the internal matters of a princely state.
[William Cooke Taylor, ''A Popular History of British India'']
See also
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Territorial evolution of the British Empire
The territorial evolution of the British Empire is considered to have begun with the foundation of the English overseas possessions, English colonial empire in the late 16th century. Since then, many territories around the world have been unde ...
References
Former subdivisions of India
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