Districts of British India

The Districts of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire. Districts were generally subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India[1]

Colonial India
Imperial entities of India
Dutch India1605–1825
Danish India1620–1869
French India1668–1954
Portuguese India
(1505–1961)
Casa da Índia1434–1833
Portuguese East India Company1628–1633
British India
(1612–1947)
East India Company1612–1757
Company rule in India1757–1858
British Raj1858–1947
British rule in Burma1824–1948
Princely states1721–1949
Partition of India
1947

History

Districts, often known as 'prant', were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under one of the three Presidencies. [2]

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

Districts in the Bengal Presidency

Districts in the Bombay Presidency

Other districts

See also

References
  1. Imperial Gazetteer of India. Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907-1909
  2. Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. V, 1908


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