| North-Western Provinces | |||||||||||
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| Province ofIndia under Company rule (1836‐1858) India under the British Raj (1858–1902) | |||||||||||
| 1836–1902 | |||||||||||
 North-Western Provinces, constituted in 1836 from erstwhile Presidency of Agra | |||||||||||
| Capital | Agra (1836–1858),Allahabad (1858–1902)[1] | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1835 | 9,479 km2 (3,660 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1835 | 4,500,000 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1836 | ||||||||||
• Delhi Territory transferred from N.W. Provinces to Punjab | 1858 | ||||||||||
• Saugor and Nerbudda Territories separated from N.W. Provinces | 1861 | ||||||||||
• Ajmer separated from N.W. Provinces | 1871 | ||||||||||
• The offices ofLieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh were combined in the same person | 1877 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1902 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||
| India (North-West Provinces) Act 1835 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to authorise the Court of Directors of the East India Company to suspend the Execution of the Provisions of the Act of the Third and Fourth William the Fourth, Chapter Eighty-five, so far as they relate to the Creation of the Government of Agra. |
| Citation | 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 52 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 August 1835 |
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TheNorth-Western Provinces (NWP) was anadministrative region inBritish India. The North-Western Provinces were established in 1836, through merging the administrative divisions of theCeded and Conquered Provinces. In 1858, theNawab-ruled kingdom ofOudh was annexed and merged with the North-Western Provinces to form the renamedNorth-Western Provinces and Oudh (NWP&O). In 1902, this province was reorganized to form theUnited Provinces of Agra and Oudh.[2]Allahabad served as its capital from 1858, when it also became thecapital of India for a day.[1]
The province included all divisions of the present-day state ofUttar Pradesh with the exception of theLucknow Division andFaizabad Division ofAwadh.[2] Among other regions included at various times were: theDelhi Territory, from 1836 until 1858, when the latter became part of thePunjab Province of British India;Ajmer andMerwara, from 1832 and 1846, respectively, until 1871, whenAjmer-Merwara became a minor province of British India; and theSaugor and Nerbudda Territories from 1853 until 1861, when they were absorbed into theCentral Provinces.[2][3]
TheNorth Western Provinces was governed by a Lieutenant-Governor, who was appointed by theEast India Company from 1836 to 1858, and by the British Government from 1858 to 1902.[2]
In 1856, after the annexation ofOudh State, theNorth Western Provinces became part of the larger province ofNorth Western Provinces and Oudh. In 1902, the latter province was renamed theUnited Provinces of Agra and Oudh; in 1904, the region within the newUnited Provinces corresponding to theNorth Western Provinces was renamed theAgra Province.[4]
