United Provinces
Province of British India (1937–1947) Dominion of India (1947–1950)
1937–1950
Coat of arms
Map of the United Provinces
Capital	Lucknow
History
• Established	1937
• Disestablished	1950
Preceded by Succeeded by United Provinces of Agra and Oudh Rampur State Benares State Garhwal Kingdom Uttar Pradesh
Today part of	Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand

TheUnited Provinces (UP) was aprovince ofBritish India and, subsequently,independent India.

It came into existence on 1 April 1937 as a result of the shortening of the name of the "United Provinces of Agra and Oudh". It corresponded approximately to the combined regions of the present-day Indian states ofUttar Pradesh andUttarakhand.^[1]

TheGovernment of India Act 1935 enlarged the elected provincial legislature and expanded provincial autonomy vis-a-vis the central government.

In the elections held in 1937, theIndian National Congress won the majority seats, but declined to form a government. Therefore, on 1 April 1937, and theNawab of Chhatari, the leader of the National Agriculturist Parties, was invited to form a minority provisional government.^[2]

The Congress reversed its decision and resolved to accept office in July 1937. Therefore, the GovernorSir Harry Graham Haig invitedGovind Ballabh Pant to form the government.^[3][4]

In 1939, all of the Congress ministries in British Indian provinces resigned and the United Provinces were placed under the Governor's rule. In 1945, the British Labour government ordered new elections to the Provincial legislatures. The Congress won a majority in the 1946 elections in the United Provinces and Pant was again the Premier, continuing even after India'sindependence in 1947.

Following independence in 1947, theprincely states ofRampur,Banares andTehri-Garwal were merged into the United Provinces. On 25 January 1950, this unit was renamed asUttar Pradesh. In 2000, the separate state of Uttaranchal, now known asUttarakhand, was carved out of Uttar Pradesh.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "United Provinces of Agra and Oudh".Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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