| Saugor and Nerbudda Territories सौगढ़-नर्मदा | |||||||||
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| Region of British India | |||||||||
| 1818–1861 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Jubbulpore (Jabalpur) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Territories captured by theBritish East India Company | 1818 | ||||||||
• Merger of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories andNagpur Province | 1861 | ||||||||
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TheSaugor and Nerbudda Territories, was a region ofBritish India,[1] located in the central part of present-dayMadhya Pradesh state in central India. It included the present-day districts ofSagar (Saugor),Damoh,Jabalpur, andNarsinghpur.
The region extended on either side of theNarmada River (Nerbudda).Jubbulpore (now pronounced 'Jabalpur') was the capital and the military headquarters of the territory. The city was one of the candidates for the administrative capital of British India, when the Government decided to move the capital outsideCalcutta in 1911.[2]
The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were captured by theBritish East India Company from theMarathas at the conclusion of theThird Anglo-Maratha War, in 1818.Saugor was the seat of a Maratha governor, and the northern portion of the territory was ceded by the MarathaPeshwa; the southern portion, which includedJubbulpore and the upperNerbudda valley, was ceded by theBhonsle Maharaja ofNagpur.
Immediately after the occupation, the British authorities established a provisional administration under the superintendent of Political Affairs ofBundelkhand. In 1820 a division containing 12 districts was formed which was known as the Agency of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories.[3] This new division was administered, from Jubbulpore, by an Agent to the Governor-General (AGG). In 1835 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were incorporated into the newly formedNorth-Western Provinces, which brought together the British Dominions in the southern portion of present-dayUttar Pradesh state.[4]
In 1842–1843, during theBundela rebellion, twoBundela landlords Jawahir Singh and Madhukar Shah rebelled against the British in Saugor district, spreading the unrest to Jabalpur District. Following the uprising the territory was placed again under the administration of an Agent to the Governor-General, SirWilliam Henry Sleeman, but the arrangement did not work well and in 1853 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were reattached to the North-Western Provinces.[5]
In 1861 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were merged withNagpur Province, which the British had annexed in 1853, in order to form theCentral Provinces.[6]
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