Agra Province
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Agra Province was a part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh of British India during the closing decades of the British Raj, from 1904 until 1947; it corresponded (under Section 4(4) of United Provinces Act 1, 1904) to the former regions, Ceded and Conquered Provinces (1805–1836) and the North Western Provinces (1836–1902).[1][2]
Further reading
[edit]- Dharma Bhanu, The Province of Agra: its history and administration (Concept Publishing Company, 1979)
See also
[edit]- Agra Presidency
- Agra Subah, Mughal precursor
- Company rule in India
- United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
- Presidencies and provinces of British India
- British Raj
Notes
[edit]- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908), Abāzai to Arcot ("Agra Province"), vol. V, Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, pp. viii, 1 map, 437, pp. 71–72
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908), Travancore to Zīra ("United Provinces"), vol. XXIV, Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, pp. vi, 1 map, 437, p. 158