The divisions of British India were the administrative divisions of the Government of the British Raj or the Indian Empire.
Divisions in Bengal
The seven Bengal Regulation Districts were named as 'divisions' in 1851:
Jessore Division, area 14,853 sq mi, population 5,345,472 (1851)
Bhagalpur Division area 26,464 sq mi, population 8,431,000
Cuttack Division, area 12,664 sq mi, population 2,793,883
British division (Moorshedabad), area 17,556 sq mi, population 6,815,876
Dacca Division, area 20,942 sq mi, population 4,055,800
Patna Division, area 13,803 sq mi, population 7,000,000
Chittagong Division, area 7,410 sq mi, population 2,406,950
The partition of Bengal in 1905 , there were seven divisions in Bengal :
Presidency Division
Burdwan Division
Patna Division
Bhagalpur Division
Tirhut Division
Chota Nagpur Division
Orissa Division(Cuttack)
After the reunited of Bengal in 1911, the boundaries of Bengal were changed and the Bengal were divided five divisions . viz :
Presidency Division
Dacca Division
Chittagong Division
Rajshahi Division
Burdwan Division
Divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam
The divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province 1905—1912:
Dacca Division
Chittagong Division
Rajshahi Division
Assam Valley Division
Surma Valley and Hill Districts Division
Divisions in Baroda
Kadi Division
Baroda Division
Amreli Division
Navsari Division
Divisions in Bombay
Northern Division
Southern Division
Central Division
Sind Division until1936
Divisions in Burma
Arakan Division
Pegu Division
Irrawaddy Division
Tenasserim Division
Mimbu Division
Mandalay Division
Sagaing Division
Meiktila Division
Divisions in Central India
Gwalior Residency
Bundelkhand Agency
Baghelkhand Agency
Malwa Agency
Bhopal Agency
Indore Residency
Bhopawar Agency
Divisions in Central Provinces and Berar
Nagpur Division
Jubbulpore Division
Chhattisgarh Division
Nerbudda Division
Berar Division
Divisions of Hyderabad
Aurangabad Division
Gulbarga Division
Gushanabad Division (Medak Division)
Warangal Division
Divisions in Rajputana
Western Rajputana States Residency
Haraoti and Tonk Agency
Mewar Residency
Eastern Rajputana States Agency
Kotah and Jhalawar Agency
Divisions in United Provinces
Meerut Division
Agra Division
Bareilly Division
Allahabad Division
Benares Division
Gorakhpur Division
Kumaun Division
Jhansi Division
Lucknow Division formerly also Sitapur Division
Faizabad Division (Fyzabad Division)
Divisions in Punjab
Lahore Division
Rawalpindi Division
Multan Division
Ambala Division and Delhi Division until 1921
Jalandhar Division
See also
Medak Gulshanabad Division
Presidencies and provinces of British India
Subdivisions of British India
Territorial evolution of the British Empire
References
External links
Pamphlets issued by the India office and by other British and Indian governmental agencies, relating to the government of India, and to various political, economic, and social questions concerning it and Burma