North-Western Provinces

North-Western Provinces
Province of India under Company rule (till 1858) India under the British Raj (from 1858)
1836–1902
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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 of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh were combined in the same person	1877
• Disestablished	1902
Preceded by Succeeded by Agra Presidency Oudh State United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
Today part of	India

The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India. The North-Western Provinces were established in 1836, through merging the administrative divisions of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces. In 1858, the Nawab-ruled kingdom of Oudh was annexed and merged with the North-Western Provinces to form the renamed North-Western Provinces and Oudh. In 1902, this province was reorganized to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.^[2] Allahabad served as its capital from 1858, when it also became the capital of India for a day.^[1]