- Source: Districts of British India
The Districts of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire. Districts were generally subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India
History
Districts, often known as zillas in vernacular, were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under Bengal Presidency. Then it was established as subdivisions the most Provinces of British India
Most of the districts that were created during the British Raj became Districts of India after the independence of India and some Districts were joining Pakistan.
= Historical districts
=The following list includes only districts of British India that were active during the partition of India in 1947
Districts in the Assam Province
= Assam Valley Division
=Districts
Darrang District
Goalpara District
Kamrup District
Lakhimpur District
Nowgong District
Sibsagar District
Frontier Tracts
Balipara Frontier Tract
Sadiya Frontier Tract
= Surma Valley and Hills Division
=Hill's Districts
Garo Hills District
Khasi and Jaintia Hills District
Lushai Hills District
Naga Hills District
Naga tribal areas
Plain Districts
Cachar District
Sylhet District
Districts in the Baluchistan Province
Bolan District
Chagai District
Loralai District
Quetta-Pishin District
Sibi District (including Marri-Bugti County)
Zhob District
Districts in the Bengal Presidency
= During the partition of India in 1947, Bengal had 28 districts in 5 divisions
== Burdwan Division (Chuchura)
=Bankura District
Birbhum District
Burdwan District
Howrah District
Hooghly District'
Midnapore District
= Chittagong Division
=Chittagong District
Chittagong Hill's District
Noakhali District
Tipperah District
= Dacca Division
=Bakerganj District
Dacca District
Faridpur District
Mymensingh District
= Presidency Division ((Calcutta)
=Calcutta District
Jessore District
Khulna District
Murshidabad District
Nadia District
24 Paraganas District
= Rajshahi Division (Jalpaiguri)
=Bogra District
Dinajpur District
Darjeeling District
Jalpaiguri District
Malda District
Rajshahi District
Rangpur District
Pabna District
Districts in the Bihar Province
= Bhagalpur Division
=Bhagalpur District
Munger District
Purnia District
Santhal Pargana District
= Chota Nagpur Division (Ranchi)
=Hazaribagh District
Manbhum District
Palamau District
Ranchi District
Singhbhum District
= Patna Division
=Gaya District
Patna district
Shahabad District
= Tirhut Division (Muzaffarpur)
=Champaran District
Darbhanga District
Muzaffarpur District
Saran District
Districts in the Bombay Presidency
Ahmedabad District
Ahmednagar District
Belguam District
Bharuch District
Bijapur District
Bomby City District
Bomby Suburban District
Colaba District
Dharwar District
East Khandesh District
Khira District
Nasik District
North Kanara District
Panchmahal District
Poona District
Ratnagiri District
Satara District
Sholapur District
Surat District
Thana District
West Khandesh District
District of Central Provinces and Berar
= Berar Division (Amraoti)
=Akola District
Amraoti District
Buldana District
Yetmal District
= Chhattisgarh Division (Raipur)
=Balaghat District
Bhandara District
Bilaspur District
Durg District
Raipur District
= Jubbulpore Division
=Hoshangabad District
Jubbulpore District
Mandla District
Nimar District
Saugor District
= Nagpur Division
=Betul District
Chanda District
Chhindwara District
Nagpur District
Wardha District
District in the Jammu and Kashmir State
= Jammu Province
=Districts
Jammu District
Kathua District
Mirpur District
Reasi District
Udhampur District
Jaigirs
Chenani
Poonch
= Kashmir Province
=Anantnag District
Baramula District
Muzaffarabad District
= Frontier Districts
=Districts
Astore District
Gilgit District
Ladakh District
Agency
Gilgit Agency
District in the Hyderabad State
= Aurangabad division
=Aurangabad District
Bir District
Nander District
Parabhani District
= Gulbarga Division
=Bidar District
Gulbarga District
Osmanabad District
Raichur District
= Gulshanabad Division (Medak)
=Atraf-i-Baldah District
Mahbubnagar District
Medak District
Nalgonda District
Nizamabad District
= Warangal Division
=Adilabad District
Karimnagar District
Warangal District
Districts in the Madras Presidency
Anantapur District
Bellary District
Chingleput District
Chittoor District
Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)
Cuddapah District
East Godavari District
Guntur District
Krishna District
Kurnool District
Madura District (Madras Presidency)
Malabar District
Nellore District
North Arcot District
Rannad District
Salem District
South Arcot District
South Canara District
Tanjore District
Tinnevely District
Trichinopoly District
Vizagapatam District
West Godavari District
District in the Mysore State
Bangalore District
Chitaldrug District
Hassan District
Kadur District
Kolar District
Mandya District
Mysore District
Shimoga District
Tumkur District
Districts of North-West Frontier Province
Bannu District
Dera Ismail Khan District
Hazara District
Kohat District
Mardan District
Peshawar District
Districts of Orissa Province
Balasore District
Cuttack District
Ganjam District
Koraput District
Puri District
Sambalpur District
Districts of Punjab Province
= Ambala Division
=Ambala District
Gurgaon District
Hissar District
Karnal District
Rohtak District
Simla District
= Jullundur Division
=Ferozpore District
Hoshiarpur District
Jullundur District
Kangra District
Ludhiana District
= Lahore Division
=Amritsar District
Gujranwala District
Gurdaspur District
Lahore District
Shekhupura District
Sialkot District
= Multan Division
=Dera Ghazi Khan District
Jhang District
Lyallpur District
Montgomery District
Multan District
Muzaffargarh District
= Rawalpindi Division
=Attock District
Gujrat District
Jhelum District
Mianwali District
Rawalpindi District
Shahpur District
Districts of Sind Province
Dadu District
Hyderabad District
Karachi District
Larkana District
Nawabshah District
Sukkur District
Thar Parkar District
Upper Sindh Frontier District
Districts of United Provinces
= Agra Division
=Agra District
Aligarh District
Etah District
Mainpuri District
Muttra District
= Allahabad Division
=Allahabad District
Cownpore District
Etawah District
Fatehpur District
Farrukhabad District
= Benares Division
=Ballia District
Benares District
Gazipur District
Jaunpur District
Mirzapur District
= Faizabad Division
=Bahraich District
Bara Banki District
Faizabad District
Gonda District
Pratapgarh District
Sultanpur District
= Gorakhpur Division
=Azamgarh District
Basti District
Deoria District
Gorakhpur District
= Jhansi Division
=Banda District
Hamirpur District
Jalaun District
Jhansi District
= Kumaon Division (Nainital)
=Almora District
Garhwal District
Nainital District
= Lucknow Division
=Hardoi District
Kheri District
Lucknow District
Rae Bareli District
Sitapur District
Unao District
= Meerut Division
=Bulandshahr District
Dehra Dun District
Meerut District
Muzaffarnagar District
Saharanpur District
= Rohilkhand Division (Bareilly)
=Bareilly District
Bijnaur District
Budaun District
Moradabad District
Pilibhit District
Shahjahanpur District
Other districts
Ajmer District (the only District of Ajmer-Merwara Province)
Coorg District (the only District of Coorg Province)
Former Districts
Bassein District
Bhilsa District
Chanderi District
Delhi District
Ellichpur District
Isagarh District
Jungle Mahals
Jungle Terry
Khandesh district
Merwara District
Muhamdi District
Neemuch District
North Bareilly District
Sironj District
Thal-Chotiali
Wun District
See also
List of districts in India
Subdivisions of British India
Territorial evolution of the British Empire
References
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