Chhattisgarh Division was an administrative division of the Central Provinces of British India. It was located in the east of the Central Provinces and encompassed the upper Mahanadi River basin, in the central part of present-day Chhattisgarh state of India.
With the advent of the British the town of Raipur, headquarters of Chhattisgarh Division, gained prominence over Ratanpur, the historical capital of the territory. The Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and Berar in 1936 until the Independence of India.The major languages spoken are Chhattisgarhi, Odia, Hindi and numerous tribal languages.
chhattisgarh, division, administrative, division, central, provinces, british, india, located, east, central, provinces, encompassed, upper, mahanadi, river, basin, central, part, present, chhattisgarh, state, india, division, british, india1853, 1947flag1909,. Chhattisgarh Division was an administrative division of the Central Provinces of British India It was located in the east of the Central Provinces and encompassed the upper Mahanadi River basin in the central part of present day Chhattisgarh state of India Chhattisgarh DivisionDivision of British India1853 1947Flag1909 map of the Central Provinces with the Chhattisgarh Division in the east CapitalRaipurArea 190155 011 3 km2 21 240 0 sq mi Population 19013 283 226History Creation of the division1853 Independence of India1947Preceded by Succeeded by Nagpur kingdom Madhya Pradesh This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Chhattisgarh Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 6 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 116 Wall sculptures in Ratanpur Fort Rajkumar College built in Raipur during the British Raj With the advent of the British the town of Raipur headquarters of Chhattisgarh Division gained prominence over Ratanpur the historical capital of the territory The Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and Berar in 1936 until the Independence of India The major languages spoken are Chhattisgarhi Odia Hindi and numerous tribal languages Contents 1 History 2 Territory 2 1 Districts 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editChhattisgarh Division was occupied by the Bhonsle Marathas and incorporated into the Kingdom of Nagpur in the 18th century The Kingdom of Nagpur was annexed to British India in 1853 becoming Nagpur Province In 1861 Nagpur Province was merged with the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories to form the Central Provinces All the princely states of the Central Provinces were in Chhattisgarh Division except for Makrai which was in the Narmadapuram District of the Nerbudda Division 1 In 1905 most of Odia speaking region of Sambalpur District and the princely states of Bamra Rairakhol Sonpur Patna and Kalahandi were transferred to Orissa Division of Bengal Province The princely states of Changbhakar Korea Surguja Udaipur and Jashpur were transferred from Bengal to the Central Provinces 2 In 1933 the princely states in Chhattisgarh Division were transferred to the Eastern States Agency On 24 October 1936 the Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and Berar when they were fully merged with Berar Province although Berar remained under the nominal sovereignty of Hyderabad State 3 Territory editThe Chhattisgarh Division was bounded to the north by the Chota Nagpur States to the east by the Orissa Tributary States to the south by the princely states of Bastar and Kanker and on the west by Nagpur and Jabalpur divisions as well as the princely states of Kawardha Khairagarh Chhuikhadan and Nandgaon Districts edit The division included the following three districts 4 Raipur Bilaspur SambalpurSee also editCentral Provinces AdministrationReferences edit Imperial Gazetteer of India New ed Oxford Clarendon Press 1908 1909 Vol 10 Page 65 McEldowney Philip F 1980 Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India The Central Provinces 1861 1921 Ph D Dissertation Olson James S and Robert Shadle eds Historical Dictionary of the British Empire Vol 1 Greenwood Publishing Group UK 1996 P 227 Hunter William Wilson Sir et al 1908 Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 6 1908 1931 Clarendon Press Oxford 20 55 N 82 00 E 20 917 N 82 000 E 20 917 82 000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chhattisgarh Division amp oldid 1164708411, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
