Agra Presidency was constituted as one of the four presidencies of British India (the other three being Bengal, Bombay, and Madras) and was among the eight separate administrative divisions into which India was divided in the first half of the 19th century. It had an area of 9,479 sq mi (24,550 km2) and a population of about 4,500,000.[1]
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^Agrawal, P.K. (1993). Land Reforms in India: Constitutional and Legal Approach (with Special Reference to Uttar Pradesh). M.D. Publications. p. 7. ISBN978-81-85880-09-9.
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