| United Provinces of Agra and Oudh | |||||||||
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| Province of British India | |||||||||
| 1902–1937 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Allahabad | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1902 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1937 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 22 March 1902 to 1937; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces (UP), by which the province had been commonly known, and by which name it was also a province of independent India until 1950.[1]
It corresponded approximately to the present-day Indian states of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand. Allahabad served as the administrative headquarters and the capital of the province. Two years after the annexation of Oudh State in 1856, i.e. after 1858 and until 1902, the region had existed as North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Oudh being a Chief Commissionership.
Lucknow became its capital some time after 1921. Nainital was the summer capital of the province.[citation needed]
- ^ Paxton, John (1988), "Uttar Pradesh", The Statesman's Year-Book Historical Companion, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 138–139, ISBN 978-1-349-19448-3,
In 1902 the name 'United Provinces of Agra and Oudh' came into use, shorted to 'United Provinces' in 1935. After independence the territory was enlarged by the addition of the small states of Rampur, Banaras and Tehri-Garhwal. In 1950 the Provinces became the state of Uttar Pradesh.