Central Provinces

Central Provinces
Province of British India
1861–1903
Flag of Central Provinces
Flag
Coat of arms of Central Provinces
Coat of arms

Central Provinces and Berar in 1903, before the 1905 changes to the eastern boundary
CapitalNagpur (primary capital)
Pachmarhi, Hoshangabad district (summer capital)
History 
1861
• Nimar added to Central Provinces
1864
• Creation of the Central Provinces and Berar
1903
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saugor and Nerbudda Territories
Nagpur Province
Central Provinces and Berar
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Central Provinces and Berar". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 681–3.
Famine stricken children in Jubbulpore, Central Provinces, in 1897

The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Nagpur was the primary winter capital while Pachmarhi served as the regular summer retreat. It became the Central Provinces and Berar in 1903.

The Central Provinces was formed in 1861 by the merger of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories and Nagpur Province. The district of Nimar which was administered by the Central India Agency was added in 1864.[1] It was almost an island encircled by a sea of "native States" such as Bhopal State and Rewa State to the north, the Chota Nagpur States and Kalahandi State to the east, and the Nizam's territories of Hyderabad to the south and Berar to the west.[2]

  1. ^ Pateriya, Raghaw Raman (12 August 1991). Provincial Legislatures and the National Movement. New Delhi: Northern Book Centre. ISBN 81-85119-58-9.
  2. ^ Philip F. McEldowney (1980). Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Virginia.