Godavari District

Godavari District
Godavari district in Madras Presidency
Godavari district in Madras Presidency
CountryBritish India
PresidencyMadras Presidency

Godavari District was a district in Madras Presidency in British India created in 1859,[1] which was formerly within the Rajahmundry (Rajamahendravaram) district created in 1823.

In 1859, Rajahmundry district, along with Masulipatnam and Guntur districts, was reorganised into Godavari and Krishna districts.

In 1925, the Godavari district was divided into West Godavari and East Godavari districts with Eluru and Kakinada as their respective capitals. These districts have since remained under the same names till the present day.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Maclean 1879, p. 20
  2. ^ Maclean, Charles Donald (1879), Standing Information Regarding the Official Administration of the Madras Presidency in Each Department in Illustration of the Yearly Administration Reports Prepared Under the Orders of Government by C. D. Maclean, Keys, p. 400
  3. ^ "West Godavari district profile". The Hindu. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ^ "History of ast Godavari". intach.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.