The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, the
A mezzotint engraving of Fort William, Calcutta, the capital of the Bengal Presidency in British India 1735.
The Indian peninsula in 1700, showing the Mughal Empire and the European trading settlements
The Indian peninsula in 1760, three years after the Battle of Plassey, showing the Maratha Empire and other prominent political states
Expansion of British Bengal and Burma
Partition of India
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The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, a
Presidencies and provinces of British India
…United Provinces Upon the partition of India into the Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan, eleven provinces (Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Bombay, Central Provinces…
The prevailing religions of the British Indian Empire based on the Census of India, 1901
1909 percentage of Hindus.
1909 percentage of Muslims.
1909 percentage of Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains.