Districts of British India

Most of the districts that were created during the British Raj became

Districts in the Assam Province

Assam Valley Division

Districts

• Darrang District
• Goalpara District
• Kamrup District
• Lakhimpur District
• Nowgong District
• Sibsagar District

Frontier Tracts

• Balipara Frontier Tract
• Sadiya Frontier Tract

Surma Valley and Hills Division

Hill's Districts

• Garo Hills District
• Khasi and Jaintia Hills District
• Lushai Hills District
• Naga Hills District
• Naga tribal areas

Plain Districts

• Cachar District
• Sylhet District

Districts in the Baluchistan Province

• Bolan District
• Chagai District
• Loralai District
• Quetta-Pishin District
• Sibi District (including Marri-Bugti County)
• Zhob District

Districts in the Bengal Presidency

During the partition of India in 1947, Bengal had 28 districts in 5 divisions

Burdwan Division

(Chuchura)

• Bankura District
• Birbhum District
• Burdwan District
• Howrah District
• Hooghly District
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• Midnapore District

Chittagong Division

• Chittagong District
• Chittagong Hill's District
• Noakhali District
• Tipperah District

Dacca Division

• Bakerganj District
• Dacca District
• Faridpur District
• Mymensingh District

Presidency Division

((Calcutta)

• Calcutta District
• Jessore District
• Khulna District
• Murshidabad District
• Nadia District
• 24 Paraganas District

Rajshahi Division (Jalpaiguri)

• Bogra District
• Dinajpur District
• Darjeeling District
• Jalpaiguri District
• Malda District
• Rajshahi District
• Rangpur District
• Pabna District

Districts in the Bihar Province

Bhagalpur Division

• Bhagalpur District
• Munger District
• Purnia District
• Santhal Pargana District

Chota Nagpur Division (Ranchi)

• Hazaribagh District
• Manbhum District
• Palamau District
• Ranchi District
• Singhbhum District

Patna Division

• Gaya District
• Patna district
• Shahabad District

Tirhut Division

(Muzaffarpur)

• Champaran District
• Darbhanga District
• Muzaffarpur District
• Saran District

Districts in the Bombay Presidency

• Ahmedabad District
• Ahmednagar District
• Belguam District
• Bharuch District
• Bijapur District^{[disambiguation needed]}
• Bomby City District
• Bomby Suburban District
• Colaba District
• Dharwar District
• East Khandesh District
• Khira District
• Nasik District
• North Kanara District
• Panchmahal District
• Poona District
• Ratnagiri District
• Satara District
• Sholapur District
• Surat District
• Thana District
• West Khandesh District

District of Central Provinces and Berar

Berar Division (Amraoti)

• Akola District
• Amraoti District
• Buldana District
• Yetmal District

Chhattisgarh Division (Raipur)

• Balaghat District
• Bhandara District
• Bilaspur District
• Durg District
• Raipur District

Jubbulpore Division

• Hoshangabad District
• Jubbulpore District
• Mandla District
• Nimar District
• Saugor District

Nagpur Division

• Betul District
• Chanda District
• Chhindwara District
• Nagpur District
• Wardha District

District in the Jammu and Kashmir State

Jammu Province

Districts

• Jammu District
• Kathua District
• Mirpur District
• Reasi District
• Udhampur District

Jaigirs

• Chenani
• Poonch

Kashmir Province

• Anantnag District
• Baramula District
• Muzaffarabad District

Frontier Districts

Districts

• Astore District
• Gilgit District
• Ladakh District

Agency

• Gilgit Agency

District in the Hyderabad State

Aurangabad division

• Aurangabad District
• Bir District
• Nander District
• Parabhani District

Gulbarga Division

• Bidar District
• Gulbarga District
• Osmanabad District
• Raichur District

Gulshanabad Division

(Medak)

• Atraf-i-Baldah District
• Mahbubnagar District
• Medak District
• Nalgonda District
• Nizamabad District

Warangal Division

• Adilabad District
• Karimnagar District
• Warangal District

Districts in the Madras Presidency

• Anantapur District
• Bellary District
• Chingleput District
• Chittoor District
• Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)
• Cuddapah District
• East Godavari District
• Guntur District
• Krishna District
• Kurnool District
• Madura District (Madras Presidency)
• Malabar District
• Nellore District
• North Arcot District
• Rannad District
• Salem District
• South Arcot District
• South Canara District
• Tanjore District
• Tinnevely District
• Trichinopoly District
• Vizagapatam District
• West Godavari District

District in the Mysore State

• Bangalore District
• Chitaldrug District
• Hassan District
• Kadur District
• Kolar District
• Mandya District
• Mysore District
• Shimoga District
• Tumkur District

Districts of North-West Frontier Province

• Bannu District
• Dera Ismail Khan District
• Hazara District
• Kohat District
• Mardan District
• Peshawar District

Districts of Orissa Province

• Balasore District
• Cuttack District
• Ganjam District
• Koraput District
• Puri District
• Sambalpur District

Districts of Punjab Province

Ambala Division

• Ambala District
• Gurgaon District
• Hissar District
• Karnal District
• Rohtak District
• Simla District

Jullundur Division

• Ferozpore District
• Hoshiarpur District
• Jullundur District
• Kangra District
• Ludhiana District

Lahore Division

• Amritsar District
• Gujranwala District
• Gurdaspur District
• Lahore District
• Shekhupura District
• Sialkot District

Multan Division

• Dera Ghazi Khan District
• Jhang District
• Lyallpur District
• Montgomery District
• Multan District
• Muzaffargarh District

Rawalpindi Division

• Attock District
• Gujrat District
• Jhelum District
• Mianwali District
• Rawalpindi District
• Shahpur District

Districts of

Sind Province

• Dadu District
• Hyderabad District
• Karachi District
• Larkana District
• Nawabshah District
• Sukkur District
• Thar Parkar District
• Upper Sindh Frontier District

Districts of

United Provinces

Agra Division

• Agra District
• Aligarh District
• Etah District
• Mainpuri District
• Muttra District

Allahabad Division

• Allahabad District
• Cownpore District
• Etawah District
• Fatehpur District
• Farrukhabad District

Benares Division

• Ballia District
• Benares District
• Gazipur District
• Jaunpur District
• Mirzapur District

Faizabad Division

• Bahraich District
• Bara Banki District
• Faizabad District
• Gonda District
• Pratapgarh District
• Sultanpur District

Gorakhpur Division

• Azamgarh District
• Basti District
• Deoria District
• Gorakhpur District

Jhansi Division

• Banda District
• Hamirpur District
• Jalaun District
• Jhansi District

Kumaon Division

(Nainital)

• Almora District
• Garhwal District
• Nainital District

Lucknow Division

• Hardoi District
• Kheri District
• Lucknow District
• Rae Bareli District
• Sitapur District
• Unao District

Meerut Division

• Bulandshahr District
• Dehra Dun District
• Meerut District
• Muzaffarnagar District
• Saharanpur District

Rohilkhand Division

(Bareilly)

• Bareilly District
• Bijnaur District
• Budaun District
• Moradabad District
• Pilibhit District
• Shahjahanpur District

Other districts

• Ajmer-Merwara Province
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• Coorg District (the only District of Coorg Province
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• Bassein District
• Bhilsa District
• Chanderi District
• Delhi District
• Ellichpur District
• Isagarh District
• Jungle Mahals
• Jungle Terry
• Khandesh district
• Merwara District
• Muhamdi District
• Neemuch District
• North Bareilly District
• Sironj District
• Thal-Chotiali
• Wun District

See also

• List of districts in India
• Subdivisions of British India
• Territorial evolution of the British Empire

References