Delhi Territory

Region of
the British Empire in India

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1803–1832

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Delhi territory as part of North-Western Provinces

Capital

Delhi

History

Established

1803

Disestablished

1832

Today part of

Portions in Haryana
Delhi

The Delhi Territory was an administrative region in British India which comprised the present districts of Gurgaon, Delhi, Rohtak, Hissar, tahsil panipat and pargana Karnal in the Karnal District.

History

Until 1832, the Delhi territory was controlled by the Residency. Regulation V of that year, abolished the office of Resident and annexed the Delhi territory to the jurisdiction of the Sadr Board and Courts of Justice at Allahabad, which included the Commissioner of the Delhi territory and all officers acting under his control, ordinarily to “or form to the principles and spirit of the regulations” in their his control, ordinarily to administration.

After the Indian rebellion of 1857, the Delhi division of the North-Western Provinces was transferred to the Punjab in 1858, and formed into the Delhi and Hissar divisions, which embraced the six districts of Delhi, Gurgaon, Panipat, Rohtak, Hissar and Sirsa.^[1]

Notes

↑ Douie, James McCrone (1899). Panjab Settlement Manual. Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette Press. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Divisions of the British Raj

Berar Division Ceded and Conquered Provinces Cis-Sutlej states Chhattisgarh Division Chota Nagpur Division Delhi Territory Jubbulpore Division Marri-Bugti Country Medak Gulshanabad Division Nerbudda Division Northern Circars Saugor and Nerbudda Territories Sind Division Trucial States

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Delhi Territory

History

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