North-Western Provinces

(North-West Provinces)

The North-Western Provinces was a province of British India between 1836 and 1902. It succeeded the Ceded and Conquered Provinces and, as the Agra Province, made up most of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh that replaced the North-Western Provinces in 1902.

During its existence it also included the Delhi territory (1836-1858), Ajmer (1832-1871), Merwara (1846-1871) and the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories (1853-1861).

Historical books online

• History of services of gazetted officers employed under the government of the N.-W.P. and Oudh. Corrected up to 1st Jan., 1881. Compiled in the Govt. Sectt., N-.W.P. and Oudh, Allahabad. 1881 Archive.org Index
• Supplement to the Glossary of Indian Terms: A-J by Henry M Elliot, Bengal Civil Service, 1845 Google Books. Also known as Supplemental Glossary of Terms Used in the North Western Provinces
• Notes on the North-Western Provinces of India by Charles Raikes 1852 Google Books
• Notes on the Revolt in the North-Western Provinces of India by Charles Raikes 1858 Google Books
• Records of the Intelligence Department of the Government of the North-West Provinces of India during the Mutiny of 1857 arranged by Sir William Muir 1902 Archive.org Volume 1, Volume 2
• The Annals of Indian Administration, edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website.
  • Part I 1856, Part VI 1858, Volume 3, Part 2 June 1859, Volume 4, Part 1 March 1860, Volume 14 1868-69.
• Selections from the Records of Government, North-Western Provinces. Volume III, 1867 Google Books
• Report on the Administration of the N.-W. Provinces for the year 1867-68 1868 Google Books
• Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India 1860 Google Books
• Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bombay Presidency and North-Western Provinces of India 1864 Google Books
• Memoirs on the History, Folk-Lore, and Distribution of the Races of the North Western Provinces of India; being an Amplified Edition of the Original‬ ‪Supplemental Glossary of India Terms by the late Henry M. Elliot‬ 1869 Google Books Volume I, Volume II, Index
• North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District by Wilton Oldham

Part I 1870 Google Books Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D 1876 Archive.org

• The Himalayan Gazetteer or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Province of India by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) originally published 1882, 1884, 1886 is available, in a reprint edition, to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. Volume 1, part 1 Contents computer page 12; Volume 1, part 2 Contents cp 12, Index cp 536; Volume 2, part 1 Contents cp18; Volume 2, part 2 Contents cp 16 Index cp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, part 1 Contents cp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, part 2 Contents cp 8 Place names K-Z.