United Provinces

The United Provinces (shortened to U.P.), was a province in British India that roughly corresponded to the modern day Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The province was known by the following names:

• United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1902-1921)
• United Provinces of British India (1921-1937)
• United Provinces (1937-1950)

UP consisted of Agra Province and Oudh Province.

Main cities

• Agra
• Allahabad
• Bareilly
• Benares
• Cawnpore
• Lucknow
• Meerut

Predecessors

Agra Province

• Ceded and Conquered Provinces (1805–1834)
• Presidency of Agra (14 November 1834- 1 June 1836)
• North-Western Provinces (1836–1902)

Oudh Province

• Chief Commisionership (1856-1877, excluding 18 months under the Nawab during the Indian Mutiny)
• Governed jointly with North-Western Provinces (1877–1902)