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Administrative areas of India in the 1930s
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== Presidencies ==
[[Image:presidencies.gif|thumb|300px|Administrative areas of India in the 1930s]]British India was divided into three [[Presidencies]]:
*[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]], which covered the west and north of the country, including what is now [[Pakistan]]
The main cities of the Presidencies were [[Bombay]], [[Calcutta]] and [[Madras]], respectively.
Knowing which Presidency a town or city was in, is important when consulting many of the [[India Office Records]] held at the [[British Library]].
