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The '''United Provinces''' (shortened to U.P.UP), 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:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ] (1902-1921)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Provinces_of_British_India United Provinces of British India ] (1921-1937)
*United Provinces (1937-1950)
UP consisted of [[Agra]] Province and [[Oudh]] Province.
 
==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'''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chief_Commissioners_of_Oudh Chief Commisionership] (1856-1877, excluding 18 months under the Nawab during the [[Indian Mutiny]])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lieutenant_Governors_of_the_North-Western_Provinces_and_Chief_Commissioners_of_Oudh Governed jointly] with [[North-Western Provinces]] (1877–1902)
 
==Divisions==
The administrative divisions during the British period were:
*Meerut
*Agra
*Kumaon
*Gorakpur
*Benares
 
==Districts==
The administrative districts and their headquarter towns are listed in the article [[United Provinces Districts]].
==Main cities==
*[[Meerut]]
==PredecessorsHistorical books online==*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797684 "Journey Through the Himma-leh Mountains to the Sources of the River Jumna, and Thence to the Confines of Chinese Tartary: Performed in April-October, 1827"] by Captain C. Johnson, Late of the 11th Dragoons. From ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London'', Volume 4, 1834. With Map. Archive.org*''The Himalayan Gazetteer or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India'' by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) is available, in a reprint edition. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. This area is now the state of Uttarakhand. Volume 1, part 1 Contents digital page 12; Volume 1, part 2 Contents dp 12, Index dp 536; Volume 2, part 1 Contents dp18; Volume 2, part 2 Contents dp 16 Index dp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, part 1 Contents dp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, part 2 Contents dp 8 Place names K-Z. Vol. 1, Part 1 (handle/2015/95851); Vol. 1, Part 2 (handle/2015/97345); Vol. 2, Part 1 (handle/2015/95852); Vol. 2, Part 2 (handle/2015/96527); Vol. 3, Part 1 (handle/2015/95853); Vol. 3, Part 2 (handle/2015/95854). Additional files are available for Volume 3.:Originally from the Digital Library of India, with mirror versions on Archive.org for [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Himalayan+Gazetteer%29&sort=-date 'Agra Province'Himalayan Gazetteer'']. If you have problems locating the above volumes, use the final number as a search term, example 2015.95851*Three volumes of a reprint edition of the ''The Himalayan Gazetteer'' are available to read online on the [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp Panjab Digital Library]. It is necessary to first register to read more than the first few pages.[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8151&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched Volume 1, Part 1], [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8149&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched Volume 2, Part 1], [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8148&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= Volume 3, Part 1] Possibly each volume also includes Part 2*''Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series'' 1908. Originally from Digital Library of India, with mirror versions on Archive.org. [Ceded https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207370 ''United Provinces of Agra and Conquered Oudh Vol. I''] Archive.org, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207372 ''United Provincesof Agra and Oudh Vol. II'']] (1805–1834)Archive.org.*[[Presidency https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548358/page/n3 ''Financial Handbook Vol-II. Issued by Authority of the Government of the United Provinces of Agraand Oudh'']by E. A. H. Blunt. Corrected up to the 1st April 1925. Archive.org. Includes various definitions relating to pay and leave etc* ''Jungle Trails in Northern India: Reminiscences of Hunting in India'' by John Hewett. With 24 plates and a map 1938. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209125 Archive.org version] (14 November 1834- 1 June 1836), mirror from Digital Library of India. Sir John was Governor of United Provinces with many royal friends. Hunting largely between 1907 and 1912, including tiger hunting in the jungles of Tarai, Cooch Behar, the Central Provinces, and up north in Kumaon and Garhwal.* Industry and Industrial Arts series of Monographs. Pdf downloads, Digital Repository of GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune]. ** For earlier publications see [[North-Western Provinces‎]] **[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25607 ''Monograph on Stone Carving in the United Provinces'']by H S Crosthwaite 1906. **[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25629 ''Monograph on Iron and Steel Work in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''] by W E J Dobbs 1908? (1836–1902catalogued 1898)**[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25628 ''Monograph on the Manufacture of Wire and Tinsel in the United Provinces''] by C W Gwynne 1910.
'''Oudh Province'''
*Chief Commisionership (1856-1877, excluding 18 months under the Nawab during the [[Indian Mutiny]])
*Governed jointly with [[North-Western Provinces]] (1877–1902)
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