Ceded and Conquered Provinces

<p>The Ceded and Conquered Provinces constituted a region in northern <a href="/facts/Company_rule_in_India/Y4EqFHr0">India</a> that was ruled by the <a href="/facts/British_East_India_Company/jpfw533d">British East India Company</a> from 1805 to 1834; it corresponded approximately—in present-day <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>—to all regions in <a href="/facts/Uttar_Pradesh/vXDwM9Df">Uttar Pradesh state</a> with the exception of the <a href="/facts/Lucknow_Division/9WKvqNqp">Lucknow</a> and <a href="/facts/Faizabad_Division/H0ETx1fE">Faizabad</a> divisions of <a href="/facts/Awadh/NGDz9Yvr">Awadh</a>; in addition, it included the <a href="/facts/Delhi_Territory/HG6nWv5I">Delhi territory</a> and, after 1816, the <a href="/facts/Kumaon_division/gow3nSgj">Kumaun division</a> and a large part of the <a href="/facts/Garhwal_division/QMR2n0Ky">Garhwal division</a> of present-day <a href="/facts/Uttarakhand/n3juS1z4">Uttarakhand</a> state. In 1836, the region became the <a href="/facts/North-Western_Provinces/C9gou7HD">North-Western Provinces</a> (under a Lieutenant-Governor), and in 1904, the <a href="/facts/Agra_Province/kj4LEbvR">Agra Province</a> within the <a href="/facts/United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh/zVcHb9Xv">United Provinces of Agra and Oudh</a>.
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Ceded and Conquered Provinces