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Bengal Presidency

The Presidency of Bengal comprises the following provinces and districts:

Andaman & Nicobar Is. Gwalior
Assam Jammu & Kashmir
Bengal Kashmir
Bihar Nicobar Islands
Burma North West Frontier
Central India Orissa
Central Provinces Punjab
Delhi Punjap States
Eastern States Rajputana
Gilgit United Provinces

BENGAL:

Districts:
Bakarganj, Bankura, Birbhum, Bogra, Burdwan, Calcutta, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Dacca, Darjeeling, Dinajpur, Faridpur, Hooghly, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Jessore, Khulna, Malda, Midnapore, Murshidabad, Mymensingh, Nadia, Noakhali, Pabna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Tippera, Twenty-four Parganas.

Other main towns:
Alipur, Asansol, Barisal, Barrackpore, Berhampur, Chinsurah, Comilla, Dum Dum, English Bazar, Kalimpong, Khargpur, Kidderpore, Krishnagar, Rampur Boalia, Raniganj, Serampore, Suri.

BIHAR:

Districts:
Bhagalpur, Champaran, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hazaribagh, Manbhum, Monghyr, Muzaffarpur, Palamau, Patna, Purnea, Ranchi, Santal Parganas, Saran, Shahabad, Singhbhum.

Other main towns:
Arrah, Chaibassa, Chapra, Daltonganj, Dinapore, Dumka, Jamalpur, Jamshedpur, Laheria Serai, Motihari, Purulia.

ASSAM:

Districts:
Balipara, Cachar, Darrang, Garo Hills, Goalpara, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Lushai Hills, Naga Hills, Nowgong, Sadiya, Sibsagar, Sylhet.

Major states:
Khasi & Jaintia Hills, Manipur.

Other main towns:
Aijal, Charduar, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Gauhati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kohima, Shillong, Silchar, Tezpur, Tura.

UNITED PROVINCES:

Districts:
Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Almora, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Banda, Bara Banki, Bareilly, Basti, Benares, Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Cawnpore, Dehra Dun, Etah, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Fyzabad, Garhwal, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kheri, Lucknow, Mainpuri, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muttra, Muzaffarnagar, Naini Tal, Partabgarh, Pilibhit, Rae Bareli, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Tehri, Unao.

Other main towns:
Bela, Chakrata, Chunar, Landour, Mussoorie, Nawabgganj, Pauri, Ranikhet, Roorkee.

PUNJAB:

Districts:
Ambala, Amritsar, Attock, Dera Ghazi Khan, Ferozepore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Gurdaspur, Gurgaon, Hissar, Hoshiarpur, Jhang, Jhelum, Jullundur, Kangra, Karnal, Lahore, Ludhiana, Lyallpur, Mianwali, Montgomery, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rawalpindi, Rohtak, Shahpur, Shekhupura, Sialkot, Simla.

Other main towns:
Campbellpore, Dagshai, Dalhousie, Dharmsala, Jutogh, Kalka, Kasauli, Kotkhai, Murree, Sargodha, Subathu.

DELHI

CENTRAL PROVINCES:

Districts:
Akola, Amraoti, Balaghat, Betul, Bhandara, Bilaspur, Buldana, Chanda, Chhindwara, Drug, Hoshangabad, Jubbulpore, Mandla, Nagpur, Nimar, Raipur, Saugor, Wardha, Yeotmal.

Other main towns:
Kamptee, Khandwa, Narsinghpur, Pachmarhi, Seoni.

ORISSA:

Districts:
Angul, Balasore, Cuttack, Ganjam, Khondmals, Koraput, Puri, Sambalpur.

Other main towns:
Berhampur, Chatrapur.

NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE:

Districts:
Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Peshawar.

Major states:
Chitral, Dir, Swat, Waziristan.

Other main towns:
Abbottabad, Landi Kotal, Nowshera, Parachinar, Razmak, Risalpur, Thal, Wana.

RAJPUTANA:

Major states:
Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kotah, Udaipur.

District:
Ajmer-Merwara.

Other main towns:
Ajmer, Nasirabad.

PUNJAB STATES:

Major states:
Bahawalpur, Chamba, Jind, Kapurthala, Khairpur, Mandi, Nabha, Patiala, Tehri-Garhwal.

CENTRAL INDIA:

Major states:
Bhopal, Dhar, Indore, Orchha, Panna, Rewa.

Other main towns:
Manpur, Mhow, Neemuch, Nowgong.

GWALIOR:

States:
Benares, Gwalior, Rampur.

Other main towns:
Lashkar, Mandasor, Ujjain.

EASTERN STATES:

Major states:
Bastar, Cooch Behar, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Patna, Surguja, Tripura.

JAMMU & KASHMIR:

Main towns:
Gilgit, Jammu, Leh, Srinagar.

GILGIT:

Main town:
Chilas.

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS:

Main towns:
Nancowry, Port Blair.

BURMA:

Main districts:
Akyab, Amherst, Bassein, Bhamo, Hanthawaddy, Kyaukpyu, Mandalay, Meiktila, Mergui, Minbu, Myitkyina, Pakokku, Pegu, Prome, Rangoon, Salween, Sandoway, Shwebo, Tavoy, Thayetmyo, Toungoo, Yamethin.

Major state:
Karenni

Other main towns:
Martaban, Moulmein, Sagaing, Syriam.