North-Western_Provinces_and_Oudh
North-Western Provinces
Administrative region of British India (1836–1902)
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India. The North-Western Provinces were established in 1836, through merging the administrative divisions of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces. In 1858, the Nawab-ruled kingdom of Oudh was annexed and merged with the North-Western Provinces to form the renamed North-Western Provinces and Oudh. In 1902, this province was reorganized to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.[2] Allahabad served as its capital from 1858, when it also became the capital of India for a day.[1]