Chhattisgarh Division

Chhattisgarh Division was a former administrative division of British India, which encompassed the upper Mahanadi River basin, in the central part of present-day Chhattisgarh state of India.

Chattisgarh Division was occupied by the Bhonsle Marathas and incorporated into the Kingdom of Nagpur in the 18th century. The Kingdom of Nagpur was annexed to British India in 1853, becoming Nagpur Province. In 1861 Nagpur Province was merged with the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories to form the Central Provinces. Chhattisgarh Division included three districts, Raipur, Bilaspur, and Sambalpur. It was bounded on the north by the Chhota Nagpur states, on the east by the Orissa Tributary States, and on the south by the princely states of Bastar and Kanker, and on the west by Nagpur and Jabalpur divisions and the princely states of Kawardha, Khairagarh, and Nandgaon, Sambalpur District was transferred to Bengal Province in 1905.

References

• Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6. 1908-1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.
• McEldowney, Philip F. (1980). Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921. Ph. D. Dissertation.