Delhi Territory Explained

Native Name:Delhi Division-->
Conventional Long Name:Delhi Territory
Common Name:DT
Subdivision:Constituent territory
Nation:
British India
Image Map Caption:Delhi Territory as part of North-Western Provinces
Capital:Delhi
P1:Mughal Empire
S1:Ceded and Conquered Provinces
Image S1:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg
Year Start:1803
Year End:1832
Today:Portions in Haryana
Delhi

The Delhi Territory was an administrative region of British India which comprised Delhi plus Ambala, Gurgaon, Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak districts of Southern Punjab.

History

Until 1832, the Delhi Division was controlled by the Residency. Regulation V of that year, abolished the office of Resident and annexed the Delhi territory to the jurisdiction of the Sadr Board and Courts of Justice at Allahabad, which included the Commissioner of the Delhi territory and all officers acting under his control, ordinarily to "or form to the principles and spirit of the regulations" in their his control, ordinarily to administration.

After the Indian rebellion of 1857, the Delhi Division of the North-Western Provinces was transferred to the Punjab in 1858, and formed into the Delhi and Hissar divisions, which embraced the six districts of Ambala, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Douie, James McCrone . James Douie

    . James Douie . Panjab Settlement Manual . 1899 . Civil and Military Gazette Press . Lahore . 19 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171010093429/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/settel1.htm . 10 October 2017 . dead .