Jubbulpore Division

This article is about the administrative division during the British Raj. For the present-day division, see Jabalpur division.

The Jubbulpore Division, named after its capital Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), was one of the four former administrative divisions of the Central Provinces of British India. It was located in the Mahakoshal region of present-day Madhya Pradesh state of India. The Jubbulpore Division had an area of 48,401 km² with a population of 2,201,633 in 1881.^[1]

Jubbulpore Division जबलपुर
Division of British India
1861–1947
Flag
1909 map of the Central Provinces.
Area
• 1881	48,401 km2 (18,688 sq mi)
Population
• 1881	2,201,633
History
• Creation of the division	1861
• Independence of India	1947
Preceded by Succeeded by Saugor and Nerbudda Territories Madhya Pradesh

"The Thug School of Industry, Jubbulpore," a chromolithograph by William Simpson, 1867; this crafts school was meant for the children of dead or imprisoned thugs

Temples in Lameta Ghat near Jubbulpore built by the Beohar dynasty in c. 16-18th century

The Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and Berar in 1936 until the Independence of India.

History

Immediately after occupation of the area around Jubbulpore the British authorities established a provisional administration under the superintendent of Political Affairs of Bundelkhand. In 1820 a division containing 12 districts was formed which was known as the Agency of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories.^[2][3] This new division was placed under an agent of the general governor at Jubbulpore.^[4]

Jubbulpore Division was established in 1861 when the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were merged with Nagpur Province, which the British had annexed in 1853, in order to form the Central Provinces.^[5]

Territory

There were 11 towns and 8501 villages in the Jubbulpore Division. After the Independence of India it became the Jabalpur division of the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Districts

The Jubbulpore Division included the following districts:

• Sagar (Saugor)
• Damoh
• Jabalpur (Jubbulpore)
• Mandla
• Seoni

See also

• Central Provinces, Administration
• Saugor and Nerbudda Territories