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The Telugu districts of the Madras Presidency (1858–1947)

Era: Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British, Reform, freedom & people's movements

The Telugu districts of the Madras Presidency (1858–1947)GodavariKrishnaVizagapatam 1802Agency tractsBhadrachalam 1860East Godavari 1925West Godavari 1925Kistna 1859Guntur 1904Nellore 1801Kurnool 1858Cuddapah 1808Anantapur 1882Bellary 1808Chittoor 1911VizagapatamVizagapatamVizianagaramVizianagaramBobbiliBobbiliCocanadaCocanadaPithapuramPithapuramRajahmundryRajahmundryDowlaishweramDowlaishweramBhadrachalamBhadrachalamRekapalliRekapalliElloreElloreBezwadaBezwadaMasulipatamMasulipatamGuntur (Murtazanagar)Guntur (Murtazanagar)OngoleOngoleNelloreNelloreVenkatagiriVenkatagiriSrikalahastiSrikalahastiChittoorChittoorCuddapahCuddapahKurnoolKurnoolAnantapurAnantapurBellary (Ballari)Bellary (Ballari)KarvetinagarN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

The Telugu districts of the Madras Presidency as they stood after 1925, each with the year in which it was formed: Vizagapatam (1802), Nellore (1801), Cuddapah and Bellary (1808), Kurnool (1858), Godavari and Kistna (1859), Anantapur (1882), Guntur (1904), Chittoor (1911) and West Godavari (1925), the remainder of Godavari becoming East Godavari. The Bhadrachalam and Rekapalli taluks were ceded by the Nizam in 1860, and the hill country of Vizagapatam and Godavari was governed as the Agency tracts under special laws. The seats of the great zamindaris are marked. The shaded areas are rough sketches after the census maps of 1921 and 1931, not surveyed boundaries.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain). Redrawn from: Madras Presidency (key map), Census of India, 1931, Vol. XIV, Madras, Part I (opens in a new tab), Survey Office, Madras, 1932 (Public domain). Attributions

Sources

  1. Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 260, 328, 356, 409, 433. [Public domain]
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