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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name =Chhattisgarh Division
|common_name =Chhattisgarh Division
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Division of British India]]
|era =
|year_start = 1853
|date_start =
|event_start= Creation of the division
|year_end = 1947
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =Nagpur kingdom
|s1 =Madhya Pradesh
|flag_p1 = Nagpur State flag.png
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =British Raj Red Ensign.svg
|image_coat =
|image_map =Central Provs 1909.jpg
|image_map_caption = 1909 map of the Central Provinces with the Chhattisgarh Division in the east.
|capital = [[Raipur]]
|stat_area1 =55011.3
|stat_year1 =1901
|stat_pop1 = 3283226
|footnotes = {{EB1911|wstitle=Chhattisgarh|volume=6|page=116}}
}}
[[File:SculpturesFort Ratanpur.jpg|thumb|Wall sculptures in [[Ratanpur]] Fort.]]
[[File:Rajkumar College Raipur.jpg|thumb|[[Rajkumar College, Raipur|Rajkumar College]], built in [[Raipur]] during the British Raj.]]
'''Chhattisgarh Division''' was a former administrative division of the [[Central Provinces]] of [[British India]]. It was located in the east of the Central Provinces and encompassed the upper [[Mahanadi River]] basin, in the central part of present-day [[Chhattisgarh]] state of [[India]].

With the advent of the British the town of [[Raipur]], headquarters of Chhattisgarh Division, gained prominence over [[Ratanpur]], the historical capital of the territory.
The Central Provinces became the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] in 1936 until the [[Independence of India]].

==History==
Chhattisgarh 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]]. All the princely states of the Central Provinces were in Chhattisgarh Division, except for [[Makrai State|Makrai]], which was in the [[Hoshangabad District]] of the [[Nerbudda Division]].<ref>''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', (New ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908–1909. Vol. 10, Page 65.</ref>

In 1905, most of [[Sambalpur District]] and the [[princely state]]s of [[Bamra State|Bamra]], [[Rairahkhol State|Rairakhol]], [[Sonepur State|Sonpur]], [[Patna State|Patna]], and [[Kalahandi State|Kalahandi]] were transferred to [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]] and the princely states of [[Changbhakar State|Changbhakar]], [[Koriya State|Korea]], [[Surguja State|Surguja]], [[Udaipur State, Chhattisgarh|Udaipur]], and [[Jashpur State|Jashpur]] were transferred from Bengal to the Central Provinces.<ref>McEldowney, Philip F. (1980). ''Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861–1921.'' Ph. D. Dissertation.</ref>

In 1933 the princely states in Chhattisgarh Division were transferred to the [[Eastern States Agency]]. On 24 October 1936, the Central Provinces became the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] when they were fully merged with [[Berar Province]], although Berar remained under the nominal sovereignty of [[Hyderabad State]].<ref>Olson, James S. and Robert Shadle, eds. ''Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Vol. 1.'' Greenwood Publishing Group, UK 1996. P. 227.</ref>

==Territory==
The Chhattisgarh Division was bounded to the north by the [[Chota Nagpur States]], to the east by the [[Orissa Tributary States]], to the south by the princely states of [[Bastar State|Bastar]] and [[Kanker State|Kanker]], and on the west by [[Nagpur Division|Nagpur]] and [[Jabalpur Division|Jabalpur]] divisions, as well as the [[princely state]]s of [[Kawardha State|Kawardha]], [[Khairagarh State|Khairagarh]], and [[Nandgaon State|Nandgaon]].

===Districts===
The division included the following three districts:<ref>Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. (1908). ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', Volume 6. 1908–1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.</ref>
*[[Raipur district|Raipur]]
*[[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]
*[[Sambalpur district|Sambalpur]]

==See also==
*[[Central Provinces#Politics and Administration|Central Provinces, Administration]]

==References==
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[[Category:States and territories established in 1853]]
[[Category:History of Chhattisgarh]]

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