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The '''District Gazetteer''' is a comprehensive geographical, economic, social and cultural catalogue of the [[India]]n subcontinent catalogued by the [[British Viceroy]] during the conquest of India. Most of the catalogues were compiled initially in the late 19th century although many have since been reissued or edited in recent times.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gazfzpr1.htm|title=Aurangzeb, Punjab District Gazetteer}}</ref>

Until the publication of the Gazetteers, an attempt to systematically catalogue Indian geography and culture was not available, with the closest approximation being [[Abu'l Fazl]]'s [[Ain-I-Akbari]], compiled during the reign of [[Akbar the Great]].<ref name="boloji">{{cite news|url=http://www.boloji.com/environment/21.htm|title=What A Gazetteer Is Not|author=Biswas, Kumud|date=July 6, 2003|publisher=Boloji.com}}</ref> While many of the Gazetteers are available to the public,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/gazetteer.php?level=2&showFile=1&gazetteerSqlId=20020422124737&gazetteerMainId=&gazetteerFile2Id=&distId=19&gazId=20020422121541&pubYear=&fileExists=&headingSqlName=Preface&chapter=|title=Aurangabad, Maharashtra, District Gazetteer}}</ref> their accuracy is a subject of much dispute among academicians and scholars. They are still not to be neglected in that they are one of the more comprehensive attempts by a third party source to catalogue the immense cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.<ref name="boloji"/>

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[[Category:Geography of India]]
[[Category:Gazetteers of India]]

District Gazetteer - Revision history

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