Chota Nagpur Division
| Chota Nagpur Division | |||||||||
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| Division of British India | |||||||||
| 1854–1912 | |||||||||
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1858 map of the Bengal Presidency | |||||||||
| Capital | Ranchi | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 70,161 km2 (27,089 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 4,900,429 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Commissioner | |||||||||
• 1854-1859 | Mr. J. H. Crawford | ||||||||
• 1853-1854 | Mr. W. J Allen | ||||||||
• 1866 | Edward Tuite Dalton (Commissioner) | ||||||||
• 1878 | Mr. A. C. Mangles (Commissioner) | ||||||||
• 1878- 1882 | Mr. J. F. K. Hewitt | ||||||||
• 1882 | Mr. John Edgar | ||||||||
• 1882-1885 | Mr. J. F. K. Hewitt | ||||||||
• 1879 | Babu Rakhal Dass (special Commissioner) | ||||||||
• 1888 | F. W. R. Cowley (Judicial Commissioner) | ||||||||
• 1885-1889 | Mr. Charles Cecil Stevens (Commissioner) | ||||||||
• 1896 | Mr. Grimley (Commissioner) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Modern Period | ||||||||
• Creation of the division | 1854 | ||||||||
• Bifurcation | 1912 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Bihar Jharkhand Odisha Chhattisgarh West Bengal | ||||||||
The Chota Nagpur Division was one of the administrative divisions established under British rule. Under Act XX of 1854, the South West Frontier Agency was renamed a Commissionary, with the Political Agent becoming the Commissioner and the Assistant Political Agent designated as the Deputy Commissioner. As a result, the head of the Agency became the Commissioner of Chota Nagpur Division, shaping its colonial administration.