List of Governors of Agra
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This is a list of Governors of the Agra
. The provisional establishment of the Governor of Agra happened in 1833 until the Presidency of Agra was renamed as North-Western Provinces
in 1836.
was passed to constitute a new presidency (province), with its capital at Agra
.
Presidency of Agra
Agra Presidency was one of the six Northwestern Provinces of British India , lying nearly in their centre; area, 9,479 sq. m.; pop...
. The provisional establishment of the Governor of Agra happened in 1833 until the Presidency of Agra was renamed as North-Western Provinces
North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India which succeeded the Ceded and Conquered Provinces and existed in one form or another from 1836 until 1902, when it became the Agra Province within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh .-Area:The province included all...
in 1836.
Governors of Agra (1834–1836)
In 1833 an act of ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
was passed to constitute a new presidency (province), with its capital at Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
.
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Remarks |
| 1 | Sir C. T. Metcalfe Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe, Bt, KCB, PC , known as Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt between 1822 and 1845, was a British colonial administrator... |
14 November 1834 | 20 March 1835 | - |
| 2 | W. Blunt William Blunt William Blunt was a British civil servant in India.Like all civil servants until the introduction of Competitive examinations in the 1850s, Blunt had studied at Haileybury in Hertfordshire in 1846 with Highly Distinguished distinction and stood at 7th position with 2nd class among students of... |
20 March 1835 | 1 December 1835 | - |
| 3 | A. Ross Alexander Ross (civil servant) Alexander Ross, Esq. was a British civil servant in India.-Life:In November 1808 he was appointed Judge & Magistrate of the District of Allyghur.He was Patron of Calcutta School Book Society since its institution on 4 July 1817.... |
1 December 1835 | 1 June 1836 | - |
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See also
- (1732 – 1857) - Nawabs of Awadh
- (1834 – 1836) - Governors of Agra
- (1836 – 1877) - Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
- (1856 – 1877) - Chief Commissioners of Oudh
- (1877 – 1902) - Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh
- (1902 – 1921) - Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
- (1921 – 1937) - Governors of the United Provinces of British India
- (1937 – 1950) - Governors of the United Provinces
- (1950 – cont.) - Governors of Uttar Pradesh