Ceded Districts, 1908

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Ceded Districts

In 1800 the Nizam of Hyderabad ceded to the British, in return for a subsidiary force to be maintained in his dominions, the territories he had acquired from Mysore by the treaties of 1792 and 1799 ^vhich closed the second and third Mysore Wars. These included the recent Madras Districts of Bellary and Cuddapah and four tdlitks of what is now Kurnool District, and were known as the Ceded Districts.

The rest of Kurnool was at that time in the possession of a Nawab who was tributary to the Nizam, and the latter's suzerainty passed to the Company. In 1839 the Nawab rebelled and his territory was annexed by the British. In 1882 the District of Bellary was divided into the two existing Districts of Bellary and Anantapur. The four CoUectorates thus established, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Bellary, and Anantapur, are still known as the Ceded Districts.