DELHI
BRITISH INDIAN PROVINCE OF DELHI (DELHI IMPERIAL ENCLAVE)
In 1803, after its victory at Patparganj, the H.E.I.C. (Honorable East India Company), imposed its rule on the city of Delhi and surrounding territories, the remnants of the Mughal Empire. The area had a separate administration until 1832 when it became part of the North-Western Provinces. (1) In 1858, after the revolt of 1857 and a brief episode of Delhi independence, the area was transferred to the Province of Punjab, becoming a town-district and the headquarter of the Ambala division of that province. In 1912 part of the district was detached and organized as a separate Indian province, which became the seat of the British Indian central government. (2) (1) The government of the area was divided between : - the "Kings of Delhi" - the heirs of the Mughal rulers - who ruled within the Red Fort, under British supervision. - the British Residents Chief Commissioners, who ruled the rest of the city and the surrounding territories. (2) In 1915 the territory was extended with some villages taken from the United Provinces. The Indian constitutions of 1919 and 1935 confirmed the position of Delhi as a province under direct central rule, without any local autonomy ____________________________________________________________________________BRITISH INDIAN CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Chief Commissioners 1912 - 1918 William Malcolm Hailey 1872 - 1969 1918 - 1924 Claud Alexander Barron 1924 - 1926 Evelyn Robins Abbott 1926 - 1928 Alexander Montague Stow 1873 - 1936 1928 John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson* 1885 - 1955 1928 - 1932 John Perronet Thompson 1873 - 1935 1932 - 1937 John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson (2x) 1937 - 1940 Evan Meredith Jenkins 1896 - 1985 1940 - 1945 Arthur Vivian Askwith 1945 - 1947 William Christie 1896 - 1983
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