Chhattisgarh Division
| Chhattisgarh Division | |||||||||
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| Division of British India | |||||||||
| 1853–1947 | |||||||||
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1909 map of the Central Provinces with the Chhattisgarh Division in the east. | |||||||||
| Capital | Raipur | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 55,011.3 km2 (21,240.0 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 3,283,226 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Creation of the division | 1853 | ||||||||
| 1947 | |||||||||
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| This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chhattisgarh". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 116. | |||||||||
Chhattisgarh Division was an administrative division of the Central Provinces of British India. It was located in the east of the Central Provinces and encompassed the upper Mahanadi River basin, in the central part of present-day Chhattisgarh state of India.
With the advent of the British the town of Raipur, headquarters of Chhattisgarh Division, gained prominence over Ratanpur, the historical capital of the territory. The Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and Berar in 1936 until the Independence of India.The major languages spoken are Chhattisgarhi, Odia, Hindi and numerous tribal languages.