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'''''The Imperial Gazetteer of India''''' prepared by Sir ] from 1881 onwards is an important historical reference book. It was Sir Willian Wilson Hunter who made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869. <ref></ref> '''''The Imperial Gazetteer of India''''' was a ] of the ], and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. ] made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829175121/http://dutchinkerala.com/imperialgazetteer.php?id=07 |date=29 August 2021 }}. ''dutchinkerala.com''. Retrieved 29 August 2021.</ref>


The 1908, 1909, and 1931 "New Edition"s have four ] volumes covering the ], ], ], and administration of ], 20 volumes of the alphabetically arranged ], listing places' names and giving statistics and summary information, and one volume each comprising the index and atlas<ref></ref>. The 1908, 1909 and 1931 "New Editions" have four encyclopedic volumes covering the geography, history, economics, and administration of India; 20 volumes of the alphabetically arranged gazetteer, listing places' names and providing statistics and summary information; and one volume each comprising the index and atlas. The New Editions were all published by the ], Oxford, UK.


==Editions== ==Editions==
The first edition of ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' was published in nine volumes in 1881. A second edition, augmented to fourteen volumes, was issued in the years 1885–87. A revised form of the article on India, greatly enlarged and with statistics brought up to date, appeared as an independent volume in 1893, under the title of ''The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, and Products.'' The first edition of ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' was published in nine volumes in 1881. A second edition, augmented to fourteen volumes, was issued in the years 1885–87. After the death of ] in 1900, ], ], ] and ] compiled the twenty-six volume ''Imperial Gazetteer of India''.<ref name="Scholberg1970">{{cite book|author=Henry Scholberg|author-link=Henry Scholberg|title=The District Gazetteers of British India: A Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYsZAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Company|isbn=9780800212650}}</ref>


A revised form of the article on India, greatly enlarged and with statistics brought up to date, appeared as an independent volume in 1893, under the title of ''The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, and Products.''
All of these were edited by the late Sir William Wilson Hunter, K.C.S.I., who formed the original plan of the work as far back as 1869 <ref> Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 1, p. v.</ref>.


A parallel series of publications known as the ''Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series'' were prepared. All of these were edited by Hunter, who formed the original plan of the work in 1869. A parallel series of publications known as the ''Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series'' were prepared.


== Volumes ==
The book has been made partly available online at .
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==Authors==
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* Meyer, William Stevenson, Sir, 1860-1922.
** : B-C
* Burn, Richard, Sir, 1871-1947.
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* Cotton, James Sutherland, 1847-1918.
** v. 4: G-J
* Risley, Sir Herbert Hope, 1851-1911.
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** v. 6: K-N
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* {{cite book|publisher=Trübner|location=London|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India|url=https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee11hunt_0|author=William Wilson Hunter|edition=2nd|date=1885}}
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** : G–I
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** : R–S
** : S–Z
** : Index
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* {{cite book|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.115598|date=1908–1909|edition=New}}
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** : Economic
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** : Index
** : Atlas
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Latest revision as of 05:42, 1 July 2023

Gazetteer of the British Raj in India

The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Cover of the 1931 edition, published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Publication date1881
Media typegazetteer
TextThe Imperial Gazetteer of India at Wikisource
The 1908 edition, in 26 volumes, including the first four encyclopaedic volumes entitled Indian Empire: Descriptive, Historical, Economic and Administrative, and the last volume (26), Atlas.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. Sir William Wilson Hunter made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869.

The 1908, 1909 and 1931 "New Editions" have four encyclopedic volumes covering the geography, history, economics, and administration of India; 20 volumes of the alphabetically arranged gazetteer, listing places' names and providing statistics and summary information; and one volume each comprising the index and atlas. The New Editions were all published by the Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Editions

The first edition of The Imperial Gazetteer of India was published in nine volumes in 1881. A second edition, augmented to fourteen volumes, was issued in the years 1885–87. After the death of Sir William Wilson Hunter in 1900, Sir Herbert Hope Risley, William Stevenson Meyer, Sir Richard Burn and James Sutherland Cotton compiled the twenty-six volume Imperial Gazetteer of India.

A revised form of the article on India, greatly enlarged and with statistics brought up to date, appeared as an independent volume in 1893, under the title of The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, and Products.

All of these were edited by Hunter, who formed the original plan of the work in 1869. A parallel series of publications known as the Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series were prepared.

Volumes

References

  1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Volumes Archived 29 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. dutchinkerala.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. Henry Scholberg (1970). The District Gazetteers of British India: A Bibliography. Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Company. ISBN 9780800212650.

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