What is Saugor and Nerbudda Territories?
The '''Saugor and Nerbudda Territories''' was a region of [[British India]]. The territories were located in what is now the central part of present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in [[India]]. It includes the districts of [[Sagar District|Sagar]] (Saugor), [[Damoh District|Damoh]], [[Jabalpur District|Jabalpur]], and [[Narsinghpur District|Narsinghpur]]. The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were captured from the [[Maratha]]s after the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] of 1818. Saugor was the seat of a Maratha governor, and the northern part of the territory was given to the British by the Maratha [[Peshwa]], the southern part, which included [[Jabalpur]] and the upper [[Narmada River]] valley, was ceded by the [[Bhonsle]] Maharaja of [[Nagpur]]. The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were attached to the [[North-Western Provinces]], which included the British Dominions in the southern part of present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]] state. In 1861 the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were combined with [[Nagpur Province]], which the British had taken over in 1853, to form the [[Central Provinces]]. [[Category:British India]] {{hist-stub}}