Nagpur Province ( eng. Nagpur Province ) is a province of British India , which covered part of the territory of the following modern Indian states: Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh . It was formed in 1853, when the British annexed the indigenous principality of Nagpur . In 1861 she became a member of the Central Provinces . Nagpur became the capital of the newly formed territorial unit.
The Nagpur province included the possessions of the Marathi Bhonsla , the Maharajas of Nagpur, and influential members of the Marath Confederation , who conquered large areas of Central and Eastern India in the 18th century. In 1853, after the death of Maharaja Raghodzi III , who left no heirs, Nagpur was annexed by the British according to the doctrine of "escheated possessions" . The territory was managed by a commissioner who was subordinate to the governor-general of India. The province included the following counties: Chindwara, Nagpur, Bhandara, Chanda, Wardha, Balaghat, Durg, Rajpur and Bilaspur.
In 1861, the Nagpur Province was merged with the Saugor and Nerbudd Territories , with the result that the Central Provinces were formed.