Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency is a publication of the erstwhile British India first published in the year 1884 and printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1884. Since the early 19th Century the English East India Company and later the British Empire annexed most of Western India and collectively named the provinces in Western India as Bombay Presidency.

Most of these texts are now available free to read online as scanned books (see External Links).

Each volume in the publications consists of the historic, geographic and demographic information of the numerous British and princely states under the presidency. The general editor of the first edition was James Macnabb Campbell.^[1]

Volumes[edit]

Part I[edit]

Part I consists of

History of Gujarat
History of other minor states - Sholapur, Belgaum, etc.

Part II[edit]

Part II consists of five books, namely;

Book I - History of The Konkan, By The Reverend Alexander Kyd Nairne.^[2]
Book II - Early History Of The Dakhan down to the Mahomedan Conquest, By Professor Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar^[3]
Book III - The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of The Bombay Presidency from the earliest historical times to the Musalman Conquest, By John Faithfull Fleet^[4]
Book IV - Dakhan History, Musalman and Maratha, AD 1300–1818, Part I-Poona Satara and Sholapur, Part II-Khandesh Nashik and Ahmadnagar, By W.W.Loch^[5]
Book V - History of the Bombay Karnataka, Musalman and Maratha, A.D 1300–1818, Colonel E.W.West

Main Volumes[edit]

Gazetteer of Bombay presidency

Volume 1, Part 1, History of Gujarat 1896
Volume 1, Part 2, History of the Konkan, Dakhan and Southern Maratha Country 1896
Volume 2 Gujarat, Surat and Broach 1877
Volume 3 Kaira and Panch Mahals 1879
Volume 4 Ahmedabad 1879
Volume 5, Cutch, Palanpur and Mahi Kantha 1883
Volume 6 Rewa Kantha, Narukot, Cambay and Surat States 1880
Volume 7 Baroda 1883
Volume 8 Kathiawar 1884
Volume 9 Part 1 Gujarat Population Hindus 1901
Volume 9 Part 2 Gujarat Population Musalmans and Parsis 1899
Volume 10 Ratnagiri and Savantvadi 1880
Volume 11, Kolaba and Janjira 1883
Volume 12, Khandesh 1880
Volume 13 Thana 1882
Volume 13, Part 2 Thana 1882
Volume 14 Thana Places of Interest 1882
Volume 15, Part 1, Kanara 1883
Volume 15, Part 2, Kanara 1893
Volume 16, Nasik 1883
Volume 17, Ahmadnagar 1884^[6]
Volume 18, Part 1 Poona 1885
Volume 18, Part 2 Poona 1885
Volume 18, Part 3, Poona 1885
Volume 19 Satara 1885
Volume 20 Sholapur 1884
Volume 21 Belgaum 1884^[7]
Volume 22 Dharwar 1884
Volume 23 Bijapur 1884
Volume 24 Kolhapur 1886
Volume 25 Botany 1886
Volume 26, Part 1 Materials towards a statistical account of the Town and Island of Bombay - History 1893
Volume 26, Part 2 Materials towards a statistical account of the Town and Island of Bombay - Trade and Fortifications 1894
Volume 26, Part 3 Materials towards a statistical account of the Town and Island of Bombay - Administration 1894
Volume 27 General Index 1904

References[edit]

^ Harnetty, Peter. "Campbell, Sir James Macnabb". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32266. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "History of the Konkan". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
^ "Early History of the Dekkan". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
^ "Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
^ "Dakhan History Musalman and Maratha (AD 1300-1818)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
^ "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol. 17 Ahmadnagar".
^ "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol. 21 Belgaum".

External links[edit]

Fleet, J.F. (1988). The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest of A.D. 1318. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120602779. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (Volume XXI). Government Central Press. 1884.
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... – Books on Google Play. Printed at the Government Central Press. 6 August 1896. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
"gazzetteer of the Bombay presidency – Books on Google Play". Retrieved 13 November 2015.

[1] Harnetty, Peter. "Campbell, Sir James Macnabb". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32266. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[asianeds-2] "History of the Konkan". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

[asianeds2-3] "Early History of the Dekkan". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

[asianeds3-4] "Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

[asianeds4-5] "Dakhan History Musalman and Maratha (AD 1300-1818)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

[archive.org17-6] "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol. 17 Ahmadnagar".

[archive.org21-7] "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol. 21 Belgaum".

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