India proper
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India proper or Hindustan proper[1] is a geographical term being used to describe different regions of the Indian subcontinent at different periods of history.
During the period of the East India Company before the annexation of Burma, India proper was used to describe the regions of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Malwa, Rajputana, Delhi, Agra, Oudh, Bihar and Bengal.[2]
During the period of the British Indian Empire, it was used to describe 'India' without the province of Burma and British Ceylon.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Mudie, Robert (1830). Picture of India : Geographical, Historical and Descriptive. Whittaker, Treacher & Company.
- ↑ Conder, Josiah (1828). India. J. Duncan.
- ↑ Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1879). History of India. Brown.