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NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH. 369 pany became bound not to interfere between him and the Rajput chiefs. The war with Nepál ensued, which terminated in 1816 with the treaty of Segauli, and the cession to the Company of the Himalayan Districts of Kumaon and Garhwal. Next came the outbreak of the Pindári or last Maratha war, closing in 1818 with a peace by which territories under the Rajá of Nagpur were added to the North-Western Provinces. The Delhi territory remained the personal appanage of the Mughal royal family, under the charge of a Resident, until 1832, when it passed to the direct government of the Company: For the first thirty years after annexation, the North-Western Provinces were administered by the same government as that of Bengal, a portion of the Bengal Board of Revenue being deputed to conduct the duties of that branch, generally at Allahabad, but sometimes on circuit elsewhere in the North-Western Provinces. In 1833, the "Act for effecting an arrangement with the East India Company and for the better government of His Majesty's Indian territories,' sought to divide the Presidency of Bengal into two governments, the north-western portions going to form the Presidency of Agra. Sir Charles Netcalfe was appointed Governor ; but this scheme of a fourth Presidency fell through, and in 1835 an Act was passed suspending the Act of 1833, and authorizing the Governor - General in Council to nominate a Lieutenant - Governor of the North - Western Provinces. The new Provinces included the area known now under the name of the NorthWestern Provinces, excepting the Jhansi Division (Jhánsi, Jalaun, Lalitpur), but with the addition of Delhi and the Ságar or Narbadá territories. The capital was fixed at Agra, where in 1844 the local Board of Revenue and Appellate Civil and Criminal Courts were transferred from Allahabad. The Sudder Courts (revenue and judicial chief offices) have since been transferred to Allahabad, where costly High Court buildings have been provided. In 1853 Jhansi was added to the North-Western Provinces, and Nagpur was separately administered by a Commissioner. Oudh was annexed in 1856 in consequence of the continued misgovernment of the King (which title had been assumed by a former Nawab). The new Province of Oudh was at once placed under a Chief Commissioner, and a system of administration similar to that constituted in the Punjab was introduced. The next year (1857) saw the outbreak of the Mutiny. During the Mutiny (1857–58) Lord Canning removed the seat of government of the North-Western Provinces from Agra to Allahábád, which has ever since formed the head-quarters of the Lieutenant-Governor, and of all the chief offices of the government. Delhi, the historical metropolis of Northern India, was made over to the Punjab after the Mutiny of 1857. VOL. X. 2 A