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  2. Presidencies and provinces of British India - Wikipedia

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    The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another, they existed between 1612 and 1947, conventionally divided into three historical periods:

  3. Province - Wikipedia

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    The term province has since been adopted by many countries. In some countries with no actual provinces, "the provinces" is a metaphorical term meaning "outside the capital city". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers, others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities.

  4. Provinces of Italy - Wikipedia

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    The provinces of Italy (Italian: province [proˈvintʃe]; sing. provincia [proˈvintʃa] ⓘ) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality and a region (regione). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level". [1]

  5. Princely state - Wikipedia

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    A princely state (also called native state) was a nominally sovereign [1] entity of British Raj that was not directly governed by the the British, but rather by an indigenous ruler under a form of indirect rule, [2] subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British Crown.

  6. Madras Presidency - Wikipedia

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    The trade of the Madras Presidency comprised that of both the presidency with other Provinces and its overseas trade. External trade made up 93 percent of the total with internal trade making up the remainder. [147] Foreign trade accounted for 70 percent of the total while 23 percent was inter-provincial. [147]

  7. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    province of Nepal: probinsya Philippines: province provinsi Indonesia: province provincia: Spanish-speaking countries: province Italy: província Portugal (formerly) province Angola São Tomé and Príncipe: prowincja Poland: province purok Philippines: district or zone raion Russia: district Moldova Ukraine: rajons Latvia: district região Brazil

  8. AP English Literature and Composition - Wikipedia

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    Designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an interest in exploring and analyzing challenging classical and contemporary literature, and a desire to analyze and interpret dominant literary genres and themes, it is often offered to high school seniors and the other AP English course, AP English Language and Composition, to juniors.

  9. AP United States Government and Politics - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics (often shortened to AP Gov or AP GoPo and sometimes referred to as AP American Government or simply AP Government) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.