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The Northern Circars (also spelt Sarkars) was a former division of British India's Madras Presidency. It consisted of a narrow slip of territory lying along the western side of the Bay of Bengal from 15° 40' to 20° 17' north latitude, in the present-day Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The annexation by the British of the Northern Circars deprived Hyderabad State, the Nizam's dominion, of the considerable coastline it formerly had, assuming the shape it is now remembered for: that of a landlocked princely state with territories in Central Deccan, bounded on all sides by British India.〔P. N. Chopra, B.N. Puri & M.N. Das, ''A Comprehensive History of India,'' Volume 3. pg. 298〕 The territory derived its name from ''circar'' or ''sarkar'', an Indian term applied to the component parts of a ''subah'' or province, each of which is administered by a deputy governor. ==Geography== The Northern Circars were five in number: Chicacole, Rajahmundry, Ellore, Kondapalli and Guntur with a total area was about .〔Great Britain India Office. ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.〕 In the main, the region corresponds to the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, including the districts of Krishna, East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram, Srikakulam, Prakasam and Guntur, as well as Gajapati, undivided Koraput district and Ganjam districts of Odisha. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northern Circars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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