How did the British prepare detailed records of the number of people in the Indian provinces?
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The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British
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From the end of the nineteenth century, Census
operations were held every ten years. These prepared
detailed records of the number of people in all the
provinces of India, noting information on castes,
religions and occupation. There were many other surveys
– botanical surveys, zoological surveys, archaeological
surveys, anthropological surveys, forest surveys.
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