Presidencies and provinces of British India partially reversed, with the eastern and western halves of Bengal re-united and the province of Assam re-established; a new Lieutenant-Governor's province of Bihar and Orissa was also created. In addition, there were a few minor provinces that were administered by a Chief Commissioner: At the time of independence in 1947, British India had 17 provinces: Upon the Partition of British India into the Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan, 11 provinces (Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Bombay, Central Provinces and Berar, Coorg, Delhi, Madras, Panth-Piploda, Orissa, and the United Provinces) joined India, 3 (Baluchistan, North-West Frontier and Sindh)
Migrated provinces, commanderies and counties Migrated provinces, commanderies and counties The migrated provinces, commanderies and counties () were consequence of a special administrative regionalization called qiao zhi () during the Six dynasties era of China. The Shahumyan Province is a modern analogue of their alternative local government, in their infancy. With adoption of tu duan and merger, these nominal subdivisions transitioned to the actual administrative divisions. Since the uprising of the five barbarians, a large number of northern refugees migrated south. These migrants who called "qiao ren (, literally the migrated people)" were the base of the migrated provinces, commanderies, and counties. Bearing northern place