Ahmednuggur or Ahmadnagar
A town in the Bombay presidency, it stands on the bank of the Sabamarti river. Today it is a capital of a district of the same name and has a Great Indian Peninsular Railway. It came under British rule in 1817.

Ajmeer or Ajmere or Ahmir
It is situated 325km northeast of Bombay in Rajputana. It was ceded to the British in 1818. It is surrounded by a wall with five gates. Lord Dufferin opened the Mayo College there in 1875 for the education of young Rajput princes.

Barrackpore
Fifteen miles up the Hooghly River from Calcutta, it was the summer residence of the Viceroys in the days before the capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to New Delhi.

Bombay - presently known as Mombai
Bombay was leased to the East India Company from King Charles II who had acquired it from Portugal on his marriage to Catherine of Braganza, as part of her dowry. The trading station established there was known as Bombay Castle. It became a "presidency" to control the area around it.

Calcutta
Originally a village called Kallikati on the Hooghly river, at the mouth of the Ganges. It became known as Calcutta. The East India Company acquired by treaty and established the Fort William factory there.

Madras
The East India Company's second trading station, or factory, was established at Madras and known as Fort St George. Madras became a presidency.

Ottacamund
Now known as Udhagamandalam, Ottacamund was once nicknamed "Snooty Ooty."