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Central India Agency

The Central India Agency was created in 1854, by amalgamating the Western Malwa Agency with other smaller political offices which formerly reported to the Governor-General of India. The agency was overseen by a political agent who maintained relations of the Government of India with the princely states and influence over them on behalf of the Governor-General. The headquarters of the agent were at Indore.

Central India Agency

Sir Robert Hamilton[1]

 

1854

200,452 km2 (77,395 sq mi)

9,261,907

title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 15-guns

Datia

,[3] title Maharaja or Raja (from 1882, Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand Maharaja), Hereditary salute of 15-guns

Orchha

title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns

Ajaigarh

title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 11-guns

Baoni

title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns

Bijawar

title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns

Charkhari

title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns

Panna

title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns

Samthar

Post-independence[edit]

Upon the British withdrawal from India in 1947, the rulers of the princely states in this area all chose to accede to the new Union of India. The eastern portion of Central India Agency, including Bagelkhand and Bundelkhand agencies, became the new state Vindhya Pradesh. The western portion, including Bhopal, Malwa, and Bhopawar agencies and the Gwalior and Indore residencies, became the new state of Madhya Bharat. Bhopal became a separate state. Makrai was transferred to Madhya Pradesh, which had been created from the former Central Provinces and Berar in 1950. In 1956, the states of Vindhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh. Later another state, Chhattisgarh, was formed from the area that was formerly Madhya Pradesh.

List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)

List of Maratha dynasties and states

List of Rajput dynasties and states

Maratha Empire

Rajputana

Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12. 1908–1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.