Bhopawar Agency

At the time of its 1882 establishment, the agency had a total area of , and its population was 547,546 according to the 1901 census. In 1904 certain districts were transferred from this agency to the Indore Residency, created in 1899, and the area of Bhopawar was thus reduced by . In 1925 Bhopawar Agency was merged into Malwa Agency, and in 1927 the agency was renamed the Malwa-Bhopawar States Agency, which was renamed again as the Malwa Agency in 1934. After Indian Independence in 1947, the rulers of the princely states within Malwa-Bhopawar Agency acceded to the Union of India, and the region became part of the new state of Madhya Bharat. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956. == Princely states and their feudatory estates ==

Salute States Salute states in the agency, by precedence, with their feudatories : • Dhar, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 15-guns • Alirajpur, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns • including the extinct State of Phulmaal, which was incorporated into it earlier as well as Fiefs (Jagirs) • Ondhwa • Sondhwa. • Barwani, title Maharana, Hereditary salute of 11-guns • Jhabua, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns (till 1927, later shifted to (Malwa Agency) Non-salute states Minor and petty Princely states in the agency included (alphabetically, with their feudatories) : • Amjhera, title Rao • Bakhatgarh • Chhadawad, title Rao • Jobat, title Raja • Kathiwara, title Thakur • Mathwar, title Rana • Multhan. • Ratanmal, title Thakur. • in Indore State Territory's few enclaves like - Petlawad Tehsil, Dahi Jagir etc. • also including around about seventeen Feudal lords (Jagirdars) who paid direct tribute to Indore Durbar . Further estates, not named above, include : • == References ==

• Dictionaries of South Asia Library, Chicago University de:Central India Agency#Bhopawar Agency