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|conventional_long_name =Bagelkhand Agency <br />
|common_name =Bagelkhand Agency<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|status_text = [[Agencies of British India|Agency of British India]]<br />
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|year_start = 1871<br />
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|year_end = 1933<br />
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|s1 = Bundelkhand Agency<br />
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|flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
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|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Central India Agency 1909.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Map of the [[Central India Agency]] with the Bagelkhand Agency at the eastern end<br />
|stat_area1 =37100<br />
|stat_year1 =1901<br />
|stat_pop1 =1555024<br />
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The '''Bagelkhand Agency''' was a British political unit which managed the relations of the British with a number of autonomous [[princely states]] existing outside [[British India]], namely [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa]] and 11 minor states, of which the most prominent were [[Maihar State|Maihar]], [[Nagod State|Nagod]] and [[Sohawal State|Sohawal]]. Other principalities included [[Jaso State|Jaso]], [[Kothi State|Kothi]], [[Baraundha]] (aka [[Patharkachhar]]) as well as the [[Kalinjar Chaubes]], consisting of the princely estates of [[Paldeo]], [[Kamta-Rajaula]], [[Taraon]], [[Pahra]] and [[Bhaisaunda]].<ref>Malleson, G. B. ''An historical sketch of the native states of India,'' London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Agency was established in March 1871<ref name=EB1911/> and was named after the [[Bagelkhand]] region. From 1871 to 1933 the Agency was under the political supervision of the [[Governor-General of India]]'s Agent for Central India, and under the direct supervision of a political Agent who was also the appointed Resident to [[Rewa State]], residing ordinarily at [[Satna]]<ref name=EB1911/><br />
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The total area was {{convert|14323|sqmi|km2}}, and the population in 1901 was 1,555,024, a decrease of 11% over the previous census ten years before, largely due to the results of [[famine]].<ref name=EB1911/> The rainfall was very deficient in 1895–1897, causing a famine in 1897; and in 1899-1900 there was another drought in some states.<ref name=EB1911/> In 1931, the eleven smaller states were transferred to the [[Bundelkhand Agency]], and in 1933 the agency was dissolved, when [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa State]] joined the [[Indore Residency]].<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bagelkhand |volume=3 |pages=199–200}}</ref><br />
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After the [[partition of British India]] into two independent states—[[Dominion of India|India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]—in 1947, the princely states that made up the [[Baghelkhand Agency]] all chose to [[Instrument of Accession|accede]] to India and were merged with Rewa to form the new [[Vindhya Pradesh]], which was in turn merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] on November 1, 1956.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bagelkhand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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