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{{Infobox former subdivision
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|conventional_long_name =Bhopal Agency
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|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Indian Union]]
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|image_map_caption = Map of the [[Central India Agency]] with the Bhopal Agency in its central sector
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The '''Bhopal Agency''' was a section of [[British India]]'s colonial [[Central India Agency]], a British political unit which managed the relations of the British with a number of autonomous [[princely state]]s existing outside [[British India]].<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.</ref>
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== History ==
The Agency was formed in 1818 at the conclusion of the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]],<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bhopal |volume=3 |page=846}}</ref> and covered the [[princely state]]s of [[Bhopal State|Bhopal]] (largest and eponymous), [[Khilchipur]], [[Kurwai]], [[Narsinghgarh, Rajgarh|Narsingarh]], [[Muhammadgarh State|Muhammadgarh]], [[Pathari]] and [[Rajgarh State|Rajgarh]] surrounding Bhopal, as well as the districts of [[Bhilsa]] and [[Isagarh]], which belonged to the [[Gwalior State]] and also the district of [[Sironj]], which belonged to [[Tonk (princely state)|Tonk]] State in [[Rajputana]].

The head of the Agency was appointed by the British [[Governor-General of India]]. In 1854 the Bhopal Agency became part of the newly created [[Central India Agency]].<ref name=EB1911/> In 1895 the Gwalior districts of Bhilsa and Isagarh were transferred from Bhopal Agency to [[Gwalior Residency]]. In 1931 the princely states of [[Dewas Senior]] and [[Dewas Junior]] were added to the agency and in 1933 the state of [[Makrai]] was transferred from the [[Central Provinces and Berar]].

Bhopal Agency ceased to exist at the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 when British India became independent, and all treaty relations between the princely states and the British ceased to exist. After the departure of the British, the rulers of these states all [[Instrument of Accession|acceded]] to the [[Dominion of India]], and all but Bhopal were incorporated into the new state of [[Madhya Bharat]], while [[Bhopal State (1949–56)|Bhopal]] became a [[Chief Commissioner's Province]]. Madhya Bharat and Bhopal were merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] state on 1 November 1956.

== States and territories ==
Until 1931 the agency included nine princely states, as well as a number of estates ruled by [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]]s and other minor territories.

=== Princely states ===
Four [[Salute state]]s, by precedence :
* [[Bhopal State|Bhopal]], title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 19-guns (21-guns local)
* [[Narsinghgarh State|Narsinghgarh]], title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns
* [[Rajgarh State|Rajgarh]], title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns
* [[Khilchipur State|Khilchipur]], title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns

Non-salute states, alphabetically :
* [[Basoda State|Basoda]]
* [[Korwai State|Korwai]]
* [[Maksudangarh State|Maksudangarh]]
* [[Muhammadgarh State|Muhammadgarh]]
* [[Pathari State|Pathari]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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{{City of Bhopal}}

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Bhopal Agency - Revision history

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