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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|native_name = <br />
|conventional_long_name =Bhopawar Agency <br />
|common_name =Bhopawar Agency<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|status_text = [[Agencies of British India|Sub-agency]] of the [[Central India Agency]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1882<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start= Merger of [[Bhil Agency]] and [[Bhil Sub-agency]]<br />
|year_end = 1937<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end= Merger into [[Malwa Agency]]<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =Bhil Agency<br />
|s1 = Malwa Agency<br />
|flag_p1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|image_flag = <br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Central India Agency 1909.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Map of the [[Central India Agency]] with the Bhopawar Agency located at its western end<br />
|stat_area1 =19902<br />
|stat_year1 =1901<br />
|stat_pop1 = 547546<br />
|footnotes = {{EB1911|wstitle=Bhopawar}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Bhopawar Agency''' was a sub-agency of the [[Central India Agency]] in [[British India]] with the headquarters at the town of Bhopawar, so the name. Bhopawar Agency was created in 1882 from a number of [[princely state]]s in the Western [[Nimar]] and Southern [[Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)|Malwa]] regions of [[Central India]] belonging to the former [[Bhil Agency]] and [[Bhil Sub-agency]] with the capitals at Bhopawar and [[Manpur, Indore|Manpur]].<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.</ref> The agency was named after Bhopawar, a village in [[Sardarpur]] [[tehsil]], [[Dhar District]] of present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]] state. Manpur remained a strictly British territory.<br />
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The other chief towns of this region were: [[Badnawar]], [[Kukshi]], [[Manawar]] and [[Sardarpur]], Chadawad Estate , Dattigaon. The mighty [[Vindhya]] and [[Satpura]] ranges crossed the territory of the agency roughly from east to west, with the fertile valley of the [[Narmada River]] lying between them. The agency also included the "Bhil Country", inhabited by the [[Bhil people]].<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=8&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_151.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 145.]</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
At the time of its 1882 establishment, the agency had a total area of {{convert|7684|sqmi|km2}}, and its population was 547,546 according to the 1901 census. <br />
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 {{convert|3283|sqmi|km2}}.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Bhopawar |volume=3 |page=846 }}</ref><br />
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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.<br />
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After [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence]] in 1947, the rulers of the princely states within Malwa-Bhopawar Agency acceded to the [[Dominion of India|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.<br />
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== Princely states and their feudatory estates ==<br />
[[File:Bhopawar Agency States and estates.jpg|thumb|Bhopawar Agency Information]]<br />
=== Salute States ===<br />
[[Salute state]]s in the agency, by precedence, with their feudatories :<br />
# [[Dhar State|Dhar]], title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 15-guns<br />
# [[Alirajpur State|Alirajpur]], title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns<br />
#* including the extinct State of Phulmaal, which was incorporated into it earlier as well as [[Fiefs]] (Jagirs) <br />
## Ondhwa <br />
## Sondhwa.<br />
# [[Barwani State|Barwani]], title Maharana, Hereditary salute of 11-guns<br />
#[[Jhabua State|Jhabua]], title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns (till 1927, later shifted to ([[Malwa Agency]])<br />
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=== Non-salute states ===<br />
Minor and petty [[Princely state]]s in the agency included (alphabetically, with their feudatories) :<br />
# Amjhera, title Rao<br />
# [[Bakhatgarh]]<br />
# Chhadawad, title Rao<br />
#[[Jobat]], title Raja<br />
# Kathiwara, title Thakur<br />
# Mathwar, title Rana<br />
# Multhan. <br />
# Ratanmal, title Thakur.<br />
# in [[Indore State]] Territory's few enclaves like - [[Petlawad]] [[Tehsil]], Dahi Jagir, jamnia songaras raja etc.<br />
# also including around about seventeen [[Feudal lords]] ([[Jagirdar]]s) who paid direct [[tribute]] (nazarana/khillat) to Indore Durbar .<br />
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Further estates, not named above, include :<br />
* Barkhera Chhota, title Bhumia<br />
* Barkhera Mota, title Bhumia<br />
* Bharudpura, title Bhumia<br />
* Chiktiabar, title Bhumia<br />
* Kothideh, title Bhumia<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links and Sources ==<br />
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_153.gif Dictionaries of South Asia Library, Chicago University]<br />
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[[Category:Historical Indian regions]]<br />
[[Category:History of Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:1882 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1947 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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