Bagelkhand Agency
Bagelkhand Agency | |||||||
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Agency of British India | |||||||
1871–1933 | |||||||
Map of the princely states of the Baghelkhand Agency | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 37,100 km2 (14,300 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 1,555,024 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1871 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1933 | ||||||
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The Bagelkhand Agency was a British political unit which managed the relations of the British with a number of autonomous
History
The Agency was established in March 1871[2] 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 residing ordinarily at Singrauli.[2]
The total area was 14,323 square miles (37,100 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.[2] The rainfall was very deficient in 1895–1897, causing a famine in 1897; and in 1899–1900 there was another drought in some states.[2] In 1931, the eleven smaller states were transferred to the Bundelkhand Agency, and in 1933 the agency was dissolved, when Singrauli and Rewa State joined the Indore Residency.[2]
After the
See also
References
- ^ Malleson, G. B. An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 199–200.