Gwalior Residency
Gwalior Residency | |||||||||
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Agency of British India | |||||||||
1782–1947 | |||||||||
Map of Central India in 1909 with the Gwalior Residency in its northern and western sectors | |||||||||
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• 1901 | 46,167 km2 (17,825 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 2,187,612 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Independence of India | 1947 | ||||||||
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Gwalior Residency was a political office in the British Indian Empire, which existed from 1782 until the British withdrawal from India in 1947.
The Gwalior Residency was placed under the Central India Agency in 1854, and separated from it in 1921.
States under the residency
The Gwalior residency dealt with a number of
- principally Gwalior State, title Maharaja Scindia, Hereditary salute of 21-guns
- Rampur, title Nawab; Hereditary salute of 15-guns
- Benares(Ramnagar), title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns local)
Non-salute states :
Also the Chhabra pargana (district) of Tonk State
History
After the
The Resident, as the officer accredited to the Gwalior ruler, was also in all matters of general policy the channel of communication between the ruler and other political officers, such as the agents of
The headquarters of the political officer were situated in the area known as The Residency, a piece of land measuring 1.17 square miles (3.0 km2) situated close to Morar, about four miles (6 km) to the east of Gwalior fort. The area was administered by the resident, and included three villages, the revenue from which were devoted to the upkeep of the Residency limits. In 1901 the population of the Residency was 1,391. The Great Indian Peninsula Railroad and Gwalior Light Railways and the
high roads traversed the charge.The Gwalior residency was abolished upon Indian Independence at the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947, when all treaty relations between the British crown and the princely states of India were nullified. The rulers of the states acceded to the Government of India between 1947 and 1950, and most of the Gwalior Residency, including Gwalior State, were incorporated into the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat, with Rampur and Benares going to Uttar Pradesh. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.[1]
Population and Geography
The population of the residency was 2,187,612 in 1901, of whom Hindus numbered 1,883,038, or 86 percent;
The charge contained 6820 villages and sixteen towns in 1901, of which the chief were
See also
References
External links
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. .